"dolen" meaning in Welsh

See dolen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈdɔlɛn/ [North-Wales], /ˈdɔlan/ [North-Wales, also, colloquial], /ˈdoːlɛn/ [South-Wales], /ˈdɔlɛn/ [South-Wales] Audio: Cy-dolen.ogg Forms: dolennau [plural], dolenni [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], dolen [error-unrecognized-form], ddolen [soft], nolen [error-unrecognized-form]
Etymology: From dôl (“dale, valley; loop, ring”) + -en. Etymology templates: {{af|cy|dôl|-en|t1=dale, valley; loop, ring}} dôl (“dale, valley; loop, ring”) + -en Head templates: {{cy-noun|f|dolennau|pl2=dolenni}} dolen f (plural dolennau or dolenni) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. link, connection Tags: feminine Synonyms: cyswllt, cysylltiad
    Sense id: en-dolen-cy-noun-w-9m0fzW
  2. loop, ring Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-dolen-cy-noun-NKV8NCmO
  3. handle (semicircular handle of a bucket, basket or mug) Tags: feminine Synonyms: handlen
    Sense id: en-dolen-cy-noun-GqRetbnW Categories (other): Welsh terms suffixed with -en Disambiguation of Welsh terms suffixed with -en: 5 5 18 38 33
  4. (Internet) hyperlink Tags: Internet, feminine
    Sense id: en-dolen-cy-noun-DjOGn3Sa Categories (other): Internet, Welsh terms suffixed with -en Disambiguation of Welsh terms suffixed with -en: 5 5 18 38 33
  5. (programming) loop Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-dolen-cy-noun-JUY39y78 Categories (other): Programming, Welsh entries with incorrect language header, Welsh terms suffixed with -en Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 10 29 58 Disambiguation of Welsh terms suffixed with -en: 5 5 18 38 33 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bach a dolen (english: hook and eye), dolen ddiddiwedd (english: infinite loop), doleniad (english: oxbow, meander) Related terms: dolennog (english: meandering, winding), dolennu (english: to meander, to wind; to loop, to coil)

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "hook and eye",
      "translation": "hook and eye",
      "word": "bach a dolen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "infinite loop",
      "translation": "infinite loop",
      "word": "dolen ddiddiwedd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "oxbow, meander",
      "translation": "oxbow, meander",
      "word": "doleniad"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "dôl",
        "3": "-en",
        "t1": "dale, valley; loop, ring"
      },
      "expansion": "dôl (“dale, valley; loop, ring”) + -en",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From dôl (“dale, valley; loop, ring”) + -en.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dolennau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dolenni",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dolen",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ddolen",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nolen",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "dolennau",
        "pl2": "dolenni"
      },
      "expansion": "dolen f (plural dolennau or dolenni)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "meandering, winding",
      "translation": "meandering, winding",
      "word": "dolennog"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to meander, to wind; to loop, to coil",
      "translation": "to meander, to wind; to loop, to coil",
      "word": "dolennu"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "link, connection"
      ],
      "id": "en-dolen-cy-noun-w-9m0fzW",
      "links": [
        [
          "link",
          "link"
        ],
        [
          "connection",
          "connection"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cyswllt"
        },
        {
          "word": "cysylltiad"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "loop, ring"
      ],
      "id": "en-dolen-cy-noun-NKV8NCmO",
      "links": [
        [
          "loop",
          "loop"
        ],
        [
          "ring",
          "ring"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 5 18 38 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh terms suffixed with -en",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "handle (semicircular handle of a bucket, basket or mug)"
      ],
      "id": "en-dolen-cy-noun-GqRetbnW",
      "links": [
        [
          "handle",
          "handle"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "handlen"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Internet",
          "orig": "cy:Internet",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 5 18 38 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh terms suffixed with -en",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hyperlink"
      ],
      "id": "en-dolen-cy-noun-DjOGn3Sa",
      "links": [
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
        [
          "hyperlink",
          "hyperlink"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Internet) hyperlink"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Programming",
          "orig": "cy:Programming",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 10 29 58",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 5 18 38 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh terms suffixed with -en",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "loop"
      ],
      "id": "en-dolen-cy-noun-JUY39y78",
      "links": [
        [
          "programming",
          "programming#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "loop",
          "loop"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(programming) loop"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "programming",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɔlɛn/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɔlan/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales",
        "also",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdoːlɛn/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɔlɛn/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "Cy-dolen.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6c/Cy-dolen.ogg/Cy-dolen.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Cy-dolen.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dolen"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Welsh countable nouns",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh feminine nouns",
    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh nouns",
    "Welsh terms suffixed with -en"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "hook and eye",
      "translation": "hook and eye",
      "word": "bach a dolen"
    },
    {
      "english": "infinite loop",
      "translation": "infinite loop",
      "word": "dolen ddiddiwedd"
    },
    {
      "english": "oxbow, meander",
      "translation": "oxbow, meander",
      "word": "doleniad"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "dôl",
        "3": "-en",
        "t1": "dale, valley; loop, ring"
      },
      "expansion": "dôl (“dale, valley; loop, ring”) + -en",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From dôl (“dale, valley; loop, ring”) + -en.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dolennau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dolenni",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dolen",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ddolen",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nolen",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "dolennau",
        "pl2": "dolenni"
      },
      "expansion": "dolen f (plural dolennau or dolenni)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "meandering, winding",
      "translation": "meandering, winding",
      "word": "dolennog"
    },
    {
      "english": "to meander, to wind; to loop, to coil",
      "translation": "to meander, to wind; to loop, to coil",
      "word": "dolennu"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "link, connection"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "link",
          "link"
        ],
        [
          "connection",
          "connection"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cyswllt"
        },
        {
          "word": "cysylltiad"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "loop, ring"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "loop",
          "loop"
        ],
        [
          "ring",
          "ring"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "handle (semicircular handle of a bucket, basket or mug)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "handle",
          "handle"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "handlen"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "cy:Internet"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hyperlink"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
        [
          "hyperlink",
          "hyperlink"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Internet) hyperlink"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Internet",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "cy:Programming"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "loop"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "programming",
          "programming#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "loop",
          "loop"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(programming) loop"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "programming",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɔlɛn/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɔlan/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales",
        "also",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdoːlɛn/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdɔlɛn/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "dolen"
}

Download raw JSONL data for dolen meaning in Welsh (3.0kB)

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