See cais in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "to attempt, to try; surface analysis only",
"translation": "to attempt, to try; surface analysis only",
"word": "ceisio"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "application form",
"translation": "application form",
"word": "ceislen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "application form",
"translation": "application form",
"word": "ffurflen gais"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "attempt",
"translation": "attempt",
"word": "ymgais"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "wlm",
"3": "keis"
},
"expansion": "Middle Welsh keis",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "back-formation"
},
"expansion": "back-formation",
"name": "lg"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "en",
"3": "case",
"nocap": "1"
},
"expansion": "borrowed from English case",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "quaerō",
"t": "to seek, ask, endeavor"
},
"expansion": "Latin quaerō (“to seek, ask, endeavor”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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"forms": [
{
"form": "ceisiadau",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ceisiau",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "m",
"2": "ceisiadau",
"pl2": "ceisiau"
},
"expansion": "cais m (plural ceisiadau or ceisiau)",
"name": "cy-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"effort, attempt"
],
"id": "en-cais-cy-noun-ac38eBTi",
"links": [
[
"effort",
"effort"
],
[
"attempt",
"attempt"
]
],
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{
"word": "ymgais"
},
{
"word": "cynnig"
},
{
"word": "ymdrech"
},
{
"word": "ymroddiad"
}
],
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"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "5 14 39 10 33",
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"name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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"request, petition, application"
],
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"links": [
[
"request",
"request"
],
[
"petition",
"petition"
],
[
"application",
"application"
]
],
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{
"word": "dymuniad"
},
{
"word": "deisyfiad"
},
{
"word": "arch"
},
{
"word": "ymofyniad"
},
{
"word": "galwad"
}
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "cy",
"name": "Rugby",
"orig": "cy:Rugby",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "9 9 1 1 1 4 1 4 23 4 4 13 5 23",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 7 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "11 11 1 1 1 2 1 2 26 2 2 13 3 25",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "5 14 39 10 33",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"try"
],
"id": "en-cais-cy-noun-HiYs19EQ",
"links": [
[
"rugby",
"rugby"
],
[
"try",
"try"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rugby) try"
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"ball-games",
"games",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"rugby",
"sports"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"quest"
],
"id": "en-cais-cy-noun-rBoccUPL",
"links": [
[
"quest",
"quest"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(literary) quest"
],
"tags": [
"literary",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kai̯s/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ai̯s"
}
],
"word": "cais"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "wlm",
"3": "keis"
},
"expansion": "Middle Welsh keis",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "back-formation"
},
"expansion": "back-formation",
"name": "lg"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "en",
"3": "case",
"nocap": "1"
},
"expansion": "borrowed from English case",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "quaerō",
"t": "to seek, ask, endeavor"
},
"expansion": "Latin quaerō (“to seek, ask, endeavor”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh keis, apparently a back-formation from keissaw (“to seek, look for”) (modern ceisio).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "cy-mut",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "cais",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "gais",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"soft"
]
},
{
"form": "nghais",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "chais",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "cais",
"name": "cy-verb form"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "cy-mut"
}
],
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "9 9 1 1 1 4 1 4 23 4 4 13 5 23",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 7 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "11 11 1 1 1 2 1 2 26 2 2 13 3 25",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "5 14 39 10 33",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"third-person singular present indicative/future of ceisio"
],
"id": "en-cais-cy-verb-HjT1RBwd",
"links": [
[
"ceisio",
"ceisio#Welsh"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kai̯s/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ai̯s"
}
],
"word": "cais"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 7 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Welsh/ai̯s",
"Rhymes:Welsh/ai̯s/1 syllable",
"Welsh countable nouns",
"Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
"Welsh lemmas",
"Welsh masculine nouns",
"Welsh non-lemma forms",
"Welsh nouns",
"Welsh nouns with red links in their headword lines",
"Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh",
"Welsh verb forms"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "to attempt, to try; surface analysis only",
"translation": "to attempt, to try; surface analysis only",
"word": "ceisio"
},
{
"english": "application form",
"translation": "application form",
"word": "ceislen"
},
{
"english": "application form",
"translation": "application form",
"word": "ffurflen gais"
},
{
"english": "attempt",
"translation": "attempt",
"word": "ymgais"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "wlm",
"3": "keis"
},
"expansion": "Middle Welsh keis",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "back-formation"
},
"expansion": "back-formation",
"name": "lg"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "en",
"3": "case",
"nocap": "1"
},
"expansion": "borrowed from English case",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "quaerō",
"t": "to seek, ask, endeavor"
},
"expansion": "Latin quaerō (“to seek, ask, endeavor”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh keis, apparently a back-formation from keissaw (“to seek, look for”) (modern ceisio).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ceisiadau",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ceisiau",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m",
"2": "ceisiadau",
"pl2": "ceisiau"
},
"expansion": "cais m (plural ceisiadau or ceisiau)",
"name": "cy-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"effort, attempt"
],
"links": [
[
"effort",
"effort"
],
[
"attempt",
"attempt"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "ymgais"
},
{
"word": "cynnig"
},
{
"word": "ymdrech"
},
{
"word": "ymroddiad"
}
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"request, petition, application"
],
"links": [
[
"request",
"request"
],
[
"petition",
"petition"
],
[
"application",
"application"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "dymuniad"
},
{
"word": "deisyfiad"
},
{
"word": "arch"
},
{
"word": "ymofyniad"
},
{
"word": "galwad"
}
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"cy:Rugby"
],
"glosses": [
"try"
],
"links": [
[
"rugby",
"rugby"
],
[
"try",
"try"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rugby) try"
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"topics": [
"ball-games",
"games",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"rugby",
"sports"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Welsh literary terms"
],
"glosses": [
"quest"
],
"links": [
[
"quest",
"quest"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(literary) quest"
],
"tags": [
"literary",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kai̯s/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ai̯s"
}
],
"word": "cais"
}
{
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"Pages with 7 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Welsh/ai̯s",
"Rhymes:Welsh/ai̯s/1 syllable",
"Welsh countable nouns",
"Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
"Welsh lemmas",
"Welsh masculine nouns",
"Welsh non-lemma forms",
"Welsh nouns",
"Welsh nouns with red links in their headword lines",
"Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh",
"Welsh verb forms"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "wlm",
"3": "keis"
},
"expansion": "Middle Welsh keis",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "back-formation"
},
"expansion": "back-formation",
"name": "lg"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "en",
"3": "case",
"nocap": "1"
},
"expansion": "borrowed from English case",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "quaerō",
"t": "to seek, ask, endeavor"
},
"expansion": "Latin quaerō (“to seek, ask, endeavor”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh keis, apparently a back-formation from keissaw (“to seek, look for”) (modern ceisio).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "cy-mut",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "cais",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "gais",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"soft"
]
},
{
"form": "nghais",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "chais",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
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"name": "cy-verb form"
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"name": "cy-mut"
}
],
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"third-person singular present indicative/future of ceisio"
],
"links": [
[
"ceisio",
"ceisio#Welsh"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kai̯s/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ai̯s"
}
],
"word": "cais"
}
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"msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: cais/Welsh 'radical' base_tags=set()",
"path": [
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],
"section": "Welsh",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "cais",
"trace": ""
}
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"called_from": "inflection/865",
"msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: cais/Welsh 'nasal' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form', 'soft'}",
"path": [
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],
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"subsection": "verb",
"title": "cais",
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}
{
"called_from": "inflection/865",
"msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: cais/Welsh 'aspirate' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form', 'soft'}",
"path": [
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],
"section": "Welsh",
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