"eisiau" meaning in Welsh

See eisiau in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈei̯ʃaɨ̯/ [North-Wales, standard], /ˈɪʃɔ/ [North-Wales, colloquial], /ˈei̯sjai̯/ [South-Wales, standard], /ˈei̯ʃai̯/ [South-Wales, standard], /ˈiːʃɛ/ [South-Wales, colloquial], /ˈɪʃɛ/ [South-Wales, colloquial], /ˈiːsɛ/ [South-Wales, colloquial], /ˈɪsɛ/ [South-Wales, colloquial] Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], eisiau [error-unrecognized-form], heisiau [prothesis-h], isio [alternative], isie [alternative]
Rhymes: -ei̯sjaɨ̯ Etymology: From Middle Welsh eisseu, from Proto-Brythonic *eisɨɣu, borrowed from Latin exiguus (“having required”). Etymology templates: {{inh|cy|wlm|eisseu}} Middle Welsh eisseu, {{inh|cy|cel-bry-pro|*eisɨɣu}} Proto-Brythonic *eisɨɣu, {{der|cy|la|exiguus|t=having required}} Latin exiguus (“having required”) Head templates: {{cy-noun|m|-}} eisiau m (uncountable) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. (with bod and a preceding subject; functioning as a verbnoun) want Tags: masculine, uncountable Synonyms (want): bod am [verb], moyn [South-Wales, verb]
    Sense id: en-eisiau-cy-noun-hlaqVdOT Disambiguation of 'want': 58 12 12 18
  2. (with bod, a noun, pronoun or numeral and the preposition ar) need Tags: masculine, uncountable
    Sense id: en-eisiau-cy-noun-vo3~ALDU Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 31 31 32
  3. (with bod and an i-content clause) need Tags: masculine, uncountable
    Sense id: en-eisiau-cy-noun-vo3~ALDU1 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 31 31 32
  4. (literary) want (with bod and preposition ar) Tags: literary, masculine, uncountable
    Sense id: en-eisiau-cy-noun-yNkxfapg Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 31 31 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 28 28 41 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 3 27 27 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (need): angen Derived forms: dieisiau (english: unnecessary)
Disambiguation of 'need': 4 47 47 2

Alternative forms

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      "word": "dieisiau"
    }
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      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "eisiau",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "heisiau",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "prothesis-h"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "isio",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "isie",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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    }
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          "english": "I want a drink.",
          "text": "Dw i eisiau diod.",
          "translation": "I want a drink.",
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          "english": "I want to drink.",
          "text": "Dw i eisiau yfed.",
          "translation": "I want to drink.",
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        },
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              4,
              9
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          "english": "She wants a drink too.",
          "text": "Mae hi eisiau diod hefyd.",
          "translation": "She wants a drink too.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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          "_dis1": "58 12 12 18",
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          "word": "bod am"
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          "_dis1": "58 12 12 18",
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          "tags": [
            "South-Wales",
            "verb"
          ],
          "word": "moyn"
        }
      ],
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        "masculine",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
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          "english": "I need a drink.",
          "text": "Mae eisiau diod arna i.",
          "translation": "I need a drink.",
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        },
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              10
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          "english": "She needs a drink too.",
          "text": "Mae eisiau diod arni hi hefyd.",
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          "english": "I need to drink.",
          "text": "Mae eisiau i mi yfed.",
          "translation": "I need to drink.",
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        {
          "text": "1588, Y Beibl cyssegr-lan, Salm 23:1:\nYr Arglwydd yw fy Mugail; ni bydd eisiau arnaf.\nThe Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "(literary) want (with bod and preposition ar)"
      ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈei̯ʃaɨ̯/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɪʃɔ/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈei̯sjai̯/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈei̯ʃai̯/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈiːʃɛ/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɪʃɛ/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈiːsɛ/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɪsɛ/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ei̯sjaɨ̯"
    }
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    {
      "_dis1": "4 47 47 2",
      "sense": "need",
      "word": "angen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "eisiau"
}
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    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh masculine nouns",
    "Welsh nouns",
    "Welsh terms derived from Latin",
    "Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic",
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        "table-tags"
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          "english": "I want a drink.",
          "text": "Dw i eisiau diod.",
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          "english": "I want to drink.",
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          "english": "She wants a drink too.",
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          "type": "example"
        }
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          "english": "I need a drink.",
          "text": "Mae eisiau diod arna i.",
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          "english": "She needs a drink too.",
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          "translation": "She needs a drink too.",
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        "need"
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          "english": "I need to drink.",
          "text": "Mae eisiau i mi yfed.",
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        {
          "text": "1588, Y Beibl cyssegr-lan, Salm 23:1:\nYr Arglwydd yw fy Mugail; ni bydd eisiau arnaf.\nThe Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɪʃɔ/",
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        "North-Wales",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈei̯sjai̯/",
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        "South-Wales",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈei̯ʃai̯/",
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        "South-Wales",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈiːʃɛ/",
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        "South-Wales",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɪʃɛ/",
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        "South-Wales",
        "colloquial"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈiːsɛ/",
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        "South-Wales",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɪsɛ/",
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        "South-Wales",
        "colloquial"
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-ei̯sjaɨ̯"
    }
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "bod am"
    },
    {
      "sense": "want",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "moyn"
    },
    {
      "sense": "need",
      "word": "angen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "eisiau"
}

Download raw JSONL data for eisiau meaning in Welsh (5.0kB)

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.