"dwli" meaning in Welsh

See dwli in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈdʊli/ Forms: dwliau [plural], dyli [alternative]
Rhymes: -ʊli Etymology: dwl (“silly”) + -i. Etymology templates: {{af|cy|dwl|-i|t1=silly}} dwl (“silly”) + -i Head templates: {{cy-noun|m|-|pl2=au}} dwli m (usually uncountable, plural dwliau)
  1. nonsense, drivel, foolishness Tags: masculine, uncountable, usually Synonyms: lol, gwiriondeb, ffolineb, ynfydrwydd, dylni
    Sense id: en-dwli-cy-noun-TCiSF-1- Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Welsh terms suffixed with -i Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 17 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 15 30 Disambiguation of Welsh terms suffixed with -i: 62 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈdʊli/ Forms: dwlaf [first-person, present, singular]
Rhymes: -ʊli Etymology: dwl (“dull”) + -i. Etymology templates: {{af|cy|dwl|-i|t1=dull}} dwl (“dull”) + -i Head templates: {{cy-verb|dwl}} dwli (first-person singular present dwlaf)
  1. alternative form of dylu (“to dull”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: dylu (extra: to dull)
    Sense id: en-dwli-cy-verb-l9dKxXGD Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 17 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈdʊli/ Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], dwli [error-unrecognized-form], ddwli [soft], nwli [error-unrecognized-form]
Rhymes: -ʊli Head templates: {{cy-verb form}} dwli Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. second-person singular future of dwlu (“to dote on”) (also present tense in the literary language) Tags: form-of, future, second-person, singular Form of: dwlu (extra: (“to dote on”) (also present tense in the literary language))
    Sense id: en-dwli-cy-verb-GLk8TWAq Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 37 17 46 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 29 11 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for dwli meaning in Welsh (3.7kB)

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