"cafn" meaning in Welsh

See cafn in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kavn/ [North-Wales, South-Wales, colloquial, standard], [ˈkʰavn̩] [North-Wales, South-Wales, colloquial, standard], /ˈkaːvan/ [South-Wales, colloquial], /ˈkavan/ [South-Wales, colloquial] Forms: cafnau [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], cafn [error-unrecognized-form], gafn [soft], nghafn [error-unrecognized-form], chafn [error-unrecognized-form]
Rhymes: -avn Etymology: Ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- (“to scratch”). Cognate with Cornish kawn, Latin scabo (“to scrape”) and Ancient Greek σκάφος (skáphos, “ship's hull”). Etymology templates: {{der|cy|ine-pro|*skabʰ-||to scratch}} Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- (“to scratch”), {{cog|kw|kawn}} Cornish kawn, {{cog|la|scabo||to scrape}} Latin scabo (“to scrape”), {{cog|grc|σκάφος||ship's hull}} Ancient Greek σκάφος (skáphos, “ship's hull”) Head templates: {{cy-noun|m|au}} cafn m (plural cafnau) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. trough, vat Tags: masculine Synonyms: cerwyn, casgen, twb
    Sense id: en-cafn-cy-noun-dV-64djo Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header, Roofing Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of Roofing: 48 52
  2. gutter, conduit Tags: masculine Synonyms: cwter, ceuffos, clawdd
    Sense id: en-cafn-cy-noun-rnpCnju1 Categories (other): Roofing, Water Disambiguation of Roofing: 48 52 Disambiguation of Water: 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: lander (english: roof gutter) [North-Wales]
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*skabʰ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to scratch"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "kawn"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
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    {
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        "1": "la",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "to scrape"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "σκάφος",
        "3": "",
        "4": "ship's hull"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cafnau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "cafn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gafn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nghafn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chafn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
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  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "roof gutter",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "word": "lander"
    }
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          "_dis": "68 32",
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          "_dis": "88 12",
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          "trough",
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        [
          "vat",
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          "word": "cerwyn"
        },
        {
          "word": "casgen"
        },
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          "word": "twb"
        }
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      ]
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        },
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          "_dis": "1 99",
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          "name": "Water",
          "orig": "cy:Water",
          "parents": [],
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gutter, conduit"
      ],
      "id": "en-cafn-cy-noun-rnpCnju1",
      "links": [
        [
          "gutter",
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        ],
        [
          "conduit",
          "conduit"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cwter"
        },
        {
          "word": "ceuffos"
        },
        {
          "word": "clawdd"
        }
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/kavn/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales",
        "South-Wales",
        "colloquial",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkʰavn̩]",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales",
        "South-Wales",
        "colloquial",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkaːvan/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkavan/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-avn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cafn"
}
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Welsh/avn",
    "Rhymes:Welsh/avn/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 Proto-Indo-European",
    "cy:Roofing",
    "cy:Water"
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "kawn"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
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        "1": "la",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "to scrape"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "3": "",
        "4": "ship's hull"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cafnau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cafn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gafn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nghafn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chafn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "au"
      },
      "expansion": "cafn m (plural cafnau)",
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "roof gutter",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ],
      "translation": "roof gutter",
      "word": "lander"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "trough, vat"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "trough",
          "trough"
        ],
        [
          "vat",
          "vat"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cerwyn"
        },
        {
          "word": "casgen"
        },
        {
          "word": "twb"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "gutter, conduit"
      ],
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        [
          "gutter",
          "gutter"
        ],
        [
          "conduit",
          "conduit"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cwter"
        },
        {
          "word": "ceuffos"
        },
        {
          "word": "clawdd"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kavn/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales",
        "South-Wales",
        "colloquial",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkʰavn̩]",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales",
        "South-Wales",
        "colloquial",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkaːvan/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkavan/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-avn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cafn"
}

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