dim byd in Welsh

Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], dim byd [mutation, mutation-radical], ddim byd [mutation, mutation-soft], nim byd [mutation, mutation-nasal] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Literally “nothing of (the) world”. In older Welsh dim (“thing”) was used negatively to indicate “nothing”, but due to semantic bleaching came to simply mean “not”, so the more emphatic dim byd became the standard way of expressing “nothing”. Etymology templates: {{m-g|nothing of (the) world}} “nothing of (the) world”, {{m|cy|dim||thing}} dim (“thing”), {{m|cy||dim byd}} dim byd Head templates: {{head|cy|pronoun}} dim byd Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "dim",
        "3": "",
        "4": "thing"
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    },
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  "etymology_text": "Literally “nothing of (the) world”.\nIn older Welsh dim (“thing”) was used negatively to indicate “nothing”, but due to semantic bleaching came to simply mean “not”, so the more emphatic dim byd became the standard way of expressing “nothing”.",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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    },
    {
      "form": "dim byd",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
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        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ddim byd",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nim byd",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "mutation-nasal"
      ]
    }
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        "2": "pronoun"
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    }
  ],
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      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
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  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "pron",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
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          "source": "w"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "There is nothing here.",
          "text": "Does dim byd yma.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "What have you got? Nothing.",
          "text": "Beth sy gyda ti? Dim byd.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "nothing (takes soft mutation after a conjugated verb)"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "nothing",
          "nothing"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "be'"
        },
        {
          "english": "what",
          "word": "beth"
        },
        {
          "word": "pob dim"
        },
        {
          "english": "everything",
          "word": "popeth"
        },
        {
          "english": "something",
          "word": "rhywbeth"
        },
        {
          "english": "anything",
          "word": "unrhyw beth"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "double negative",
        "semantic bleaching"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dim byd"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nothing of (the) world"
      },
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      "name": "m-g"
    },
    {
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      },
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    },
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        "2": "",
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally “nothing of (the) world”.\nIn older Welsh dim (“thing”) was used negatively to indicate “nothing”, but due to semantic bleaching came to simply mean “not”, so the more emphatic dim byd became the standard way of expressing “nothing”.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dim byd",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ddim byd",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nim byd",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-nasal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "pronoun"
      },
      "expansion": "dim byd",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
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  "pos": "pron",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "be'"
    },
    {
      "english": "what",
      "word": "beth"
    },
    {
      "word": "pob dim"
    },
    {
      "english": "everything",
      "word": "popeth"
    },
    {
      "english": "something",
      "word": "rhywbeth"
    },
    {
      "english": "anything",
      "word": "unrhyw beth"
    }
  ],
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "There is nothing here.",
          "text": "Does dim byd yma.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "What have you got? Nothing.",
          "text": "Beth sy gyda ti? Dim byd.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nothing (takes soft mutation after a conjugated verb)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nothing",
          "nothing"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "double negative",
        "semantic bleaching"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dim byd"
}

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"dim byd" meaning in Welsh

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