"cawn" meaning in Welsh

See cawn in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kau̯n/ Forms: conyn [masculine, singular]
Rhymes: -au̯n Etymology: Late Latin cāna, variant of canna (“reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna). Etymology templates: {{der|cy|la-lat|cāna}} Late Latin cāna, {{der|cy|grc|κάννα}} Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna) Head templates: {{cy-noun|m-p|conyn}} cawn (plural, singular conyn m)
  1. stalks Tags: plural
    Sense id: en-cawn-cy-noun-Xe7A7KZv Categories (other): Water plants Disambiguation of Water plants: 18 19 23 19 22
  2. reeds Tags: plural Synonyms: cors
    Sense id: en-cawn-cy-noun-ekANaDse Categories (other): Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header, Water plants Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 19 24 29 26 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 3 19 23 29 26 Disambiguation of Water plants: 18 19 23 19 22
  3. reedgrass Tags: plural Synonyms: cawnwellt, corswellt
    Sense id: en-cawn-cy-noun-obIIa67r Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header, Grasses, Water plants Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 9 25 33 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 19 24 29 26 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 3 19 23 29 26 Disambiguation of Grasses: 8 20 31 21 20 Disambiguation of Water plants: 18 19 23 19 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cawnwellt (english: reedgrass)
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /kau̯n/ Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], cawn [error-unrecognized-form], gawn [soft], nghawn [error-unrecognized-form], chawn [error-unrecognized-form]
Rhymes: -au̯n Head templates: {{cy-verb form}} cawn Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. inflection of cael:
    first-person plural present indicative/future/imperative
    Tags: form-of Form of: cael
    Sense id: en-cawn-cy-verb-qyPoYqJv Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header, Water plants Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 9 25 33 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 19 24 29 26 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 3 19 23 29 26 Disambiguation of Water plants: 18 19 23 19 22
  2. inflection of cael:
    first-person singular imperfect indicative/imperfect subjunctive/conditional
    Tags: form-of Form of: cael
    Sense id: en-cawn-cy-verb-EJOPaZj- Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header, Water plants Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 9 25 33 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 19 24 29 26 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 3 19 23 29 26 Disambiguation of Water plants: 18 19 23 19 22
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "reedgrass",
      "translation": "reedgrass",
      "word": "cawnwellt"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "la-lat",
        "3": "cāna"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin cāna",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "κάννα"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Late Latin cāna, variant of canna (“reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "conyn",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m-p",
        "2": "conyn"
      },
      "expansion": "cawn (plural, singular conyn m)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "18 19 23 19 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Water plants",
          "orig": "cy:Water plants",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "stalks"
      ],
      "id": "en-cawn-cy-noun-Xe7A7KZv",
      "links": [
        [
          "stalk",
          "stalk"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 19 24 29 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 19 23 29 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 19 23 19 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Water plants",
          "orig": "cy:Water plants",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "reeds"
      ],
      "id": "en-cawn-cy-noun-ekANaDse",
      "links": [
        [
          "reed",
          "reed"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cors"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 9 25 33 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 19 24 29 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 19 23 29 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 20 31 21 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Grasses",
          "orig": "cy:Grasses",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 19 23 19 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Water plants",
          "orig": "cy:Water plants",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "reedgrass"
      ],
      "id": "en-cawn-cy-noun-obIIa67r",
      "links": [
        [
          "reedgrass",
          "reedgrass"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cawnwellt"
        },
        {
          "word": "corswellt"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kau̯n/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-au̯n"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cawn"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cawn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gawn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nghawn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chawn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "cawn",
      "name": "cy-verb form"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 9 25 33 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 19 24 29 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 19 23 29 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 19 23 19 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Water plants",
          "orig": "cy:Water plants",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "cael"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of cael:",
        "first-person plural present indicative/future/imperative"
      ],
      "id": "en-cawn-cy-verb-qyPoYqJv",
      "links": [
        [
          "cael",
          "cael#Welsh"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 9 25 33 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 19 24 29 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 19 23 29 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 19 23 19 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Water plants",
          "orig": "cy:Water plants",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "cael"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of cael:",
        "first-person singular imperfect indicative/imperfect subjunctive/conditional"
      ],
      "id": "en-cawn-cy-verb-EJOPaZj-",
      "links": [
        [
          "cael",
          "cael#Welsh"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kau̯n/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-au̯n"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cawn"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Welsh/au̯n",
    "Rhymes:Welsh/au̯n/1 syllable",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh non-lemma forms",
    "Welsh nouns",
    "Welsh plural-basic nouns",
    "Welsh terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Welsh terms derived from Late Latin",
    "Welsh verb forms",
    "cy:Grasses",
    "cy:Water plants"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "reedgrass",
      "translation": "reedgrass",
      "word": "cawnwellt"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "la-lat",
        "3": "cāna"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin cāna",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "κάννα"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Late Latin cāna, variant of canna (“reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "conyn",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m-p",
        "2": "conyn"
      },
      "expansion": "cawn (plural, singular conyn m)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "stalks"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stalk",
          "stalk"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "reeds"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reed",
          "reed"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cors"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "reedgrass"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reedgrass",
          "reedgrass"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "cawnwellt"
        },
        {
          "word": "corswellt"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kau̯n/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-au̯n"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cawn"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Welsh/au̯n",
    "Rhymes:Welsh/au̯n/1 syllable",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh non-lemma forms",
    "Welsh verb forms",
    "cy:Grasses",
    "cy:Water plants"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cawn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gawn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nghawn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chawn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "cawn",
      "name": "cy-verb form"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "cael"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of cael:",
        "first-person plural present indicative/future/imperative"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cael",
          "cael#Welsh"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "cael"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of cael:",
        "first-person singular imperfect indicative/imperfect subjunctive/conditional"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cael",
          "cael#Welsh"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kau̯n/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-au̯n"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cawn"
}

Download raw JSONL data for cawn meaning in Welsh (2.8kB)

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

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

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

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