"cyffin" meaning in Welsh

See cyffin in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkəfɪn/ Forms: cyffiniau [plural], cyffinydd [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], cyffin [error-unrecognized-form], gyffin [soft], nghyffin [error-unrecognized-form], chyffin [error-unrecognized-form]
Etymology: From Latin cōnfīnium. Etymology templates: {{der|cy|la|cōnfīnium}} Latin cōnfīnium Head templates: {{cy-noun|f|cyffiniau|pl2=cyffinydd}} cyffin f (plural cyffiniau or cyffinydd) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. border, limit, frontier Tags: feminine Synonyms: ffin, goror, terfyn
    Sense id: en-cyffin-cy-noun-XJ~BIEJn Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 77 23
  2. (often in the plural) surroundings, vicinity Tags: feminine, in-plural, often Synonyms: cwmpasoedd, amgylchyn
    Sense id: en-cyffin-cy-noun-wU789npc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cyffindir (english: frontier, borderlands), cyffindref (english: border town), cyffinio (english: to confine), cyffiniol (english: adjacent)
Categories (other): Geography Disambiguation of Geography: 0 0
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      "langcode": "cy",
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      "orig": "cy:Geography",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "frontier, borderlands",
      "translation": "frontier, borderlands",
      "word": "cyffindir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "border town",
      "translation": "border town",
      "word": "cyffindref"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to confine",
      "translation": "to confine",
      "word": "cyffinio"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "adjacent",
      "translation": "adjacent",
      "word": "cyffiniol"
    }
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin cōnfīnium.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cyffiniau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cyffinydd",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
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      ]
    },
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nghyffin",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chyffin",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        {
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        },
        {
          "word": "goror"
        },
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        }
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      ]
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        "surroundings, vicinity"
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          "surroundings",
          "surroundings"
        ],
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          "vicinity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(often in the plural) surroundings, vicinity"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cwmpasoedd"
        },
        {
          "word": "amgylchyn"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "in-plural",
        "often"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkəfɪn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cyffin"
}
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    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh nouns",
    "Welsh nouns with red links in their headword lines",
    "Welsh terms derived from Latin",
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      "english": "frontier, borderlands",
      "translation": "frontier, borderlands",
      "word": "cyffindir"
    },
    {
      "english": "border town",
      "translation": "border town",
      "word": "cyffindref"
    },
    {
      "english": "to confine",
      "translation": "to confine",
      "word": "cyffinio"
    },
    {
      "english": "adjacent",
      "translation": "adjacent",
      "word": "cyffiniol"
    }
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "cyffiniau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cyffinydd",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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    },
    {
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      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gyffin",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nghyffin",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "chyffin",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "cy-mut"
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  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "border, limit, frontier"
      ],
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          "border",
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        ],
        [
          "limit",
          "limit"
        ],
        [
          "frontier",
          "frontier"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ffin"
        },
        {
          "word": "goror"
        },
        {
          "word": "terfyn"
        }
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        "(often in the plural) surroundings, vicinity"
      ],
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          "word": "cwmpasoedd"
        },
        {
          "word": "amgylchyn"
        }
      ],
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        "often"
      ]
    }
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkəfɪn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cyffin"
}

Download raw JSONL data for cyffin meaning in Welsh (2.1kB)

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  ],
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "cyffin",
  "trace": ""
}

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  ],
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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: cyffin/Welsh 'aspirate' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form', 'soft'}",
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  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
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}

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