"cais" meaning in Welsh

See cais in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kai̯s/ Forms: ceisiadau [plural], ceisiau [plural]
Rhymes: -ai̯s Etymology: From Middle Welsh keis, apparently a back-formation from keissaw (“to seek, look for”) (modern ceisio). Etymology templates: {{der|cy|wlm|keis}} Middle Welsh keis, {{lg|back-formation}} back-formation, {{bor+|cy|en|case|nocap=1}} borrowed from English case, {{cog|la|quaerō|t=to seek, ask, endeavor}} Latin quaerō (“to seek, ask, endeavor”) Head templates: {{cy-noun|m|ceisiadau|pl2=ceisiau}} cais m (plural ceisiadau or ceisiau)
  1. effort, attempt Tags: masculine Synonyms: ymgais, cynnig, ymdrech, ymroddiad
    Sense id: en-cais-cy-noun-ac38eBTi
  2. request, petition, application Tags: masculine Synonyms: dymuniad, deisyfiad, arch, ymofyniad, galwad
    Sense id: en-cais-cy-noun-GyQP~bPp Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 5 14 39 10 33
  3. (rugby) try Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-cais-cy-noun-HiYs19EQ Categories (other): Rugby, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 9 9 1 1 1 4 1 4 23 4 4 13 5 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 11 1 1 1 2 1 2 26 2 2 13 3 25 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 5 14 39 10 33 Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, rugby, sports
  4. (literary) quest Tags: literary, masculine
    Sense id: en-cais-cy-noun-rBoccUPL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ceisio (english: to attempt, to try; surface analysis only), ceislen (english: application form), ffurflen gais (english: application form), ymgais (english: attempt)

Verb

IPA: /kai̯s/ Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], cais [error-unrecognized-form], gais [soft], nghais [error-unrecognized-form], chais [error-unrecognized-form]
Rhymes: -ai̯s Etymology: From Middle Welsh keis, apparently a back-formation from keissaw (“to seek, look for”) (modern ceisio). Etymology templates: {{der|cy|wlm|keis}} Middle Welsh keis, {{lg|back-formation}} back-formation, {{bor+|cy|en|case|nocap=1}} borrowed from English case, {{cog|la|quaerō|t=to seek, ask, endeavor}} Latin quaerō (“to seek, ask, endeavor”) Head templates: {{cy-verb form}} cais Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. third-person singular present indicative/future of ceisio
    Sense id: en-cais-cy-verb-HjT1RBwd Categories (other): Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 9 9 1 1 1 4 1 4 23 4 4 13 5 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 11 1 1 1 2 1 2 26 2 2 13 3 25 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 5 14 39 10 33

Inflected forms

{
  "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"
    }
  ],
  "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"
      ],
      "id": "en-cais-cy-noun-ac38eBTi",
      "links": [
        [
          "effort",
          "effort"
        ],
        [
          "attempt",
          "attempt"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ymgais"
        },
        {
          "word": "cynnig"
        },
        {
          "word": "ymdrech"
        },
        {
          "word": "ymroddiad"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 14 39 10 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "request, petition, application"
      ],
      "id": "en-cais-cy-noun-GyQP~bPp",
      "links": [
        [
          "request",
          "request"
        ],
        [
          "petition",
          "petition"
        ],
        [
          "application",
          "application"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "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"
}

{
  "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"
  ],
  "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"
    }
  ],
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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"
}

Download raw JSONL data for cais meaning in Welsh (4.4kB)

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

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

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

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