"crin" meaning in Welsh

See crin in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /kriːn/
Rhymes: -iːn Etymology: From Middle Welsh crin, from Old Welsh crin, from Proto-Brythonic *krin, from Proto-Celtic *krīnos. Compare Old Irish crín (“withered, decayed”). Etymology templates: {{der|cy|wlm|crin}} Middle Welsh crin, {{der|cy|owl|crin}} Old Welsh crin, {{der|cy|cel-bry-pro|*krin}} Proto-Brythonic *krin, {{der|cy|cel-pro|*krīnos}} Proto-Celtic *krīnos, {{cog|sga|crín|t=withered, decayed}} Old Irish crín (“withered, decayed”) Head templates: {{cy-adj|mwy|pl=crinion}} crin (feminine singular crin, plural crinion, equative mor grin, comparative mwy crin, superlative mwyaf crin) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}} Forms: crin [feminine, singular], crinion [plural], mor grin [equative], mwy crin [comparative], mwyaf crin [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], crin [error-unrecognized-form], grin [soft], nghrin [error-unrecognized-form], chrin [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. withered, brittle
    Sense id: en-crin-cy-adj-wwLn4aSQ Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 77 19 5
  2. scorched, parched
    Sense id: en-crin-cy-adj-ifyQwB64
  3. miserly, tight
    Sense id: en-crin-cy-adj-LWZPdgJG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: crinder (english: dryness) [masculine]
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mor grin",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "source": "mutation",
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      "source": "mutation",
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      "form": "grin",
      "source": "mutation",
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      ]
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      "form": "nghrin",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
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      "form": "chrin",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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          "ref": "1842 July, “Hanesion cartefol a thramor”, in Yr haul, volume 7, number 85, page 221:",
          "text": "[O]nd y mae rhyw nifer o gretyddolion, mor sych a thywod anialwch Zaara yn Affrig, mewn lle a elwir Bridgeford, ym mhlwyf Sant Petr, wedi rhoddi galwad iddo, er derbyn urddau cyssegredig, a gweinyddu iddynt mewn pethau cyssegredig, ac fe wna hwn yrru y nythaid hon yn ddeng mil sychach, ac yn fyrddiwn mwy crin nag y buont erioed.",
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    }
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    "Welsh lemmas",
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    "Welsh terms derived from Old Welsh",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic",
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      "name": "cog"
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      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mor grin",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "mwy crin",
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
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      "source": "mutation",
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      "source": "mutation",
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      "source": "mutation",
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    },
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      "form": "nghrin",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
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      "form": "chrin",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      ],
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          "text": "[O]nd y mae rhyw nifer o gretyddolion, mor sych a thywod anialwch Zaara yn Affrig, mewn lle a elwir Bridgeford, ym mhlwyf Sant Petr, wedi rhoddi galwad iddo, er derbyn urddau cyssegredig, a gweinyddu iddynt mewn pethau cyssegredig, ac fe wna hwn yrru y nythaid hon yn ddeng mil sychach, ac yn fyrddiwn mwy crin nag y buont erioed.",
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    {
      "ipa": "/kriːn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːn"
    }
  ],
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}

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