call in Welsh

IPA: /kaɬ/ [North-Wales], /ka(ː)ɬ/ [South-Wales] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Rhymes: -aɬ Etymology: Possible borrowing from Latin callidus (“wise, clever; cunning”) (and if so, doublet of caled (“hard”)). Etymology templates: {{bor|cy|la|callidus||wise, clever; cunning}} Latin callidus (“wise, clever; cunning”), {{dbt|cy|caled|nocap=1|t1=hard}} doublet of caled (“hard”) Head templates: {{cy-adj|ach}} call (feminine singular call, plural call, equative called, comparative callach, superlative callaf) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}} Forms: call [feminine, singular], call [plural], called [equative], callach [comparative], callaf [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], call [error-unrecognized-form], gall [soft], nghall [error-unrecognized-form], chall [error-unrecognized-form]

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    {
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    },
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        "comparative"
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "nghall",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
      "form": "chall",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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          "english": "foolish, unwise",
          "word": "angall"
        },
        {
          "english": "wisdom, rationality",
          "word": "callineb"
        },
        {
          "english": "to become wise, to wise up",
          "word": "callio"
        },
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          "english": "half-witted, crazy",
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        {
          "word": "doeth"
        },
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          "word": "deallus"
        }
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      "ipa": "/ka(ː)ɬ/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɬ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "call"
}

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "foolish, unwise",
      "word": "angall"
    },
    {
      "english": "wisdom, rationality",
      "word": "callineb"
    },
    {
      "english": "to become wise, to wise up",
      "word": "callio"
    },
    {
      "english": "half-witted, crazy",
      "word": "hanner call"
    }
  ],
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      "name": "bor"
    },
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      },
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    }
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        "singular"
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      "form": "call",
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "called",
      "tags": [
        "equative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "callach",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "callaf",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "call",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "gall",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nghall",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chall",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
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      ],
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        {
          "word": "doeth"
        },
        {
          "word": "deallus"
        }
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      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɬ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "call"
}

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

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

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

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"call" meaning in Welsh

Adjective