"chwilen" meaning in Welsh

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Noun

IPA: /ˈχwɪlɛn/ [North-Wales, colloquial, standard], /ˈχwɪlan/ [North-Wales, colloquial], /ˈχwiːlɛn/ [South-Wales], /ˈχwɪlɛn/ [South-Wales] Forms: chwilod [plural], chwilennod [plural], chwil [alternative]
Etymology: Back-formation of chwilod (“beetles”) by analogy with malwen/malwod (“snail”/“snails”), ploryn/plorod (“pimple”/“pimples”), etc.. Compare Breton c'houil, Cornish hwil. Etymology templates: {{backformation|cy|chwilod|t=beetles}} Back-formation of chwilod (“beetles”), {{cog|br|c'houil}} Breton c'houil, {{cog|kw|hwil}} Cornish hwil Head templates: {{cy-noun|f|chwilod|pl2=chwilennod}} chwilen f (plural chwilod or chwilennod, not mutable)
  1. beetle (Coleoptera) Tags: feminine, not-mutable Categories (lifeform): Beetles

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "chwilod",
        "t": "beetles"
      },
      "expansion": "Back-formation of chwilod (“beetles”)",
      "name": "backformation"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "c'houil"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton c'houil",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "hwil"
      },
      "expansion": "Cornish hwil",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Back-formation of chwilod (“beetles”) by analogy with malwen/malwod (“snail”/“snails”), ploryn/plorod (“pimple”/“pimples”), etc.. Compare Breton c'houil, Cornish hwil.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chwilod",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chwilennod",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chwil",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "chwilod",
        "pl2": "chwilennod"
      },
      "expansion": "chwilen f (plural chwilod or chwilennod, not mutable)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh back-formations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Beetles",
          "orig": "cy:Beetles",
          "parents": [
            "Insects",
            "Arthropods",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "beetle (Coleoptera)"
      ],
      "id": "en-chwilen-cy-noun-8nWISc2o",
      "links": [
        [
          "beetle",
          "beetle"
        ],
        [
          "Coleoptera",
          "Coleoptera#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "not-mutable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈχwɪlɛn/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales",
        "colloquial",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈχwɪlan/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈχwiːlɛn/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈχwɪlɛn/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "chwilen"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "chwilod",
        "t": "beetles"
      },
      "expansion": "Back-formation of chwilod (“beetles”)",
      "name": "backformation"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "c'houil"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton c'houil",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "hwil"
      },
      "expansion": "Cornish hwil",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Back-formation of chwilod (“beetles”) by analogy with malwen/malwod (“snail”/“snails”), ploryn/plorod (“pimple”/“pimples”), etc.. Compare Breton c'houil, Cornish hwil.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "chwilod",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chwilennod",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chwil",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "chwilod",
        "pl2": "chwilennod"
      },
      "expansion": "chwilen f (plural chwilod or chwilennod, not mutable)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Welsh back-formations",
        "Welsh countable nouns",
        "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
        "Welsh feminine nouns",
        "Welsh lemmas",
        "Welsh non-mutable terms",
        "Welsh nouns",
        "Welsh nouns with red links in their headword lines",
        "cy:Beetles"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "beetle (Coleoptera)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beetle",
          "beetle"
        ],
        [
          "Coleoptera",
          "Coleoptera#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "not-mutable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈχwɪlɛn/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales",
        "colloquial",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈχwɪlan/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈχwiːlɛn/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈχwɪlɛn/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "chwilen"
}

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