"cen" meaning in Welsh

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Noun

IPA: /kɛn/ Forms: cennau [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], cen [mutation, mutation-radical], gen [mutation, mutation-soft], nghen [mutation, mutation-nasal], chen [mutation, mutation-aspirate]
Etymology: From Proto-Celtic *kenni- (“skin”) (compare Cornish kenn (“film, skin (on liquid); peel”), Breton kenn (“scurf, dandruff”), Old Irish ceinn (“scale”)), from Proto-Indo-European *sken- (“to split off”) (compare German schinden (“to strip, peel; skin”)); further to Cornish skans (“fish scales”), Breton skant (“fish scales”), Irish scain (“to tear, burst”). Etymology templates: {{der|cy|cel-pro|*kenni-|t=skin}} Proto-Celtic *kenni- (“skin”), {{cog|kw|kenn||film, skin (on liquid); peel}} Cornish kenn (“film, skin (on liquid); peel”), {{cog|br|kenn||scurf, dandruff}} Breton kenn (“scurf, dandruff”), {{cog|sga|ceinn||scale}} Old Irish ceinn (“scale”), {{der|cy|ine-pro|*sken-|t=to split off}} Proto-Indo-European *sken- (“to split off”), {{cog|de|schinden||to strip, peel; skin}} German schinden (“to strip, peel; skin”), {{cog|kw|skans||fish scales}} Cornish skans (“fish scales”), {{cog|br|skant||fish scales}} Breton skant (“fish scales”), {{cog|ga|scain|t=to tear, burst}} Irish scain (“to tear, burst”) Head templates: {{cy-noun|m|cennau}} cen m (plural cennau) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. (dermatology) scurf, dandruff Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Dermatology, Skin Synonyms: marwdon, sgrwff
    Sense id: en-cen-cy-noun-8n0o0VBQ Disambiguation of Skin: 54 19 9 18 Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 28 22 20 30 Topics: dermatology, medicine, sciences
  2. (biology) scale (on fish, bud) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Biology Synonyms: cennyn
    Sense id: en-cen-cy-noun-UtFG~P~6 Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 28 22 20 30 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  3. (chemistry) scale, scurf, fur (in pipe, boiler, furnace, kettle) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Chemistry Synonyms: calch
    Sense id: en-cen-cy-noun-S6touiFZ Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 28 22 20 30 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  4. (mycology) lichen Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Mycology Categories (lifeform): Lichens Synonyms: cen y cerrig
    Sense id: en-cen-cy-noun-RiWoH2LQ Disambiguation of Lichens: 20 15 12 52 Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 28 22 20 30 Topics: biology, mycology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cen blaguro (english: bud scale), cen bract (english: bract scales), cen pen (english: dandruff), cen y cerrig (english: (rock) lichen), cen y coed (english: (tree) lichen), cenfesureg (english: lichenometry), cenfetreg (english: lichenometry), dyddio cen (english: lichenometry), gweinwyfyn cen (english: case bearer), gweinwyfyn cen bach (english: lesser case bearer), gweinwyfyn cen cul (english: narrow case bearer), rhisglyn y cen (english: Brussels lace)

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      "english": "bud scale",
      "word": "cen blaguro"
    },
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    },
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      "english": "dandruff",
      "word": "cen pen"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "(rock) lichen",
      "word": "cen y cerrig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "(tree) lichen",
      "word": "cen y coed"
    },
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      "english": "lichenometry",
      "word": "cenfesureg"
    },
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      "english": "lichenometry",
      "word": "cenfetreg"
    },
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      "word": "dyddio cen"
    },
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      "english": "case bearer",
      "word": "gweinwyfyn cen"
    },
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      "english": "lesser case bearer",
      "word": "gweinwyfyn cen bach"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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      "word": "gweinwyfyn cen cul"
    },
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    }
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          "kind": "lifeform",
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        "(mycology) lichen"
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        }
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    {
      "ipa": "/kɛn/"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh masculine nouns",
    "Welsh nouns",
    "Welsh nouns with red links in their headword lines",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "cy:Lichens",
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      "english": "bud scale",
      "word": "cen blaguro"
    },
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    },
    {
      "english": "dandruff",
      "word": "cen pen"
    },
    {
      "english": "(rock) lichen",
      "word": "cen y cerrig"
    },
    {
      "english": "(tree) lichen",
      "word": "cen y coed"
    },
    {
      "english": "lichenometry",
      "word": "cenfesureg"
    },
    {
      "english": "lichenometry",
      "word": "cenfetreg"
    },
    {
      "english": "lichenometry",
      "word": "dyddio cen"
    },
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      "english": "case bearer",
      "word": "gweinwyfyn cen"
    },
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      "english": "lesser case bearer",
      "word": "gweinwyfyn cen bach"
    },
    {
      "english": "narrow case bearer",
      "word": "gweinwyfyn cen cul"
    },
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      "english": "Brussels lace",
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    }
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          "scale",
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          "scurf",
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          "fur",
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        "(chemistry) scale, scurf, fur (in pipe, boiler, furnace, kettle)"
      ],
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        {
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        }
      ],
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        "masculine"
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        "physical-sciences"
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    },
    {
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      ],
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        [
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        ],
        [
          "lichen",
          "lichen"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mycology) lichen"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cen y cerrig"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "mycology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/kɛn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cen"
}
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  "path": [
    "cen"
  ],
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "cen",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "rejected heuristic header: table cell identified as header based on style, BUT Welsh is not in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS; cleaned text: nghen, style: padding-bottom:4px;////NodeKind.TABLE_CELL",
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    "cen"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "cen",
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}

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  "called_from": "inflection/2512",
  "msg": "rejected heuristic header: table cell identified as header based on style, BUT Welsh is not in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS; cleaned text: chen, style: padding-bottom:4px;////NodeKind.TABLE_CELL",
  "path": [
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  "subsection": "noun",
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}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Welsh dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-16 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (e268c0e and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.