"clawdd" meaning in Welsh

See clawdd in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /klaːu̯ð/ [North-Wales], /klau̯ð/ [South-Wales], /klau̯(ð)/ [South-Wales, colloquial] Audio: Cy-clawdd.ogg Forms: cloddiau [plural], cloddion [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], clawdd [error-unrecognized-form], glawdd [soft], nghlawdd [error-unrecognized-form], chlawdd [error-unrecognized-form], claw [alternative, colloquial]
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Celtic *klādos, from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂dos. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*klādos|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Celtic *klādos, {{inh+|cy|cel-pro|*klādos}} Inherited from Proto-Celtic *klādos, {{inh|cy|ine-pro|*kleh₂d-|*kleh₂dos}} Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂dos Head templates: {{cy-noun|m|cloddiau|pl2=cloddion}} clawdd m (plural cloddiau or cloddion) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. soil thrown up in digging a pit or trench; mound, wall made of earth, dyke, earthwork, bulwark
    boundary
    Tags: masculine Synonyms: ffin, terfyn
    Sense id: en-clawdd-cy-noun-iCKIwphI Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 46 4 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 46 4 4 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 41 41 8 9
  2. soil thrown up in digging a pit or trench; mound, wall made of earth, dyke, earthwork, bulwark
    hedge, fence
    Tags: masculine Synonyms: perth, gwrych
    Sense id: en-clawdd-cy-noun-ytAIVQfZ Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 46 4 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 46 4 4 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 41 41 8 9
  3. ditch, gutter, trench
    pit, quarry, mine
    Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-clawdd-cy-noun-ZHoCSaPA Categories (other): Mining Disambiguation of Mining: 20 20 43 18
  4. ditch, gutter, trench
    moat, fosse
    Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-clawdd-cy-noun-auZefxai
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: arglawdd (english: embankment), Clawdd Offa (english: Offa's Dyke), cloddio (english: to dig, to excavate), cysgu fel clawdd (english: to sleep like a log), gweirglodd (english: meadow), morglawdd (english: sea wall, dyke, barrage, breakwater), mwynglawdd (english: mine), mynd i’r clawdd (english: to fail)

Inflected forms

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      "english": "embankment",
      "translation": "embankment",
      "word": "arglawdd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "Offa's Dyke",
      "translation": "Offa's Dyke",
      "word": "Clawdd Offa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to dig, to excavate",
      "translation": "to dig, to excavate",
      "word": "cloddio"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to sleep like a log",
      "translation": "to sleep like a log",
      "word": "cysgu fel clawdd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "meadow",
      "translation": "meadow",
      "word": "gweirglodd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "sea wall, dyke, barrage, breakwater",
      "translation": "sea wall, dyke, barrage, breakwater",
      "word": "morglawdd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "mine",
      "translation": "mine",
      "word": "mwynglawdd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to fail",
      "translation": "to fail",
      "word": "mynd i’r clawdd"
    }
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        "plural"
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    },
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      "form": "cloddion",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "glawdd",
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      "form": "claw",
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          "bulwark"
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          "boundary"
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          "earthwork"
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          "bulwark"
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          "hedge",
          "hedge"
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          "fence"
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        ],
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          "pit"
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          "gutter",
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          "trench",
          "trench"
        ],
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          "moat",
          "moat"
        ],
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          "fosse"
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        "North-Wales"
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    },
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        "South-Wales"
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      "english": "embankment",
      "translation": "embankment",
      "word": "arglawdd"
    },
    {
      "english": "Offa's Dyke",
      "translation": "Offa's Dyke",
      "word": "Clawdd Offa"
    },
    {
      "english": "to dig, to excavate",
      "translation": "to dig, to excavate",
      "word": "cloddio"
    },
    {
      "english": "to sleep like a log",
      "translation": "to sleep like a log",
      "word": "cysgu fel clawdd"
    },
    {
      "english": "meadow",
      "translation": "meadow",
      "word": "gweirglodd"
    },
    {
      "english": "sea wall, dyke, barrage, breakwater",
      "translation": "sea wall, dyke, barrage, breakwater",
      "word": "morglawdd"
    },
    {
      "english": "mine",
      "translation": "mine",
      "word": "mwynglawdd"
    },
    {
      "english": "to fail",
      "translation": "to fail",
      "word": "mynd i’r clawdd"
    }
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        "plural"
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      "form": "cloddion",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "boundary"
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          "earthwork",
          "earthwork"
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        ],
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          "boundary",
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        },
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        "soil thrown up in digging a pit or trench; mound, wall made of earth, dyke, earthwork, bulwark",
        "hedge, fence"
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        ],
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          "mound",
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          "wall",
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        ],
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        ],
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          "fence",
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        {
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        "pit, quarry, mine"
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          "gutter",
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          "trench"
        ],
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          "pit",
          "pit"
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          "quarry",
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        [
          "mine",
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        ]
      ],
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        "masculine"
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    },
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        "moat, fosse"
      ],
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          "ditch",
          "ditch"
        ],
        [
          "gutter",
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        ],
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          "trench",
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        ],
        [
          "moat",
          "moat"
        ],
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          "fosse",
          "fosse"
        ]
      ],
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        "North-Wales"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/klau̯ð/",
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        "South-Wales"
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    {
      "ipa": "/klau̯(ð)/",
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}

Download raw JSONL data for clawdd meaning in Welsh (4.3kB)

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