"bychan" meaning in Welsh

See bychan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈbəχan/
Rhymes: -əχan Etymology: From Middle Welsh bych, from Proto-Brythonic *bɨx, from Proto-Celtic *biggos (“small”). Cognate with Breton bihan, Irish beag. Etymology templates: {{inh|cy|wlm|bych}} Middle Welsh bych, {{inh|cy|cel-bry-pro|*bɨx}} Proto-Brythonic *bɨx, {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*biggos|t=small}} Proto-Celtic *biggos (“small”), {{cog|br|bihan}} Breton bihan, {{cog|ga|beag}} Irish beag Head templates: {{cy-adj|ach|comp=llai|eq=lleied|f=bechan|pl=bychain|sup=lleiaf}} bychan (feminine singular bechan, plural bychain, equative lleied, comparative llai, superlative lleiaf) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}} Forms: bechan [feminine, singular], bychain [plural], lleied [equative], llai [comparative], lleiaf [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], bychan [mutation, mutation-radical], fychan [mutation, mutation-soft], mychan [mutation, mutation-nasal]
  1. small; little Synonyms: bach
    Sense id: en-bychan-cy-adj-qdOap6Li Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for bychan meaning in Welsh (2.1kB)

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  "etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh bych, from Proto-Brythonic *bɨx, from Proto-Celtic *biggos (“small”). Cognate with Breton bihan, Irish beag.",
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      "form": "lleied",
      "tags": [
        "equative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "llai",
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        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lleiaf",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "small; little"
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      "ipa": "/ˈbəχan/"
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        "singular"
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "source": "mutation",
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      "source": "mutation",
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        "Welsh lemmas",
        "Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh",
        "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic",
        "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
        "Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh",
        "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic",
        "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
        "Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation"
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    }
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