"bwlch" meaning in Welsh

See bwlch in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bʊlχ/ Forms: bylchau [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], bwlch [error-unrecognized-form], fwlch [soft], mwlch [error-unrecognized-form]
Rhymes: -ʊlχ Etymology: Inherited from Middle Welsh bwlch, from Proto-Celtic *bolko-, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bel- (“to dig, cut off?”) and possibly cognate with Irish bealach (“way, road”), Old Armenian պեղեմ (pełem, “to dig, hollow”), and Sanskrit बिल (bila, “hole, pit”). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|cy|wlm|bwlch|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle Welsh bwlch, {{inh+|cy|wlm|bwlch}} Inherited from Middle Welsh bwlch, {{der|cy|cel-pro|*bolko-}} Proto-Celtic *bolko-, {{der|cy|ine-pro|*bel-|t=to dig, cut off?}} Proto-Indo-European *bel- (“to dig, cut off?”), {{cog|ga|bealach|t=way, road}} Irish bealach (“way, road”), {{cog|xcl|պեղեմ|t=to dig, hollow}} Old Armenian պեղեմ (pełem, “to dig, hollow”), {{cog|sa|बिल|t=hole, pit}} Sanskrit बिल (bila, “hole, pit”) Head templates: {{cy-noun|m|bylchau}} bwlch m (plural bylchau) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. gap, breach Tags: masculine Synonyms: hollt, adwy, agen, toriad, breg, rhwyg
    Sense id: en-bwlch-cy-noun-2HfMRuBV Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 93 7
  2. pass Tags: masculine Synonyms: pàs, tramwyfa
    Sense id: en-bwlch-cy-noun-10~w7o2j
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bylchog (english: gapped, gappy)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "gapped, gappy",
      "translation": "gapped, gappy",
      "word": "bylchog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "I",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "bwlch",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh bwlch",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "bwlch"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Middle Welsh bwlch",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*bolko-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *bolko-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bel-",
        "t": "to dig, cut off?"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bel- (“to dig, cut off?”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "bealach",
        "t": "way, road"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish bealach (“way, road”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "պեղեմ",
        "t": "to dig, hollow"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian պեղեմ (pełem, “to dig, hollow”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "बिल",
        "t": "hole, pit"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit बिल (bila, “hole, pit”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Middle Welsh bwlch, from Proto-Celtic *bolko-, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bel- (“to dig, cut off?”) and possibly cognate with Irish bealach (“way, road”), Old Armenian պեղեմ (pełem, “to dig, hollow”), and Sanskrit बिल (bila, “hole, pit”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bylchau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bwlch",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fwlch",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mwlch",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "bylchau"
      },
      "expansion": "bwlch m (plural bylchau)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "79 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "90 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "93 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gap, breach"
      ],
      "id": "en-bwlch-cy-noun-2HfMRuBV",
      "links": [
        [
          "gap",
          "gap"
        ],
        [
          "breach",
          "breach"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "hollt"
        },
        {
          "word": "adwy"
        },
        {
          "word": "agen"
        },
        {
          "word": "toriad"
        },
        {
          "word": "breg"
        },
        {
          "word": "rhwyg"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pass"
      ],
      "id": "en-bwlch-cy-noun-10~w7o2j",
      "links": [
        [
          "pass",
          "pass"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pàs"
        },
        {
          "word": "tramwyfa"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bʊlχ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʊlχ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bwlch"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Welsh/ʊlχ",
    "Rhymes:Welsh/ʊlχ/1 syllable",
    "Welsh countable nouns",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh masculine nouns",
    "Welsh nouns",
    "Welsh nouns with red links in their headword lines",
    "Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "gapped, gappy",
      "translation": "gapped, gappy",
      "word": "bylchog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "I",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "bwlch",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh bwlch",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "bwlch"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Middle Welsh bwlch",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*bolko-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *bolko-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bel-",
        "t": "to dig, cut off?"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bel- (“to dig, cut off?”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "bealach",
        "t": "way, road"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish bealach (“way, road”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "պեղեմ",
        "t": "to dig, hollow"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian պեղեմ (pełem, “to dig, hollow”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "बिल",
        "t": "hole, pit"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit बिल (bila, “hole, pit”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Middle Welsh bwlch, from Proto-Celtic *bolko-, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bel- (“to dig, cut off?”) and possibly cognate with Irish bealach (“way, road”), Old Armenian պեղեմ (pełem, “to dig, hollow”), and Sanskrit बिल (bila, “hole, pit”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bylchau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bwlch",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fwlch",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mwlch",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "bylchau"
      },
      "expansion": "bwlch m (plural bylchau)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "gap, breach"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gap",
          "gap"
        ],
        [
          "breach",
          "breach"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "hollt"
        },
        {
          "word": "adwy"
        },
        {
          "word": "agen"
        },
        {
          "word": "toriad"
        },
        {
          "word": "breg"
        },
        {
          "word": "rhwyg"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pass"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pass",
          "pass"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pàs"
        },
        {
          "word": "tramwyfa"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bʊlχ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʊlχ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bwlch"
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: bwlch/Welsh 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "bwlch"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "bwlch",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: bwlch/Welsh 'nasal' base_tags={'soft', 'error-unrecognized-form'}",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
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  "trace": ""
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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: bwlch/Welsh 'aspirate' base_tags={'soft', 'error-unrecognized-form'}",
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  "subsection": "noun",
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}

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