"cnwch" meaning in Welsh

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Noun

IPA: /knuːχ/ Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], cnwch [error-unrecognized-form], gnwch [soft], nghnwch [error-unrecognized-form], chnwch [error-unrecognized-form], clwch [alternative]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle Welsh cnwch, from Proto-Brythonic *knux, from Proto-Celtic *knukkos (“hill”) (compare Breton krec'h, Irish cnoc). Doublet of cnwc, from Old Irish. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|cy|wlm|cnwch|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle Welsh cnwch, {{inh+|cy|wlm|cnwch}} Inherited from Middle Welsh cnwch, {{inh|cy|cel-bry-pro|*knux}} Proto-Brythonic *knux, {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*knukkos|t=hill}} Proto-Celtic *knukkos (“hill”), {{cog|br|krec'h}} Breton krec'h, {{cog|ga|cnoc}} Irish cnoc, {{doublet|cy|cnwc}} Doublet of cnwc Head templates: {{cy-noun|m}} cnwch m Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. (obsolete outside placenames) hillock, hummock, knoll Tags: masculine Synonyms: bryncyn, ponc
    Sense id: en-cnwch-cy-noun-ZuMW2EAR Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 55 45
  2. (obsolete, in or on a person’s body) a swelling, lump, protuberance Tags: masculine, obsolete Synonyms: chwydd, hwrwg, tewedd
    Sense id: en-cnwch-cy-noun-OONfFBTq Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cnwch gwegil (english: nape)
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "nape",
      "translation": "nape",
      "word": "cnwch gwegil"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "cnwch",
      "cnwch#Middle_Welsh"
    ],
    [
      "*knux",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/knux"
    ],
    [
      "*knukkos",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/knukkos"
    ],
    [
      "krec'h",
      "krec'h#Breton"
    ],
    [
      "cnoc",
      "cnoc#Irish"
    ],
    [
      "cnwc",
      "cnwc#Welsh"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "I",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "cnwch",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh cnwch",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "cnwch"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Middle Welsh cnwch",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*knux"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *knux",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*knukkos",
        "t": "hill"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *knukkos (“hill”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "krec'h"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton krec'h",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cnoc"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish cnoc",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cnwc"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of cnwc",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Middle Welsh cnwch, from Proto-Brythonic *knux, from Proto-Celtic *knukkos (“hill”) (compare Breton krec'h, Irish cnoc). Doublet of cnwc, from Old Irish.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cnwch",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gnwch",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nghnwch",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chnwch",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clwch",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "cnwch m",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hillock, hummock, knoll"
      ],
      "id": "en-cnwch-cy-noun-ZuMW2EAR",
      "links": [
        [
          "hillock",
          "hillock"
        ],
        [
          "hummock",
          "hummock"
        ],
        [
          "knoll",
          "knoll"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "obsolete outside placenames",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete outside placenames) hillock, hummock, knoll"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bryncyn"
        },
        {
          "word": "ponc"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a swelling, lump, protuberance"
      ],
      "id": "en-cnwch-cy-noun-OONfFBTq",
      "links": [
        [
          "swelling",
          "swelling"
        ],
        [
          "lump",
          "lump"
        ],
        [
          "protuberance",
          "protuberance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, in or on a person’s body) a swelling, lump, protuberance"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in or on a person’s body"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "chwydd"
        },
        {
          "word": "hwrwg"
        },
        {
          "word": "tewedd"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/knuːχ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cnwch"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Welsh countable nouns",
    "Welsh doublets",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh masculine nouns",
    "Welsh nouns",
    "Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "nape",
      "translation": "nape",
      "word": "cnwch gwegil"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "cnwch",
      "cnwch#Middle_Welsh"
    ],
    [
      "*knux",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/knux"
    ],
    [
      "*knukkos",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/knukkos"
    ],
    [
      "krec'h",
      "krec'h#Breton"
    ],
    [
      "cnoc",
      "cnoc#Irish"
    ],
    [
      "cnwc",
      "cnwc#Welsh"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "I",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "cnwch",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh cnwch",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "cnwch"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Middle Welsh cnwch",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*knux"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *knux",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*knukkos",
        "t": "hill"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *knukkos (“hill”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "krec'h"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton krec'h",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cnoc"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish cnoc",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cnwc"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of cnwc",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Middle Welsh cnwch, from Proto-Brythonic *knux, from Proto-Celtic *knukkos (“hill”) (compare Breton krec'h, Irish cnoc). Doublet of cnwc, from Old Irish.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cnwch",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gnwch",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nghnwch",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chnwch",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clwch",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "cnwch m",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Welsh terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hillock, hummock, knoll"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hillock",
          "hillock"
        ],
        [
          "hummock",
          "hummock"
        ],
        [
          "knoll",
          "knoll"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "obsolete outside placenames",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete outside placenames) hillock, hummock, knoll"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bryncyn"
        },
        {
          "word": "ponc"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Welsh terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a swelling, lump, protuberance"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "swelling",
          "swelling"
        ],
        [
          "lump",
          "lump"
        ],
        [
          "protuberance",
          "protuberance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, in or on a person’s body) a swelling, lump, protuberance"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in or on a person’s body"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "chwydd"
        },
        {
          "word": "hwrwg"
        },
        {
          "word": "tewedd"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/knuːχ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cnwch"
}

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