"ffolyn" meaning in Welsh

See ffolyn in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈfɔlɨ̞n/ [North-Wales], /ˈfoːlɪn/ [South-Wales], /ˈfɔlɪn/ [South-Wales] Forms: ffolen [feminine]
Etymology: From ffôl + -yn. Etymology templates: {{af|cy|ffôl|-yn}} ffôl + -yn Head templates: {{cy-noun|m|f=ffolen}} ffolyn m (feminine ffolen, not mutable)
  1. little fool, diminutive of ffôl Tags: masculine, not-mutable
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ffôl + -yn.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ffolen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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    }
  ],
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          "english": "[…] in a mirror of sadness, one sees him going “zigzag”, and treading the remainder of the journey as a drunken little fool! after uncrowning his humanity!",
          "ref": "1906, William Morris, “Y Glowyr [The Miners]”, in Yr Ymwelydd Misol [The Monthly Visitor], Wrexham: Hughes & Son, page 93:",
          "text": "[…] yn ddrych o dristwch gwelir ef yn myned “igam, ogam”, ac yn troedio gweddil y siwrna’ yn ffolyn meddw! wedi [sic] dadgoroni ei ddyndod!",
          "translation": "[…] in a mirror of sadness, one sees him going “zigzag”, and treading the remainder of the journey as a drunken little fool! after uncrowning his humanity!",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfoːlɪn/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɔlɪn/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ffolyn"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ffôl + -yn.",
  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
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    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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        "Welsh masculine nouns",
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        "Welsh nouns",
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              123
            ]
          ],
          "english": "[…] in a mirror of sadness, one sees him going “zigzag”, and treading the remainder of the journey as a drunken little fool! after uncrowning his humanity!",
          "ref": "1906, William Morris, “Y Glowyr [The Miners]”, in Yr Ymwelydd Misol [The Monthly Visitor], Wrexham: Hughes & Son, page 93:",
          "text": "[…] yn ddrych o dristwch gwelir ef yn myned “igam, ogam”, ac yn troedio gweddil y siwrna’ yn ffolyn meddw! wedi [sic] dadgoroni ei ddyndod!",
          "translation": "[…] in a mirror of sadness, one sees him going “zigzag”, and treading the remainder of the journey as a drunken little fool! after uncrowning his humanity!",
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      ],
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈfoːlɪn/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɔlɪn/",
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ffolyn"
}

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