"gwael" meaning in Welsh

See gwael in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɡwaːɨ̯l/ [North-Wales], /ɡwai̯l/ [South-Wales]
Rhymes: -aːɨ̯l Etymology: From Proto-Celtic *wailos. Cognate with Breton gail, Gaulish Vailo. Etymology templates: {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*wailos}} Proto-Celtic *wailos, {{cog|br|gail}} Breton gail, {{cog|cel-gau|Vailo}} Gaulish Vailo Head templates: {{cy-adj|ach|pl=gwaelion}} gwael (feminine singular gwael, plural gwaelion, equative gwaeled, comparative gwaelach, superlative gwaelaf) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}} Forms: gwael [feminine, singular], gwaelion [plural], gwaeled [equative], gwaelach [comparative], gwaelaf [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], gwael [mutation, mutation-radical], wael [mutation, mutation-soft], ngwael [mutation, mutation-nasal]
  1. miserable, wretched, contemptible, despised, abject, vile
    Sense id: en-gwael-cy-adj-3lvc2Ijo Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 14 0 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 70 11 0 19 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 54 24 2 20
  2. unwell, unhealthy, sick, ill, poorly
    Sense id: en-gwael-cy-adj-EpND2dXn
  3. humble, lowly
    Sense id: en-gwael-cy-adj-ONLJJ42p
  4. baseborn, plebeian, ignoble, mean, poor
    Sense id: en-gwael-cy-adj--dk72~2M
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gwaeledd (english: sickness, illness; poorness; weakness, frailness, wretchedness, abjectness, misery, vileness; baseness of birth, meanness; the common people) [masculine], gwaelu (english: to become ill, sicken, grow faint, ail; to become worse, weaken, decay; to debase, lower (oneself, etc.), become wretched)

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "sickness, illness; poorness; weakness, frailness, wretchedness, abjectness, misery, vileness; baseness of birth, meanness; the common people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gwaeledd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to become ill, sicken, grow faint, ail; to become worse, weaken, decay; to debase, lower (oneself, etc.), become wretched",
      "word": "gwaelu"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*wailos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *wailos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "gail"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton gail",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cel-gau",
        "2": "Vailo"
      },
      "expansion": "Gaulish Vailo",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *wailos. Cognate with Breton gail, Gaulish Vailo.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gwael",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gwaelion",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gwaeled",
      "tags": [
        "equative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gwaelach",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gwaelaf",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gwael",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wael",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ngwael",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-nasal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ach",
        "pl": "gwaelion"
      },
      "expansion": "gwael (feminine singular gwael, plural gwaelion, equative gwaeled, comparative gwaelach, superlative gwaelaf)",
      "name": "cy-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "_dis": "49 14 0 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 11 0 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 24 2 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "miserable, wretched, contemptible, despised, abject, vile"
      ],
      "id": "en-gwael-cy-adj-3lvc2Ijo",
      "links": [
        [
          "miserable",
          "miserable"
        ],
        [
          "wretched",
          "wretched"
        ],
        [
          "contemptible",
          "contemptible"
        ],
        [
          "despised",
          "despised"
        ],
        [
          "abject",
          "abject"
        ],
        [
          "vile",
          "vile"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "unwell, unhealthy, sick, ill, poorly"
      ],
      "id": "en-gwael-cy-adj-EpND2dXn",
      "links": [
        [
          "unwell",
          "unwell"
        ],
        [
          "unhealthy",
          "unhealthy"
        ],
        [
          "sick",
          "sick"
        ],
        [
          "ill",
          "ill"
        ],
        [
          "poorly",
          "poorly"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "humble, lowly"
      ],
      "id": "en-gwael-cy-adj-ONLJJ42p",
      "links": [
        [
          "humble",
          "humble"
        ],
        [
          "lowly",
          "lowly"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "baseborn, plebeian, ignoble, mean, poor"
      ],
      "id": "en-gwael-cy-adj--dk72~2M",
      "links": [
        [
          "baseborn",
          "baseborn"
        ],
        [
          "plebeian",
          "plebeian"
        ],
        [
          "ignoble",
          "ignoble"
        ],
        [
          "mean",
          "mean"
        ],
        [
          "poor",
          "poor"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡwaːɨ̯l/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡwai̯l/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːɨ̯l"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gwael"
}
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Welsh/aːɨ̯l",
    "Welsh adjectives",
    "Welsh adjectives with red links in their headword lines",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "sickness, illness; poorness; weakness, frailness, wretchedness, abjectness, misery, vileness; baseness of birth, meanness; the common people",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gwaeledd"
    },
    {
      "english": "to become ill, sicken, grow faint, ail; to become worse, weaken, decay; to debase, lower (oneself, etc.), become wretched",
      "word": "gwaelu"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*wailos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *wailos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "gail"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton gail",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cel-gau",
        "2": "Vailo"
      },
      "expansion": "Gaulish Vailo",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *wailos. Cognate with Breton gail, Gaulish Vailo.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gwael",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gwaelion",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gwaeled",
      "tags": [
        "equative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gwaelach",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gwaelaf",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gwael",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wael",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ngwael",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-nasal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ach",
        "pl": "gwaelion"
      },
      "expansion": "gwael (feminine singular gwael, plural gwaelion, equative gwaeled, comparative gwaelach, superlative gwaelaf)",
      "name": "cy-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "miserable, wretched, contemptible, despised, abject, vile"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "miserable",
          "miserable"
        ],
        [
          "wretched",
          "wretched"
        ],
        [
          "contemptible",
          "contemptible"
        ],
        [
          "despised",
          "despised"
        ],
        [
          "abject",
          "abject"
        ],
        [
          "vile",
          "vile"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "unwell, unhealthy, sick, ill, poorly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unwell",
          "unwell"
        ],
        [
          "unhealthy",
          "unhealthy"
        ],
        [
          "sick",
          "sick"
        ],
        [
          "ill",
          "ill"
        ],
        [
          "poorly",
          "poorly"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "humble, lowly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "humble",
          "humble"
        ],
        [
          "lowly",
          "lowly"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "baseborn, plebeian, ignoble, mean, poor"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "baseborn",
          "baseborn"
        ],
        [
          "plebeian",
          "plebeian"
        ],
        [
          "ignoble",
          "ignoble"
        ],
        [
          "mean",
          "mean"
        ],
        [
          "poor",
          "poor"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡwaːɨ̯l/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡwai̯l/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːɨ̯l"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gwael"
}

Download raw JSONL data for gwael meaning in Welsh (2.8kB)

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