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{
"etymology_links": [
[
"kyffylog",
"kyffylog#Middle_Welsh"
],
[
"*kėfɨlọg",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/kėfɨlọg"
],
[
"ceffyl",
"ceffyl#Welsh"
],
[
"-og",
"-og#Welsh"
],
[
"common snipe",
"common snipe"
],
[
"horse gowk",
"horse gowk"
],
[
"gafr y corsydd",
"gafr y corsydd#Welsh"
],
[
"kevelek",
"kevelek#Cornish"
],
[
"kefeleg",
"kefeleg#Breton"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "wlm",
"3": "kyffylog"
},
"expansion": "Middle Welsh kyffylog",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "cel-bry-pro",
"3": "*kėfɨlọg"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *kėfɨlọg",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "ceffyl",
"3": "-og",
"t1": "horse"
},
"expansion": "ceffyl (“horse”) + -og",
"name": "suffix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "kw",
"2": "kevelek"
},
"expansion": "Cornish kevelek",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "br",
"2": "kefeleg"
},
"expansion": "Breton kefeleg",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh kyffylog, from Proto-Brythonic *kėfɨlọg, thought to be equivalent to ceffyl (“horse”) + -og due to the similarity between the bird's call and the snort of a horse, cf. the common snipe referred to in English as the horse gowk, or as gafr y corsydd (“the marsh goat”) in Welsh for a similar phenomenon. Cognate with Cornish kevelek and Breton kefeleg.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "cyffylogod",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "cy-mut",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "cyffylog",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "gyffylog",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"soft"
]
},
{
"form": "nghyffylog",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "chyffylog",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m",
"2": "cyffylogod"
},
"expansion": "cyffylog m (plural cyffylogod)",
"name": "cy-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "cy-mut"
}
],
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Welsh terms suffixed with -og",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "cy",
"name": "Scolopacids",
"orig": "cy:Scolopacids",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "one doesn't buy a woodcock by looking at its beak; never judge a book by its cover",
"translation": "one doesn't buy a woodcock by looking at its beak; never judge a book by its cover",
"word": "nid wrth ei big y mae prynu cyffylog"
}
],
"glosses": [
"woodcock"
],
"id": "en-cyffylog-cy-noun-WVzFYtSu",
"links": [
[
"woodcock",
"woodcock"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kəˈfəlɔɡ/"
}
],
"word": "cyffylog"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"english": "one doesn't buy a woodcock by looking at its beak; never judge a book by its cover",
"translation": "one doesn't buy a woodcock by looking at its beak; never judge a book by its cover",
"word": "nid wrth ei big y mae prynu cyffylog"
}
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"kyffylog",
"kyffylog#Middle_Welsh"
],
[
"*kėfɨlọg",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/kėfɨlọg"
],
[
"ceffyl",
"ceffyl#Welsh"
],
[
"-og",
"-og#Welsh"
],
[
"common snipe",
"common snipe"
],
[
"horse gowk",
"horse gowk"
],
[
"gafr y corsydd",
"gafr y corsydd#Welsh"
],
[
"kevelek",
"kevelek#Cornish"
],
[
"kefeleg",
"kefeleg#Breton"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "wlm",
"3": "kyffylog"
},
"expansion": "Middle Welsh kyffylog",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "cel-bry-pro",
"3": "*kėfɨlọg"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *kėfɨlọg",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "ceffyl",
"3": "-og",
"t1": "horse"
},
"expansion": "ceffyl (“horse”) + -og",
"name": "suffix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "kw",
"2": "kevelek"
},
"expansion": "Cornish kevelek",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "br",
"2": "kefeleg"
},
"expansion": "Breton kefeleg",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh kyffylog, from Proto-Brythonic *kėfɨlọg, thought to be equivalent to ceffyl (“horse”) + -og due to the similarity between the bird's call and the snort of a horse, cf. the common snipe referred to in English as the horse gowk, or as gafr y corsydd (“the marsh goat”) in Welsh for a similar phenomenon. Cognate with Cornish kevelek and Breton kefeleg.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "cyffylogod",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "cy-mut",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "cyffylog",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "gyffylog",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"soft"
]
},
{
"form": "nghyffylog",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "chyffylog",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m",
"2": "cyffylogod"
},
"expansion": "cyffylog m (plural cyffylogod)",
"name": "cy-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "cy-mut"
}
],
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Welsh countable nouns",
"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 inherited from Middle Welsh",
"Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic",
"Welsh terms suffixed with -og",
"cy:Scolopacids"
],
"glosses": [
"woodcock"
],
"links": [
[
"woodcock",
"woodcock"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kəˈfəlɔɡ/"
}
],
"word": "cyffylog"
}
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"called_from": "inflection/865",
"msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: cyffylog/Welsh 'radical' base_tags=set()",
"path": [
"cyffylog"
],
"section": "Welsh",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "cyffylog",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/865",
"msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: cyffylog/Welsh 'nasal' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form', 'soft'}",
"path": [
"cyffylog"
],
"section": "Welsh",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "cyffylog",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/865",
"msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: cyffylog/Welsh 'aspirate' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form', 'soft'}",
"path": [
"cyffylog"
],
"section": "Welsh",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "cyffylog",
"trace": ""
}
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