"gwag" meaning in Welsh

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Adjective

IPA: /ɡwaːɡ/
Rhymes: -aːɡ Etymology: From Middle Welsh gwac, from Old Welsh guac, from Proto-Brythonic *gwag, from Vulgar Latin *vacus, from Latin vacuus (“empty”). Etymology templates: {{root|cy|ine-pro|*h₁weh₂-}}, {{der|cy|wlm|gwac}} Middle Welsh gwac, {{der|cy|owl|guac}} Old Welsh guac, {{der|cy|cel-bry-pro|*gwag}} Proto-Brythonic *gwag, {{der|cy|VL.|*vacus}} Vulgar Latin *vacus, {{der|cy|la|vacuus||empty}} Latin vacuus (“empty”) Head templates: {{cy-adj|ach|stem=gwac}} gwag (feminine singular gwag, plural gwag, equative gwaced, comparative gwacach, superlative gwacaf) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}} Forms: gwag [feminine, singular], gwag [plural], gwaced [equative], gwacach [comparative], gwacaf [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], gwag [mutation, mutation-radical], wag [mutation, mutation-soft], ngwag [mutation, mutation-nasal]
  1. empty, vacant
    Sense id: en-gwag-cy-adj-VWYREtup
  2. inane
    Sense id: en-gwag-cy-adj-iUwoUOBG
  3. frivolous, vain
    Sense id: en-gwag-cy-adj-bFybhLjV Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 10 25 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: foed (english: void)
Derived forms: gwacáu (english: to empty), gwacter (english: emptiness), gwactod (english: vacuum), gwagedd (english: emptiness, vanity), gwagio (english: to empty), gwaglaw (english: empty-handed), gwagle (english: empty space), gwagnod (english: nought), gwagu (english: to empty), pennog (english: herring), penwag (english: empty-headed, silly)

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "to empty",
      "word": "gwacáu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "emptiness",
      "word": "gwacter"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "vacuum",
      "word": "gwactod"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "emptiness, vanity",
      "word": "gwagedd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "to empty",
      "word": "gwagio"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "empty-handed",
      "word": "gwaglaw"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "empty space",
      "word": "gwagle"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "nought",
      "word": "gwagnod"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "to empty",
      "word": "gwagu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "herring",
      "word": "pennog"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "empty-headed, silly",
      "word": "penwag"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₁weh₂-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "gwac"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh gwac",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "owl",
        "3": "guac"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Welsh guac",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*gwag"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *gwag",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "VL.",
        "3": "*vacus"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin *vacus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "vacuus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "empty"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin vacuus (“empty”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh gwac, from Old Welsh guac, from Proto-Brythonic *gwag, from Vulgar Latin *vacus, from Latin vacuus (“empty”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gwag",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gwag",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gwaced",
      "tags": [
        "equative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gwacach",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gwacaf",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gwag",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wag",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ngwag",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-nasal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ach",
        "stem": "gwac"
      },
      "expansion": "gwag (feminine singular gwag, plural gwag, equative gwaced, comparative gwacach, superlative gwacaf)",
      "name": "cy-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "void",
      "word": "foed"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "empty, vacant"
      ],
      "id": "en-gwag-cy-adj-VWYREtup",
      "links": [
        [
          "empty",
          "empty"
        ],
        [
          "vacant",
          "vacant"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "inane"
      ],
      "id": "en-gwag-cy-adj-iUwoUOBG",
      "links": [
        [
          "inane",
          "inane"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 25 65",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "frivolous, vain"
      ],
      "id": "en-gwag-cy-adj-bFybhLjV",
      "links": [
        [
          "frivolous",
          "frivolous"
        ],
        [
          "vain",
          "vain"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡwaːɡ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːɡ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gwag"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Rhymes:Welsh/aːɡ",
    "Rhymes:Welsh/aːɡ/1 syllable",
    "Welsh adjectives",
    "Welsh adjectives with red links in their headword lines",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh terms derived from Latin",
    "Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh",
    "Welsh terms derived from Old Welsh",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Welsh terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
    "Welsh terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁weh₂-",
    "Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "to empty",
      "word": "gwacáu"
    },
    {
      "english": "emptiness",
      "word": "gwacter"
    },
    {
      "english": "vacuum",
      "word": "gwactod"
    },
    {
      "english": "emptiness, vanity",
      "word": "gwagedd"
    },
    {
      "english": "to empty",
      "word": "gwagio"
    },
    {
      "english": "empty-handed",
      "word": "gwaglaw"
    },
    {
      "english": "empty space",
      "word": "gwagle"
    },
    {
      "english": "nought",
      "word": "gwagnod"
    },
    {
      "english": "to empty",
      "word": "gwagu"
    },
    {
      "english": "herring",
      "word": "pennog"
    },
    {
      "english": "empty-headed, silly",
      "word": "penwag"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₁weh₂-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "gwac"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh gwac",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "owl",
        "3": "guac"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Welsh guac",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*gwag"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *gwag",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "VL.",
        "3": "*vacus"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin *vacus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "vacuus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "empty"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin vacuus (“empty”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh gwac, from Old Welsh guac, from Proto-Brythonic *gwag, from Vulgar Latin *vacus, from Latin vacuus (“empty”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gwag",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gwag",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gwaced",
      "tags": [
        "equative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gwacach",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gwacaf",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gwag",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wag",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ngwag",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-nasal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ach",
        "stem": "gwac"
      },
      "expansion": "gwag (feminine singular gwag, plural gwag, equative gwaced, comparative gwacach, superlative gwacaf)",
      "name": "cy-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "void",
      "word": "foed"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "empty, vacant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "empty",
          "empty"
        ],
        [
          "vacant",
          "vacant"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "inane"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inane",
          "inane"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "frivolous, vain"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "frivolous",
          "frivolous"
        ],
        [
          "vain",
          "vain"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡwaːɡ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːɡ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gwag"
}

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