"calch" meaning in Welsh

See calch in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kalχ/ Forms: calchoedd [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], calch [error-unrecognized-form], galch [soft], nghalch [error-unrecognized-form], chalch [error-unrecognized-form]
Rhymes: -alχ Etymology: From Middle Welsh calch, from Proto-Brythonic *kalx, from Latin calx (“lime”). Etymology templates: {{der|cy|wlm|calch}} Middle Welsh calch, {{der|cy|cel-bry-pro|*kalx}} Proto-Brythonic *kalx, {{der|cy|la|calx||lime}} Latin calx (“lime”) Head templates: {{cy-noun|m|-|pl2=calchoedd}} calch m (usually uncountable, plural calchoedd) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. lime Tags: masculine, uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Rocks
    Sense id: en-calch-cy-noun-77qoy~~8 Disambiguation of Rocks: 50 50 Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. chalk Tags: masculine, uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Rocks
    Sense id: en-calch-cy-noun-yIb~Efal Disambiguation of Rocks: 50 50 Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: calch brwd (english: quicklime), calch tawdd (english: slaked lime), calchfaen, carreg galch (english: limestone), calchid (english: calcium), clustlys y calch (english: calcicolous earwort), hiclys y calch (english: chalk notchwort), llwydwellt y calch (english: blue moor-grass)
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "quicklime",
      "word": "calch brwd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "slaked lime",
      "word": "calch tawdd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "calchfaen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "limestone",
      "word": "carreg galch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "calcium",
      "word": "calchid"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "calcicolous earwort",
      "word": "clustlys y calch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "chalk notchwort",
      "word": "hiclys y calch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "blue moor-grass",
      "word": "llwydwellt y calch"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "calch"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh calch",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*kalx"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *kalx",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "calx",
        "4": "",
        "5": "lime"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin calx (“lime”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh calch, from Proto-Brythonic *kalx, from Latin calx (“lime”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "calchoedd",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calch",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "galch",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nghalch",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chalch",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "-",
        "pl2": "calchoedd"
      },
      "expansion": "calch m (usually uncountable, plural calchoedd)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Rocks",
          "orig": "cy:Rocks",
          "parents": [
            "Geology",
            "Natural materials",
            "Earth sciences",
            "Materials",
            "Nature",
            "Sciences",
            "Manufacturing",
            "All topics",
            "Human activity",
            "Fundamental",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lime"
      ],
      "id": "en-calch-cy-noun-77qoy~~8",
      "links": [
        [
          "lime",
          "lime"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Rocks",
          "orig": "cy:Rocks",
          "parents": [
            "Geology",
            "Natural materials",
            "Earth sciences",
            "Materials",
            "Nature",
            "Sciences",
            "Manufacturing",
            "All topics",
            "Human activity",
            "Fundamental",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "chalk"
      ],
      "id": "en-calch-cy-noun-yIb~Efal",
      "links": [
        [
          "chalk",
          "chalk"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kalχ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-alχ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "calch"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Welsh/alχ",
    "Rhymes:Welsh/alχ/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 Latin",
    "Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic",
    "Welsh uncountable nouns",
    "cy:Rocks"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "quicklime",
      "word": "calch brwd"
    },
    {
      "english": "slaked lime",
      "word": "calch tawdd"
    },
    {
      "word": "calchfaen"
    },
    {
      "english": "limestone",
      "word": "carreg galch"
    },
    {
      "english": "calcium",
      "word": "calchid"
    },
    {
      "english": "calcicolous earwort",
      "word": "clustlys y calch"
    },
    {
      "english": "chalk notchwort",
      "word": "hiclys y calch"
    },
    {
      "english": "blue moor-grass",
      "word": "llwydwellt y calch"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "calch"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh calch",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*kalx"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *kalx",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "calx",
        "4": "",
        "5": "lime"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin calx (“lime”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh calch, from Proto-Brythonic *kalx, from Latin calx (“lime”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "calchoedd",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calch",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "galch",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nghalch",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chalch",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "-",
        "pl2": "calchoedd"
      },
      "expansion": "calch m (usually uncountable, plural calchoedd)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "lime"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lime",
          "lime"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "chalk"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chalk",
          "chalk"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kalχ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-alχ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "calch"
}

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