"cylchyn" meaning in Welsh

See cylchyn in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: cylchynnau [plural], cylchynau [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], cylchyn [error-unrecognized-form], gylchyn [soft], nghylchyn [error-unrecognized-form], chylchyn [error-unrecognized-form]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle Welsh kylchyn. By surface analysis, cylch (“circle”) + -yn (diminutive suffix). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|cy|wlm|kylchyn|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle Welsh kylchyn, {{inh+|cy|wlm|kylchyn}} Inherited from Middle Welsh kylchyn, {{surf|cy|cylch|-yn|pos2=diminutive suffix|t1=circle}} By surface analysis, cylch (“circle”) + -yn (diminutive suffix) Head templates: {{cy-noun|m|cylchynnau|pl2=au}} cylchyn m (plural cylchynnau or cylchynau) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. small circle, hoop Tags: masculine Derived forms: cylchyn hwla (english: hula hoop), cylchynu (english: to encircle, to besiege)

Inflected forms

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      "source": "mutation",
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Download raw JSONL data for cylchyn meaning in Welsh (2.3kB)

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