"castell" meaning in Welsh

See castell in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkasdɛɬ/ [North-Wales, colloquial, standard], [ˈkʰastɛɬ] [North-Wales, colloquial, standard], /ˈkasdaɬ/ [North-Wales, colloquial], [ˈkʰastaɬ] [North-Wales, colloquial], /ˈkasdɛɬ/ [South-Wales], [ˈkʰastɛɬ] [South-Wales] Forms: cestyll [plural], castelli [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], castell [error-unrecognized-form], gastell [soft], nghastell [error-unrecognized-form], chastell [error-unrecognized-form]
Etymology: From Middle Welsh castell, from Proto-Brythonic *kastell, from Latin castellum. Compare Breton kastell, Cornish kastel. Etymology templates: {{inh|cy|wlm|castell}} Middle Welsh castell, {{inh|cy|cel-bry-pro|*kastell}} Proto-Brythonic *kastell, {{der|cy|la|castellum}} Latin castellum, {{cog|br|kastell}} Breton kastell, {{cog|kw|kastel}} Cornish kastel Head templates: {{cy-noun|m|cestyll|pl2=castelli}} castell m (plural cestyll or castelli) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. castle (fortified building) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-castell-cy-noun-p~DFoxbT
  2. (chess) rook Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-castell-cy-noun-LCt2CAut Categories (other): Chess, Welsh entries with incorrect language header, Chess Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of Chess: 0 100 Topics: board-games, chess, games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: caer Related terms: brenin, brenhines, esgob, marchog, gwerinwr
Categories (other): Military Disambiguation of Military: 0 0

Inflected forms

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        "2": "kastell"
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        "2": "kastel"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cestyll",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castelli",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castell",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gastell",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nghastell",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chastell",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "esgob"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "marchog"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "castle (fortified building)"
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          "castle",
          "castle"
        ]
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        "rook"
      ],
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          "chess",
          "chess"
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        [
          "rook",
          "rook"
        ]
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        "(chess) rook"
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "board-games",
        "chess",
        "games"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈkasdɛɬ/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales",
        "colloquial",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkʰastɛɬ]",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales",
        "colloquial",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkasdaɬ/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales",
        "colloquial"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkʰastaɬ]",
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        "colloquial"
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      "ipa": "/ˈkasdɛɬ/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkʰastɛɬ]",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
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    }
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    "Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh",
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    "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic",
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        "1": "kw",
        "2": "kastel"
      },
      "expansion": "Cornish kastel",
      "name": "cog"
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh castell, from Proto-Brythonic *kastell, from Latin castellum. Compare Breton kastell, Cornish kastel.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cestyll",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castelli",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "castell",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "gastell",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nghastell",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chastell",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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        "pl2": "castelli"
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  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "brenin"
    },
    {
      "word": "brenhines"
    },
    {
      "word": "esgob"
    },
    {
      "word": "marchog"
    },
    {
      "word": "gwerinwr"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "castle (fortified building)"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "castle",
          "castle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "glosses": [
        "rook"
      ],
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          "chess"
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          "rook",
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      ],
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      ],
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      ],
      "topics": [
        "board-games",
        "chess",
        "games"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkasdɛɬ/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales",
        "colloquial",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkʰastɛɬ]",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales",
        "colloquial",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkasdaɬ/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkʰastaɬ]",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkasdɛɬ/",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkʰastɛɬ]",
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "caer"
    }
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}

Download raw JSONL data for castell meaning in Welsh (2.7kB)

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