"cyfair" meaning in Welsh

See cyfair in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkəvai̯r/ [North-Wales, colloquial, standard], /ˈkəvɛr/ [North-Wales, colloquial], /ˈkəvai̯r/ [South-Wales, standard], /ˈkəvɛr/ [South-Wales, colloquial] Forms: cyfeiriau [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], cyfair [error-unrecognized-form], gyfair [soft], nghyfair [error-unrecognized-form], chyfair [error-unrecognized-form], cyfer [alternative]
Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Celtic *kom- + *ɸare. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*kom-|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Celtic *kom-, {{inh+|cy|cel-pro|*kom-}} Inherited from Proto-Celtic *kom- Head templates: {{cy-noun|m|cyfeiriau}} cyfair m (plural cyfeiriau) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. (obsolete) direction, region, place Tags: masculine, obsolete
    Sense id: en-cyfair-cy-noun-kk-Rd7BY
  2. acre Tags: masculine Synonyms: acer, erw
    Sense id: en-cyfair-cy-noun-lofzemSO Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header, Units of measure Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 97 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ar ei gyfer (english: beside the mark), cyfeiriad (english: direction; address), cyfeiriadur (english: directory), cyfeiriant (english: bearing), cyfeirio (english: to direct; to address), cyfeirlyfr (english: reference book), cyfeirnod (english: reference mark)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "beside the mark",
      "translation": "beside the mark",
      "word": "ar ei gyfer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "direction; address",
      "translation": "direction; address",
      "word": "cyfeiriad"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "directory",
      "translation": "directory",
      "word": "cyfeiriadur"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "bearing",
      "translation": "bearing",
      "word": "cyfeiriant"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to direct; to address",
      "translation": "to direct; to address",
      "word": "cyfeirio"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "reference book",
      "translation": "reference book",
      "word": "cyfeirlyfr"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "translation": "reference mark",
      "word": "cyfeirnod"
    }
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        "5": "",
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        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
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        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "cyfair",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "gyfair",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nghyfair",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chyfair",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cyfer",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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          "region",
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        ],
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          "place",
          "place"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) direction, region, place"
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
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          "_dis": "10 90",
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        },
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          "_dis": "3 97",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "4 96",
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          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "4 96",
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          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Units of measure",
          "orig": "cy:Units of measure",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "acre"
      ],
      "id": "en-cyfair-cy-noun-lofzemSO",
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          "acre"
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      ],
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        },
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          "word": "erw"
        }
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        "standard"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkəvɛr/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkəvai̯r/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkəvɛr/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cyfair"
}
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    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh masculine nouns",
    "Welsh nouns",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "cy:Units of measure"
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      "english": "beside the mark",
      "translation": "beside the mark",
      "word": "ar ei gyfer"
    },
    {
      "english": "direction; address",
      "translation": "direction; address",
      "word": "cyfeiriad"
    },
    {
      "english": "directory",
      "translation": "directory",
      "word": "cyfeiriadur"
    },
    {
      "english": "bearing",
      "translation": "bearing",
      "word": "cyfeiriant"
    },
    {
      "english": "to direct; to address",
      "translation": "to direct; to address",
      "word": "cyfeirio"
    },
    {
      "english": "reference book",
      "translation": "reference book",
      "word": "cyfeirlyfr"
    },
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      "english": "reference mark",
      "translation": "reference mark",
      "word": "cyfeirnod"
    }
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        "2": "cel-pro",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
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  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Proto-Celtic *kom- + *ɸare.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cyfeiriau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cyfair",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gyfair",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nghyfair",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chyfair",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cyfer",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "direction, region, place"
      ],
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        ],
        [
          "region",
          "region"
        ],
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          "place",
          "place"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) direction, region, place"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "acre"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "acre",
          "acre"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "acer"
        },
        {
          "word": "erw"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkəvai̯r/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales",
        "colloquial",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkəvɛr/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkəvai̯r/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkəvɛr/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cyfair"
}

Download raw JSONL data for cyfair meaning in Welsh (2.9kB)

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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: cyfair/Welsh 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "cyfair"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "cyfair",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: cyfair/Welsh 'nasal' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form', 'soft'}",
  "path": [
    "cyfair"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "cyfair",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: cyfair/Welsh 'aspirate' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form', 'soft'}",
  "path": [
    "cyfair"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "cyfair",
  "trace": ""
}

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