See damwain in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "by chance, by accident",
"translation": "by chance, by accident",
"word": "ar ddamwain"
},
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"english": "to happen, to befall",
"translation": "to happen, to befall",
"word": "damweinio"
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"expansion": "by surface analysis, dam- (“around, circum-”) + chwaen (“occurrence”)",
"name": "surf"
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},
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26,
34
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"english": "I was injured after the car accident.",
"text": "Mi ges i fy anafu ar ôl y ddamwain car.",
"translation": "I was injured after the car accident.",
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}
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"Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
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"Welsh lemmas",
"Welsh nouns",
"Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh",
"Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh",
"Welsh terms prefixed with dam-"
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"derived": [
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"english": "by chance, by accident",
"translation": "by chance, by accident",
"word": "ar ddamwain"
},
{
"english": "to happen, to befall",
"translation": "to happen, to befall",
"word": "damweinio"
},
{
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}
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},
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"source": "mutation",
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"english": "I was injured after the car accident.",
"text": "Mi ges i fy anafu ar ôl y ddamwain car.",
"translation": "I was injured after the car accident.",
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}
Download raw JSONL data for damwain meaning in Welsh (2.5kB)
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"path": [
"damwain"
],
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"subsection": "noun",
"title": "damwain",
"trace": ""
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{
"called_from": "inflection/865",
"msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: damwain/Welsh 'nasal' base_tags={'soft', 'error-unrecognized-form'}",
"path": [
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"subsection": "noun",
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{
"called_from": "inflection/865",
"msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: damwain/Welsh 'aspirate' base_tags={'soft', 'error-unrecognized-form'}",
"path": [
"damwain"
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"section": "Welsh",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "damwain",
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