gwirion in Welsh

IPA: /ˈɡwɪrjɔn/ [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: gwir (“true”) + iawn (“very”). The semantic shift from "pure, innocent" > "silly, daft" has parallels to that seen in English nice ("silly" > "pleasant"). Cognate with Breton gwirion. Etymology templates: {{com|cy|gwir|iawn|t1=true|t2=very}} gwir (“true”) + iawn (“very”), {{noncog|en|nice}} English nice, {{cog|br|gwirion}} Breton gwirion Head templates: {{cy-adj|mwy}} gwirion (feminine singular gwirion, plural gwirion, equative mor wirion, comparative mwy gwirion, superlative mwyaf gwirion) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}} Forms: gwirion [feminine, singular], gwirion [plural], mor wirion [equative], mwy gwirion [comparative], mwyaf gwirion [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], gwirion [error-unrecognized-form], wirion [soft], ngwirion [error-unrecognized-form]

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      },
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      },
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  "etymology_text": "gwir (“true”) + iawn (“very”). The semantic shift from \"pure, innocent\" > \"silly, daft\" has parallels to that seen in English nice (\"silly\" > \"pleasant\"). Cognate with Breton gwirion.",
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        "singular"
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        "plural"
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      "tags": [
        "equative"
      ]
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      "form": "mwy gwirion",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "ngwirion",
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      "glosses": [
        "pure, innocent, blameless"
      ],
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      "links": [
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        ],
        [
          "innocent",
          "innocent"
        ],
        [
          "blameless",
          "blameless"
        ]
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡwɪrjɔn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gwirion"
}

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    "Pages with entries",
    "Welsh adjectives",
    "Welsh compound terms",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh lemmas"
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "com"
    },
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        "1": "en",
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      },
      "expansion": "English nice",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
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      },
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "gwir (“true”) + iawn (“very”). The semantic shift from \"pure, innocent\" > \"silly, daft\" has parallels to that seen in English nice (\"silly\" > \"pleasant\"). Cognate with Breton gwirion.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gwirion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gwirion",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mor wirion",
      "tags": [
        "equative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mwy gwirion",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mwyaf gwirion",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "form": "wirion",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ngwirion",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      ],
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        ],
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          "daft",
          "daft"
        ],
        [
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          "foolish"
        ]
      ]
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      ],
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        ],
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡwɪrjɔn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gwirion"
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: gwirion/Welsh 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
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  ],
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  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "gwirion",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: gwirion/Welsh 'nasal' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form', 'soft'}",
  "path": [
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  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "gwirion",
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}

{
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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: gwirion/Welsh 'aspirate' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form', 'soft'}",
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  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "adjective",
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"gwirion" meaning in Welsh

Adjective