"cau" meaning in Welsh

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Adjective

IPA: /kaɨ̯/ [North-Wales, colloquial, standard], /kai̯/ [South-Wales, colloquial, standard], /kɔi̯/ [South-Wales, colloquial]
Etymology: From Middle Welsh keu, from Proto-Brythonic *kaw (whence Breton kev), from Proto-Celtic *kawyos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- (“to swell”). Cognate with Irish cuas, Latin cavus. Etymology templates: {{inh|cy|wlm|keu}} Middle Welsh keu, {{inh|cy|cel-bry-pro|*kaw}} Proto-Brythonic *kaw, {{cog|br|kev}} Breton kev, {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*kawyos}} Proto-Celtic *kawyos, {{inh|cy|ine-pro|*ḱewh₁-|t=to swell}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- (“to swell”), {{cog|ga|cuas}} Irish cuas, {{cog|la|cavus}} Latin cavus Head templates: {{cy-adj|ach|pl=ceuon|stem=ceu}} cau (feminine singular cau, plural ceuon, equative ceued, comparative ceuach, superlative ceuaf) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}} Forms: cau [feminine, singular], ceuon [plural], ceued [equative], ceuach [comparative], ceuaf [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], cau [mutation, mutation-radical], gau [mutation, mutation-soft], nghau [mutation, mutation-nasal], chau [mutation, mutation-aspirate]
  1. hollow, empty, sunken
    Sense id: en-cau-cy-adj-vJCSx0xM
  2. (figuratively) false, deceitful Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-cau-cy-adj-Nde7HdBG
  3. enclosing; shut, closed
    Sense id: en-cau-cy-adj-iMxITASl
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /kaɨ̯/ [North-Wales], /kai̯/ [South-Wales]
Rhymes: -aɨ̯ Etymology: From Proto-Celtic *kageti, from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰ- (“catch, grasp”) (compare Oscan 𐌊𐌀𐌇𐌀𐌃 (kahad, “may he take”), Albanian kam (“to have, hold”). Etymology templates: {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*kageti}} Proto-Celtic *kageti, {{der|cy|ine-pro|*kagʰ-||catch, grasp}} Proto-Indo-European *kagʰ- (“catch, grasp”), {{cog|osc|𐌊𐌀𐌇𐌀𐌃||may he take}} Oscan 𐌊𐌀𐌇𐌀𐌃 (kahad, “may he take”), {{cog|sq|kam||to have, hold}} Albanian kam (“to have, hold”) Head templates: {{cy-verb|cae}} cau (first-person singular present caeaf) Inflection templates: {{cy-conj-cons|cae|imp=cau|nolong=3s}}, {{cy-conj-colloquial|cae}} Forms: caeaf [first-person, present, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], caeaf [first-person, future, indicative, present, singular], caei [future, indicative, present, second-person, singular], cae [future, indicative, present, singular, third-person], caewn [first-person, future, indicative, plural, present], caewch [future, indicative, plural, present, second-person], caeant [future, indicative, plural, present, third-person], caeir [future, impersonal, indicative, present], caewn [conditional, first-person, singular], caewn [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular, subjunctive], caeit [conditional, second-person, singular], caeit [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular, subjunctive], caeai [conditional, singular, third-person], caeai [imperfect, indicative, singular, subjunctive, third-person], caeem [conditional, first-person, plural], caeem [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural, subjunctive], caeech [conditional, plural, second-person], caeech [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person, subjunctive], caeent [conditional, plural, third-person], caeent [imperfect, indicative, plural, subjunctive, third-person], caeid [conditional, impersonal], caeid [imperfect, impersonal, indicative, subjunctive], caeais [first-person, preterite, singular], caeaist [preterite, second-person, singular], caeodd [preterite, singular, third-person], caeasom [first-person, plural, preterite], caeasoch [plural, preterite, second-person], caeasant [plural, preterite, third-person], caewyd [impersonal, preterite], caeaswn [first-person, pluperfect, singular], caeasit [pluperfect, second-person, singular], caeasai [pluperfect, singular, third-person], caeasem [first-person, pluperfect, plural], caeasech [pluperfect, plural, second-person], caeasent [pluperfect, plural, third-person], caeasid [impersonal, pluperfect], caeesid [impersonal, pluperfect], caewyf [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], caeych [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], caeo [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], caeom [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], caeoch [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], caeont [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], caeer [impersonal, present, subjunctive], - [first-person, imperative, singular], cau [imperative, second-person, singular], caea [imperative, second-person, singular], caeed [imperative, singular, third-person], caewn [first-person, imperative, plural], caewch [imperative, plural, second-person], caeent [imperative, plural, third-person], caeer [imperative, impersonal], cau [noun-from-verb], caeedig [participle], caeadwy [participle], no-table-tags [table-tags], caea i [first-person, future, singular], caeaf i [first-person, future, singular], caei di [future, second-person, singular], caeith o [future, singular, third-person], e [future, singular, third-person], hi [future, singular, third-person], caeiff e [future, singular, third-person], caewn ni [first-person, future, plural], caewch chi [future, plural, second-person], caean nhw [future, plural, third-person], caewn i [conditional, first-person, singular], caeswn i [conditional, first-person, singular], caeet ti [conditional, second-person, singular], caeset ti [conditional, second-person, singular], caeai fo [conditional, singular, third-person], fe [conditional, singular, third-person], hi [conditional, singular, third-person], caesai fo [conditional, singular, third-person], caeen ni [conditional, first-person, plural], caesen ni [conditional, first-person, plural], caeech chi [conditional, plural, second-person], caesech chi [conditional, plural, second-person], caeen nhw [conditional, plural, third-person], caesen nhw [conditional, plural, third-person], caeais i [first-person, preterite, singular], caees i [first-person, preterite, singular], caeaist ti [preterite, second-person, singular], caeest ti [preterite, second-person, singular], caeodd o [preterite, singular, third-person], e [preterite, singular, third-person], hi [preterite, singular, third-person], caeon ni [first-person, plural, preterite], caeoch chi [plural, preterite, second-person], caeon nhw [plural, preterite, third-person], - [first-person, imperative, singular], caea [imperative, second-person, singular], - [imperative, singular, third-person], - [first-person, imperative, plural], caewch [imperative, plural, second-person], - [imperative, plural, third-person]
  1. (transitive, intransitive) to close, shut Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-cau-cy-verb-lOoYbzY6
  2. (transitive) to fasten Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-cau-cy-verb-ZsM-mWgy
  3. (intransitive) to heal, to close Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-cau-cy-verb-0V5KpfxW Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 19 14 17 13 7 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: caeu [obsolete] Derived forms: ar gau (english: closed, shut), cau am (english: to enclose, to encircle), cau ceg (english: to keep quiet), cau llygaid ar (english: to turn a blind eye), dyddiad cau (english: closing date) Related terms: cae (english: enclosure, field), caer (english: castle, hold)
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "agor"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "closed, shut",
      "word": "ar gau"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "to enclose, to encircle",
      "word": "cau am"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "to keep quiet",
      "word": "cau ceg"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "to turn a blind eye",
      "word": "cau llygaid ar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "closing date",
      "word": "dyddiad cau"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*kageti"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *kageti",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kagʰ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "catch, grasp"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kagʰ- (“catch, grasp”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osc",
        "2": "𐌊𐌀𐌇𐌀𐌃",
        "3": "",
        "4": "may he take"
      },
      "expansion": "Oscan 𐌊𐌀𐌇𐌀𐌃 (kahad, “may he take”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "kam",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to have, hold"
      },
      "expansion": "Albanian kam (“to have, hold”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *kageti, from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰ- (“catch, grasp”) (compare Oscan 𐌊𐌀𐌇𐌀𐌃 (kahad, “may he take”), Albanian kam (“to have, hold”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "caeaf",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-conj-cons",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeaf",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caei",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cae",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caewn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caewch",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeant",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeir",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "impersonal",
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caewn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caewn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeit",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeit",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeech",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeech",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeent",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeent",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeid",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "impersonal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeid",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "impersonal",
        "indicative",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeais",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeaist",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "preterite",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeodd",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "preterite",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeasom",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeasoch",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeasant",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caewyd",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "impersonal",
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeaswn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "pluperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeasit",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "pluperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeasai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "pluperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeasem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeasech",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeasent",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeasid",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "impersonal",
        "pluperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeesid",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "impersonal",
        "pluperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caewyf",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeych",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeom",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeoch",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeont",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeer",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "impersonal",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cau",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caea",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caewn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caewch",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeent",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeer",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "impersonal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cau",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeedig",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeadwy",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-conj-colloquial",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caea i",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeaf i",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caei di",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeith o",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "e",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeiff e",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caewn ni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caewch chi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caean nhw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caewn i",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeswn i",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeet ti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeset ti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeai fo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caesai fo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeen ni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caesen ni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeech chi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caesech chi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeen nhw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caesen nhw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeais i",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caees i",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeaist ti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "preterite",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeest ti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "preterite",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeodd o",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "preterite",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "e",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "preterite",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "preterite",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeon ni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeoch chi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeon nhw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caea",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caewch",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cae"
      },
      "expansion": "cau (first-person singular present caeaf)",
      "name": "cy-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cae",
        "imp": "cau",
        "nolong": "3s"
      },
      "name": "cy-conj-cons"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cae"
      },
      "name": "cy-conj-colloquial"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "enclosure, field",
      "word": "cae"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "castle, hold",
      "word": "caer"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to close, shut"
      ],
      "id": "en-cau-cy-verb-lOoYbzY6",
      "links": [
        [
          "transitive",
          "transitive"
        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
        [
          "close",
          "close"
        ],
        [
          "shut",
          "shut"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive) to close, shut"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to fasten"
      ],
      "id": "en-cau-cy-verb-ZsM-mWgy",
      "links": [
        [
          "fasten",
          "fasten"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to fasten"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "19 14 17 13 7 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to heal, to close"
      ],
      "id": "en-cau-cy-verb-0V5KpfxW",
      "links": [
        [
          "heal",
          "heal"
        ],
        [
          "close",
          "close"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to heal, to close"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaɨ̯/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kai̯/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɨ̯"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "caeu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cau"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "solid",
      "word": "solet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "keu"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh keu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*kaw"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *kaw",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "kev"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton kev",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*kawyos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *kawyos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ḱewh₁-",
        "t": "to swell"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- (“to swell”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cuas"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish cuas",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "cavus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin cavus",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh keu, from Proto-Brythonic *kaw (whence Breton kev), from Proto-Celtic *kawyos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- (“to swell”). Cognate with Irish cuas, Latin cavus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cau",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ceuon",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ceued",
      "tags": [
        "equative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ceuach",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ceuaf",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cau",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gau",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nghau",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-nasal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chau",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-aspirate"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ach",
        "pl": "ceuon",
        "stem": "ceu"
      },
      "expansion": "cau (feminine singular cau, plural ceuon, equative ceued, comparative ceuach, superlative ceuaf)",
      "name": "cy-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hollow, empty, sunken"
      ],
      "id": "en-cau-cy-adj-vJCSx0xM",
      "links": [
        [
          "hollow",
          "hollow"
        ],
        [
          "empty",
          "empty"
        ],
        [
          "sunken",
          "sunken"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "false, deceitful"
      ],
      "id": "en-cau-cy-adj-Nde7HdBG",
      "links": [
        [
          "false",
          "false"
        ],
        [
          "deceitful",
          "deceitful"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) false, deceitful"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "enclosing; shut, closed"
      ],
      "id": "en-cau-cy-adj-iMxITASl",
      "links": [
        [
          "enclosing",
          "enclosing"
        ],
        [
          "shut",
          "shut"
        ],
        [
          "closed",
          "closed"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaɨ̯/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales",
        "colloquial",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kai̯/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "colloquial",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔi̯/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cau"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "agor"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Rhymes:Welsh/aɨ̯",
    "Rhymes:Welsh/aɨ̯/1 syllable",
    "Welsh adjectives",
    "Welsh adjectives with red links in their headword lines",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Welsh verbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "closed, shut",
      "word": "ar gau"
    },
    {
      "english": "to enclose, to encircle",
      "word": "cau am"
    },
    {
      "english": "to keep quiet",
      "word": "cau ceg"
    },
    {
      "english": "to turn a blind eye",
      "word": "cau llygaid ar"
    },
    {
      "english": "closing date",
      "word": "dyddiad cau"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*kageti"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *kageti",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kagʰ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "catch, grasp"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kagʰ- (“catch, grasp”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osc",
        "2": "𐌊𐌀𐌇𐌀𐌃",
        "3": "",
        "4": "may he take"
      },
      "expansion": "Oscan 𐌊𐌀𐌇𐌀𐌃 (kahad, “may he take”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "kam",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to have, hold"
      },
      "expansion": "Albanian kam (“to have, hold”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *kageti, from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰ- (“catch, grasp”) (compare Oscan 𐌊𐌀𐌇𐌀𐌃 (kahad, “may he take”), Albanian kam (“to have, hold”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "caeaf",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-conj-cons",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeaf",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caei",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cae",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caewn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caewch",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeant",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeir",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "impersonal",
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caewn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caewn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeit",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeit",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeech",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeech",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeent",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeent",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeid",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "impersonal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeid",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "impersonal",
        "indicative",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeais",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeaist",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "preterite",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeodd",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "preterite",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeasom",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeasoch",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeasant",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caewyd",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "impersonal",
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeaswn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "pluperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeasit",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "pluperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeasai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "pluperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeasem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeasech",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeasent",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeasid",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "impersonal",
        "pluperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeesid",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "impersonal",
        "pluperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caewyf",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeych",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeom",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeoch",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeont",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeer",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "impersonal",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cau",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caea",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caewn",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caewch",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeent",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeer",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "impersonal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cau",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeedig",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeadwy",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-conj-colloquial",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caea i",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeaf i",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caei di",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeith o",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "e",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeiff e",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caewn ni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caewch chi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caean nhw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caewn i",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeswn i",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeet ti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeset ti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeai fo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caesai fo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeen ni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caesen ni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeech chi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caesech chi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeen nhw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caesen nhw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeais i",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caees i",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeaist ti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "preterite",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeest ti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "preterite",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeodd o",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "preterite",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "e",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "preterite",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "preterite",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeon ni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeoch chi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caeon nhw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caea",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caewch",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cae"
      },
      "expansion": "cau (first-person singular present caeaf)",
      "name": "cy-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cae",
        "imp": "cau",
        "nolong": "3s"
      },
      "name": "cy-conj-cons"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cae"
      },
      "name": "cy-conj-colloquial"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "enclosure, field",
      "word": "cae"
    },
    {
      "english": "castle, hold",
      "word": "caer"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Welsh intransitive verbs",
        "Welsh transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to close, shut"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "transitive",
          "transitive"
        ],
        [
          "intransitive",
          "intransitive"
        ],
        [
          "close",
          "close"
        ],
        [
          "shut",
          "shut"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, intransitive) to close, shut"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Welsh transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to fasten"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fasten",
          "fasten"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to fasten"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Welsh intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to heal, to close"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "heal",
          "heal"
        ],
        [
          "close",
          "close"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to heal, to close"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaɨ̯/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kai̯/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɨ̯"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "caeu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cau"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "solid",
      "word": "solet"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Welsh adjectives",
    "Welsh adjectives with red links in their headword lines",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "keu"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh keu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*kaw"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *kaw",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "kev"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton kev",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*kawyos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *kawyos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ḱewh₁-",
        "t": "to swell"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- (“to swell”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cuas"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish cuas",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "cavus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin cavus",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh keu, from Proto-Brythonic *kaw (whence Breton kev), from Proto-Celtic *kawyos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- (“to swell”). Cognate with Irish cuas, Latin cavus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cau",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ceuon",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ceued",
      "tags": [
        "equative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ceuach",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ceuaf",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cau",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gau",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nghau",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-nasal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chau",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-aspirate"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ach",
        "pl": "ceuon",
        "stem": "ceu"
      },
      "expansion": "cau (feminine singular cau, plural ceuon, equative ceued, comparative ceuach, superlative ceuaf)",
      "name": "cy-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hollow, empty, sunken"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hollow",
          "hollow"
        ],
        [
          "empty",
          "empty"
        ],
        [
          "sunken",
          "sunken"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "false, deceitful"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "false",
          "false"
        ],
        [
          "deceitful",
          "deceitful"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) false, deceitful"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "enclosing; shut, closed"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "enclosing",
          "enclosing"
        ],
        [
          "shut",
          "shut"
        ],
        [
          "closed",
          "closed"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaɨ̯/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales",
        "colloquial",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kai̯/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "colloquial",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔi̯/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cau"
}

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