"bwrn" meaning in Welsh

See bwrn in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈbʊrn/ Forms: byrnau [plural], byrn [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], pêl [error-unrecognized-form], bêl [soft], mhêl [error-unrecognized-form], phêl [error-unrecognized-form]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle Welsh bwrn. Related to English burn, a dialectal form of burden. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|cy|wlm|bwrn|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle Welsh bwrn, {{inh+|cy|wlm|bwrn}} Inherited from Middle Welsh bwrn, {{der|cy|en|burn}} English burn Head templates: {{cy-noun|mf|byrnau|pl2=byrn}} bwrn m or f (plural byrnau or byrn) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut|pêl}}
  1. burden, load Tags: feminine, masculine Synonyms: baich, pwn, byrdwn
    Sense id: en-bwrn-cy-noun-VB0Hewgn
  2. burden, load
    (figurative) burden, nuisance
    Tags: feminine, figuratively, masculine Synonyms: baich, pwn, byrdwn, pryder, poen
    Sense id: en-bwrn-cy-noun-BGImTLTL
  3. bundle, bunch, truss, parcel Tags: feminine, masculine Synonyms: bwndel, sypyn, parsel
    Sense id: en-bwrn-cy-noun-m~vLElQT
  4. bale Tags: feminine, masculine Synonyms: bêl, swp
    Sense id: en-bwrn-cy-noun-VtkREjMo Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 28 9 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 27 3 43 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 25 26 7 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: achub y blewyn a cholli’r bwrn (english: to be penny-wise and pound-foolish, to falsely economise)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to be penny-wise and pound-foolish, to falsely economise",
      "translation": "to be penny-wise and pound-foolish, to falsely economise",
      "word": "achub y blewyn a cholli’r bwrn"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "bwrn",
      "bwrn#Middle_Welsh"
    ],
    [
      "burn",
      "burn#English"
    ],
    [
      "burden",
      "burden#Middle_English"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "",
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        "3": "I"
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "glossary"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "bwrn",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh bwrn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "bwrn"
      },
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      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "burn"
      },
      "expansion": "English burn",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Middle Welsh bwrn. Related to English burn, a dialectal form of burden.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "byrnau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "byrn",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pêl",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bêl",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mhêl",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "phêl",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "byrnau",
        "pl2": "byrn"
      },
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      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "pêl"
      },
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        "burden, load"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "burden",
          "burden"
        ],
        [
          "load",
          "load"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "baich"
        },
        {
          "word": "pwn"
        },
        {
          "word": "byrdwn"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "burden, load",
        "burden, nuisance"
      ],
      "id": "en-bwrn-cy-noun-BGImTLTL",
      "links": [
        [
          "burden",
          "burden"
        ],
        [
          "load",
          "load"
        ],
        [
          "burden",
          "burden"
        ],
        [
          "nuisance",
          "nuisance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "burden, load",
        "(figurative) burden, nuisance"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "baich"
        },
        {
          "word": "pwn"
        },
        {
          "word": "byrdwn"
        },
        {
          "word": "pryder"
        },
        {
          "word": "poen"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bundle, bunch, truss, parcel"
      ],
      "id": "en-bwrn-cy-noun-m~vLElQT",
      "links": [
        [
          "bundle",
          "bundle"
        ],
        [
          "bunch",
          "bunch"
        ],
        [
          "truss",
          "truss"
        ],
        [
          "parcel",
          "parcel"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bwndel"
        },
        {
          "word": "sypyn"
        },
        {
          "word": "parsel"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "28 28 9 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 27 3 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 26 7 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bale"
      ],
      "id": "en-bwrn-cy-noun-VtkREjMo",
      "links": [
        [
          "bale",
          "bale"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bêl"
        },
        {
          "word": "swp"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbʊrn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bwrn"
}
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Welsh countable nouns",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh feminine nouns",
    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh masculine nouns",
    "Welsh nouns",
    "Welsh nouns with multiple genders",
    "Welsh nouns with red links in their headword lines",
    "Welsh terms derived from English",
    "Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "to be penny-wise and pound-foolish, to falsely economise",
      "translation": "to be penny-wise and pound-foolish, to falsely economise",
      "word": "achub y blewyn a cholli’r bwrn"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "bwrn",
      "bwrn#Middle_Welsh"
    ],
    [
      "burn",
      "burn#English"
    ],
    [
      "burden",
      "burden#Middle_English"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "I",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
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        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "bwrn",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh bwrn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "bwrn"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Middle Welsh bwrn",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "burn"
      },
      "expansion": "English burn",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Middle Welsh bwrn. Related to English burn, a dialectal form of burden.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "byrnau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "byrn",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pêl",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bêl",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mhêl",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "phêl",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mf",
        "2": "byrnau",
        "pl2": "byrn"
      },
      "expansion": "bwrn m or f (plural byrnau or byrn)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pêl"
      },
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "burden, load"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "burden",
          "burden"
        ],
        [
          "load",
          "load"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "baich"
        },
        {
          "word": "pwn"
        },
        {
          "word": "byrdwn"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "burden, load",
        "burden, nuisance"
      ],
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        [
          "burden",
          "burden"
        ],
        [
          "load",
          "load"
        ],
        [
          "burden",
          "burden"
        ],
        [
          "nuisance",
          "nuisance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "burden, load",
        "(figurative) burden, nuisance"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "baich"
        },
        {
          "word": "pwn"
        },
        {
          "word": "byrdwn"
        },
        {
          "word": "pryder"
        },
        {
          "word": "poen"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bundle, bunch, truss, parcel"
      ],
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        [
          "bundle",
          "bundle"
        ],
        [
          "bunch",
          "bunch"
        ],
        [
          "truss",
          "truss"
        ],
        [
          "parcel",
          "parcel"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bwndel"
        },
        {
          "word": "sypyn"
        },
        {
          "word": "parsel"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bale"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bale",
          "bale"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bêl"
        },
        {
          "word": "swp"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbʊrn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bwrn"
}

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