"cywir" meaning in Welsh

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈkəwɪr/ Forms: cywir [feminine, singular], cywirion [plural], cywired [equative], cywirach [comparative], cywiraf [superlative]
Rhymes: -əwɪr Etymology: From Proto-Brythonic *köwir, from Proto-Celtic *kouwīros (compare Old Irish cóir), from *kom- + *wīros. Equivalent to cy- + gwir. Etymology templates: {{inh|cy|cel-bry-pro|*köwir}} Proto-Brythonic *köwir, {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*kouwīros}} Proto-Celtic *kouwīros, {{cog|sga|cóir}} Old Irish cóir, {{pre|cy|cy|gwir}} cy- + gwir Head templates: {{cy-adj|ach|pl=cywirion}} cywir (feminine singular cywir, plural cywirion, equative cywired, comparative cywirach, superlative cywiraf)
  1. correct, true, real, genuine Synonyms (correct): iawn Synonyms (true): gwir
    Sense id: en-cywir-cy-adj-oE8E4f~X Disambiguation of 'correct': 67 0 33 0 Disambiguation of 'true': 45 20 24 11
  2. sincere, honest, upright, fair
    Sense id: en-cywir-cy-adj-41iHenN6
  3. exact, precise, accurate
    Sense id: en-cywir-cy-adj-1K93z0XN
  4. faithful, loyal, trustworthy Synonyms (faithful): ffyddlon, teyrngar
    Sense id: en-cywir-cy-adj-n1QIXETn Disambiguation of 'faithful': 5 4 5 87

Noun

IPA: /ˈkəwɪr/ Forms: cywiriaid [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], cywir [error-unrecognized-form], gywir [soft], nghywir [error-unrecognized-form], chywir [error-unrecognized-form]
Rhymes: -əwɪr Etymology: From Proto-Brythonic *köwir, from Proto-Celtic *kouwīros (compare Old Irish cóir), from *kom- + *wīros. Equivalent to cy- + gwir. Etymology templates: {{inh|cy|cel-bry-pro|*köwir}} Proto-Brythonic *köwir, {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*kouwīros}} Proto-Celtic *kouwīros, {{cog|sga|cóir}} Old Irish cóir, {{pre|cy|cy|gwir}} cy- + gwir Head templates: {{cy-noun|mfbysense|cywiriaid}} cywir m or f by sense (plural cywiriaid) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. one who is loyal to a person (especially to a sovereign) or cause, staunch supporter, loyalist Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-cywir-cy-noun-JPyRXcKF Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header, Welsh masculine and feminine nouns by sense, People Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 13 12 4 53 5 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 9 8 3 65 4 10 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 5 11 15 6 39 9 15 Disambiguation of Welsh masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 1 5 4 4 22 34 29 Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0 0 100 0 0
  2. trustworthy person Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-cywir-cy-noun-~lfefGv- Categories (other): Welsh masculine and feminine nouns by sense Disambiguation of Welsh masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 1 5 4 4 22 34 29
  3. honest and upright person Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-cywir-cy-noun-fdVrQiC4 Categories (other): Welsh masculine and feminine nouns by sense, Welsh terms prefixed with cy- Disambiguation of Welsh masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 1 5 4 4 22 34 29 Disambiguation of Welsh terms prefixed with cy-: 2 18 17 5 17 15 25

Inflected forms

{
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    {
      "word": "anghywir"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*köwir"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *köwir",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*kouwīros"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *kouwīros",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "cóir"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish cóir",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cy",
        "3": "gwir"
      },
      "expansion": "cy- + gwir",
      "name": "pre"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Brythonic *köwir, from Proto-Celtic *kouwīros (compare Old Irish cóir), from *kom- + *wīros. Equivalent to cy- + gwir.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cywir",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cywirion",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cywired",
      "tags": [
        "equative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cywirach",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cywiraf",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ach",
        "pl": "cywirion"
      },
      "expansion": "cywir (feminine singular cywir, plural cywirion, equative cywired, comparative cywirach, superlative cywiraf)",
      "name": "cy-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "correct, true, real, genuine"
      ],
      "id": "en-cywir-cy-adj-oE8E4f~X",
      "links": [
        [
          "correct",
          "correct"
        ],
        [
          "true",
          "true"
        ],
        [
          "real",
          "real"
        ],
        [
          "genuine",
          "genuine"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "67 0 33 0",
          "sense": "correct",
          "word": "iawn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "45 20 24 11",
          "sense": "true",
          "word": "gwir"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sincere, honest, upright, fair"
      ],
      "id": "en-cywir-cy-adj-41iHenN6",
      "links": [
        [
          "sincere",
          "sincere"
        ],
        [
          "honest",
          "honest"
        ],
        [
          "upright",
          "upright"
        ],
        [
          "fair",
          "fair"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "exact, precise, accurate"
      ],
      "id": "en-cywir-cy-adj-1K93z0XN",
      "links": [
        [
          "exact",
          "exact"
        ],
        [
          "precise",
          "precise"
        ],
        [
          "accurate",
          "accurate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "faithful, loyal, trustworthy"
      ],
      "id": "en-cywir-cy-adj-n1QIXETn",
      "links": [
        [
          "faithful",
          "faithful"
        ],
        [
          "loyal",
          "loyal"
        ],
        [
          "trustworthy",
          "trustworthy"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "5 4 5 87",
          "sense": "faithful",
          "word": "ffyddlon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 4 5 87",
          "sense": "faithful",
          "word": "teyrngar"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkəwɪr/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əwɪr"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cywir"
}

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      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*köwir"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *köwir",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*kouwīros"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *kouwīros",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "cóir"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish cóir",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cy",
        "3": "gwir"
      },
      "expansion": "cy- + gwir",
      "name": "pre"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Brythonic *köwir, from Proto-Celtic *kouwīros (compare Old Irish cóir), from *kom- + *wīros. Equivalent to cy- + gwir.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cywiriaid",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cywir",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gywir",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nghywir",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chywir",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mfbysense",
        "2": "cywiriaid"
      },
      "expansion": "cywir m or f by sense (plural cywiriaid)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "_dis": "0 13 12 4 53 5 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
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        {
          "_dis": "0 9 8 3 65 4 10",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 11 15 6 39 9 15",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "parents": [],
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        }
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      "glosses": [
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      ],
      "id": "en-cywir-cy-noun-JPyRXcKF",
      "links": [
        [
          "cause",
          "cause"
        ],
        [
          "staunch",
          "staunch"
        ],
        [
          "supporter",
          "supporter"
        ],
        [
          "loyalist",
          "loyalist"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "by-personal-gender",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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          "_dis": "1 5 4 4 22 34 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh masculine and feminine nouns by sense",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "trustworthy person"
      ],
      "id": "en-cywir-cy-noun-~lfefGv-",
      "tags": [
        "by-personal-gender",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "_dis": "1 5 4 4 22 34 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh masculine and feminine nouns by sense",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 18 17 5 17 15 25",
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          "name": "Welsh terms prefixed with cy-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "honest and upright person"
      ],
      "id": "en-cywir-cy-noun-fdVrQiC4",
      "tags": [
        "by-personal-gender",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkəwɪr/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əwɪr"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cywir"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "anghywir"
    }
  ],
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    "Pages with entries",
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    "Rhymes:Welsh/əwɪr/2 syllables",
    "Welsh adjectives",
    "Welsh adjectives with red links in their headword lines",
    "Welsh countable nouns",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh feminine nouns",
    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh masculine and feminine nouns by sense",
    "Welsh masculine nouns",
    "Welsh nouns",
    "Welsh nouns with multiple genders",
    "Welsh nouns with red links in their headword lines",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "Welsh terms prefixed with cy-",
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        "3": "*köwir"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *köwir",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*kouwīros"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *kouwīros",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "cóir"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish cóir",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cy",
        "3": "gwir"
      },
      "expansion": "cy- + gwir",
      "name": "pre"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Brythonic *köwir, from Proto-Celtic *kouwīros (compare Old Irish cóir), from *kom- + *wīros. Equivalent to cy- + gwir.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cywir",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cywirion",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cywired",
      "tags": [
        "equative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cywirach",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cywiraf",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ach",
        "pl": "cywirion"
      },
      "expansion": "cywir (feminine singular cywir, plural cywirion, equative cywired, comparative cywirach, superlative cywiraf)",
      "name": "cy-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
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  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "correct, true, real, genuine"
      ],
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        [
          "correct",
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        ],
        [
          "true",
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        [
          "real",
          "real"
        ],
        [
          "genuine",
          "genuine"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sincere, honest, upright, fair"
      ],
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        [
          "sincere",
          "sincere"
        ],
        [
          "honest",
          "honest"
        ],
        [
          "upright",
          "upright"
        ],
        [
          "fair",
          "fair"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "exact, precise, accurate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "exact",
          "exact"
        ],
        [
          "precise",
          "precise"
        ],
        [
          "accurate",
          "accurate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "faithful, loyal, trustworthy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "faithful",
          "faithful"
        ],
        [
          "loyal",
          "loyal"
        ],
        [
          "trustworthy",
          "trustworthy"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkəwɪr/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əwɪr"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "correct",
      "word": "iawn"
    },
    {
      "sense": "true",
      "word": "gwir"
    },
    {
      "sense": "faithful",
      "word": "ffyddlon"
    },
    {
      "sense": "faithful",
      "word": "teyrngar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cywir"
}

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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Brythonic *köwir, from Proto-Celtic *kouwīros (compare Old Irish cóir), from *kom- + *wīros. Equivalent to cy- + gwir.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cywiriaid",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "cy-mut",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cywir",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gywir",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nghywir",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chywir",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "mfbysense",
        "2": "cywiriaid"
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    }
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  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "one who is loyal to a person (especially to a sovereign) or cause, staunch supporter, loyalist"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cause",
          "cause"
        ],
        [
          "staunch",
          "staunch"
        ],
        [
          "supporter",
          "supporter"
        ],
        [
          "loyalist",
          "loyalist"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "by-personal-gender",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "trustworthy person"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "by-personal-gender",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "honest and upright person"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "by-personal-gender",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkəwɪr/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əwɪr"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cywir"
}

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

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

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

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Welsh dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-20 using wiktextract (3dadd05 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.