"denu" meaning in Welsh

See denu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈdɛnɨ/ [North-Wales], /ˈdeːni/ [South-Wales], /ˈdɛni/ [South-Wales]
Etymology: From Middle Welsh dynu, from Proto-Celtic *dinati, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-. Cognate with Breton denaff (“suck”), Old English delu (“nipple”), Latin fēmina (“woman”). Etymology templates: {{root|cy|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁(y)-}}, {{inh|cy|wlm|dynu}} Middle Welsh dynu, {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*dinati}} Proto-Celtic *dinati, {{der|cy|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁(y)-}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-, {{cog|br|denaff||suck}} Breton denaff (“suck”), {{cog|ang|delu||nipple}} Old English delu (“nipple”), {{cog|la|fēmina||woman}} Latin fēmina (“woman”) Head templates: {{cy-verb|den}} denu (first-person singular present denaf) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}} Forms: denaf [first-person, present, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], dena i [first-person, future, singular], denaf i [first-person, future, singular], deni di [future, second-person, singular], denith o [future, singular, third-person], e [future, singular, third-person], hi [future, singular, third-person], deniff e [future, singular, third-person], denwn ni [first-person, future, plural], denwch chi [future, plural, second-person], denan nhw [future, plural, third-person], denwn i [conditional, first-person, singular], denswn i [conditional, first-person, singular], denet ti [conditional, second-person, singular], denset ti [conditional, second-person, singular], denai fo [conditional, singular, third-person], fe [conditional, singular, third-person], hi [conditional, singular, third-person], densai fo [conditional, singular, third-person], denen ni [conditional, first-person, plural], densen ni [conditional, first-person, plural], denech chi [conditional, plural, second-person], densech chi [conditional, plural, second-person], denen nhw [conditional, plural, third-person], densen nhw [conditional, plural, third-person], denais i [first-person, preterite, singular], denes i [first-person, preterite, singular], denaist ti [preterite, second-person, singular], denest ti [preterite, second-person, singular], denodd o [preterite, singular, third-person], e [preterite, singular, third-person], hi [preterite, singular, third-person], denon ni [first-person, plural, preterite], denoch chi [plural, preterite, second-person], denon nhw [plural, preterite, third-person], - [first-person, imperative, singular], dena [imperative, second-person, singular], - [imperative, singular, third-person], - [first-person, imperative, plural], denwch [imperative, plural, second-person], - [imperative, plural, third-person], no-table-tags [table-tags], denu [error-unrecognized-form], ddenu [soft], nenu [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. to attract Derived forms: dengar, denol, denus (english: alluring), deniad (english: enrichment)
    Sense id: en-denu-cy-verb-l2AWeYuF Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header
     
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      "name": "root"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "dynu"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh dynu",
      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dʰeh₁(y)-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "denaff",
        "3": "",
        "4": "suck"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton denaff (“suck”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "delu",
        "3": "",
        "4": "nipple"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English delu (“nipple”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "fēmina",
        "3": "",
        "4": "woman"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin fēmina (“woman”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh dynu, from Proto-Celtic *dinati, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-. Cognate with Breton denaff (“suck”), Old English delu (“nipple”), Latin fēmina (“woman”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "denaf",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dena i",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denaf i",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deni di",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denith o",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "e",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deniff e",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denwn ni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denwch chi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denan nhw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denwn i",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denswn i",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denet ti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denset ti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denai fo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "densai fo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denen ni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "densen ni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denech chi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "densech chi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denen nhw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "densen nhw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denais i",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denes i",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denaist ti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "preterite",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denest ti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "preterite",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denodd o",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "preterite",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "e",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "preterite",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "preterite",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denon ni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denoch chi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denon nhw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dena",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denwch",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denu",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ddenu",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nenu",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "den"
      },
      "expansion": "denu (first-person singular present denaf)",
      "name": "cy-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "dengar"
        },
        {
          "word": "denol"
        },
        {
          "english": "alluring",
          "translation": "alluring",
          "word": "denus"
        },
        {
          "english": "enrichment",
          "translation": "enrichment",
          "word": "deniad"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to attract"
      ],
      "id": "en-denu-cy-verb-l2AWeYuF",
      "links": [
        [
          "attract",
          "attract"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɛnɨ/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdeːni/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɛni/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "denu"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "dengar"
    },
    {
      "word": "denol"
    },
    {
      "english": "alluring",
      "translation": "alluring",
      "word": "denus"
    },
    {
      "english": "enrichment",
      "translation": "enrichment",
      "word": "deniad"
    }
  ],
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    },
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        "3": "",
        "4": "woman"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "denaf",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dena i",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denaf i",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deni di",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denith o",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "e",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deniff e",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denwn ni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denwch chi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denan nhw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denwn i",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denswn i",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denet ti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denset ti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denai fo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "densai fo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denen ni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "densen ni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denech chi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "densech chi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denen nhw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "densen nhw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denais i",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denes i",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denaist ti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "preterite",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denest ti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "preterite",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denodd o",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "preterite",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "e",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "preterite",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "preterite",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denon ni",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denoch chi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denon nhw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dena",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denwch",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "denu",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ddenu",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nenu",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "den"
      },
      "expansion": "denu (first-person singular present denaf)",
      "name": "cy-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
        "Welsh lemmas",
        "Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh",
        "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
        "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Welsh terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeh₁(y)-",
        "Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh",
        "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
        "Welsh verbs",
        "Welsh verbs with red links in their headword lines"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to attract"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "attract",
          "attract"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɛnɨ/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdeːni/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɛni/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "denu"
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'inflected colloquial forms'",
  "path": [
    "denu"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "denu",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'inflected colloquial forms'",
  "path": [
    "denu"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "denu",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: denu/Welsh 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "denu"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "denu",
  "trace": ""
}

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

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

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