"cwys" meaning in Welsh

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Noun

IPA: /kuɨ̯s/ [North-Wales], /kui̯s/ [South-Wales] Forms: cwysi [plural], cwysau [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], cwys [error-unrecognized-form], gwys [soft], nghwys [error-unrecognized-form], chŵys [error-unrecognized-form], cŵys [alternative]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle Welsh kwys. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|cy|wlm|kwys|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle Welsh kwys, {{inh+|cy|wlm|kwys}} Inherited from Middle Welsh kwys Head templates: {{cy-noun|f|cwysi|pl2=au}} cwys f (plural cwysi or cwysau) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut|aspirate=chŵys}}
  1. furrow Tags: feminine Synonyms: rhych, rhigol
    Sense id: en-cwys-cy-noun-u~0sB8lT Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header, Welsh terms with irregular mutation Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 79 21 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of Welsh terms with irregular mutation: 57 43
  2. (figurative) wound, bruise Tags: feminine, figuratively Synonyms: clwyf, archoll, clais
    Sense id: en-cwys-cy-noun-IC9N~FI0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: agor ei gwys ei hun, torri ei gwys ei hun (english: to plough one’s own furrow), agor yn igam-ogam a bydd pob cwys yn gam (english: start crookedly and every furrow will be crooked), cwysog, cwysol (english: furrowed), dan y gwys (english: buried), tinsigl y gwys, brith y gwys (english: pied wagtail)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "agor ei gwys ei hun"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to plough one’s own furrow",
      "word": "torri ei gwys ei hun"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "start crookedly and every furrow will be crooked",
      "word": "agor yn igam-ogam a bydd pob cwys yn gam"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cwysog"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "furrowed",
      "word": "cwysol"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "buried",
      "word": "dan y gwys"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "pied wagtail",
      "word": "tinsigl y gwys, brith y gwys"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "kwys",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh kwys",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "kwys"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Middle Welsh kwys",
      "name": "inh+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Middle Welsh kwys.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cwysi",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwysau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwys",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gwys",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nghwys",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chŵys",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cŵys",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "cwysi",
        "pl2": "au"
      },
      "expansion": "cwys f (plural cwysi or cwysau)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "aspirate": "chŵys"
      },
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "57 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "79 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "82 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "57 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh terms with irregular mutation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "furrow"
      ],
      "id": "en-cwys-cy-noun-u~0sB8lT",
      "links": [
        [
          "furrow",
          "furrow"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "rhych"
        },
        {
          "word": "rhigol"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wound, bruise"
      ],
      "id": "en-cwys-cy-noun-IC9N~FI0",
      "links": [
        [
          "wound",
          "wound"
        ],
        [
          "bruise",
          "bruise"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) wound, bruise"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "clwyf"
        },
        {
          "word": "archoll"
        },
        {
          "word": "clais"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kuɨ̯s/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kui̯s/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cwys"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Welsh countable nouns",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh feminine nouns",
    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh nouns",
    "Welsh nouns with red links in their headword lines",
    "Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh",
    "Welsh terms with irregular mutation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "agor ei gwys ei hun"
    },
    {
      "english": "to plough one’s own furrow",
      "word": "torri ei gwys ei hun"
    },
    {
      "english": "start crookedly and every furrow will be crooked",
      "word": "agor yn igam-ogam a bydd pob cwys yn gam"
    },
    {
      "word": "cwysog"
    },
    {
      "english": "furrowed",
      "word": "cwysol"
    },
    {
      "english": "buried",
      "word": "dan y gwys"
    },
    {
      "english": "pied wagtail",
      "word": "tinsigl y gwys, brith y gwys"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "kwys",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh kwys",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "kwys"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Middle Welsh kwys",
      "name": "inh+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Middle Welsh kwys.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cwysi",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwysau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cwys",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gwys",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nghwys",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chŵys",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cŵys",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "cwysi",
        "pl2": "au"
      },
      "expansion": "cwys f (plural cwysi or cwysau)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "aspirate": "chŵys"
      },
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "furrow"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "furrow",
          "furrow"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "rhych"
        },
        {
          "word": "rhigol"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wound, bruise"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wound",
          "wound"
        ],
        [
          "bruise",
          "bruise"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) wound, bruise"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "clwyf"
        },
        {
          "word": "archoll"
        },
        {
          "word": "clais"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kuɨ̯s/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kui̯s/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cwys"
}

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