"clau" meaning in Welsh

See clau in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /klaɨ̯/ [North-Wales], /klai̯/ [South-Wales], /klɔi̯/ [South-Wales, colloquial] Forms: clau [feminine, singular], clau [plural], cleued [equative], cleuach [comparative], cleuaf [superlative], clou [alternative, South-Wales, colloquial], cloi [alternative, South-Wales, colloquial]
Rhymes: -aɨ̯ Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|cy|wlm|cleu|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle Welsh cleu, {{inh+|cy|wlm|cleu}} Inherited from Middle Welsh cleu Head templates: {{cy-adj|ach|stem=cleu}} clau (feminine singular clau, plural clau, equative cleued, comparative cleuach, superlative cleuaf)
  1. (obsolete outside South Wales) fast, quick Synonyms: cyflym
    Sense id: en-clau-cy-adj-t6ejpcM3 Categories (other): South Wales Welsh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /klaɨ̯/ [North-Wales], /klai̯/ [South-Wales], /klɔi̯/ [South-Wales, colloquial]
Rhymes: -aɨ̯ Etymology: Clipping of glanhau. Etymology templates: {{clipping|cy|glanhau}} Clipping of glanhau Head templates: {{cy-verb|cleu}} clau (first-person singular present cleuaf) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}} Forms: cleuaf [first-person, present, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], clau [error-unrecognized-form], glau [soft], nghlau [error-unrecognized-form], chlau [error-unrecognized-form], glanhau [alternative, standard], llnau [alternative, North-Wales, colloquial], nhau [alternative, North-Wales, colloquial], cnau [alternative, South-Wales, colloquial]
  1. (South Wales, colloquial) to clean Tags: South-Wales, colloquial
    Sense id: en-clau-cy-verb-YCEqCiKG Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for clau meaning in Welsh (3.8kB)

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