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{
"etymology_links": [
[
"heb",
"heb#Middle_Welsh:_said"
],
[
"*hėbɨd",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/hėbɨd"
],
[
"*sekʷeti",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sekʷeti"
],
[
"*sekʷ-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sekʷ-#Proto-Indo-European:_say"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*sekʷ-",
"id": "say"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "wlm",
"3": "heb",
"id": "said",
"t": "said"
},
"expansion": "Middle Welsh heb (“said”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "cel-bry-pro",
"3": "*hėbɨd"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *hėbɨd",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "cel-pro",
"3": "*sekʷeti"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Celtic *sekʷeti",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*sekʷ-",
"id": "say",
"t": "to say"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to say”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh heb (“said”), from Proto-Brythonic *hėbɨd, from Proto-Celtic *sekʷeti, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to say”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "hebaf",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "cy-mut",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "hebu",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "heb"
},
"expansion": "hebu (first-person singular present hebaf, not mutable)",
"name": "cy-verb"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "cy-mut"
}
],
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "to correspond, to communicate",
"translation": "to correspond, to communicate",
"word": "gohebu"
},
{
"english": "utterance",
"translation": "utterance",
"word": "hebiad"
},
{
"english": "to commentate",
"translation": "to commentate",
"word": "sylwebu"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to speak, to say"
],
"id": "en-hebu-cy-verb-Q4BgWBZW",
"links": [
[
"speak",
"speak"
],
[
"say",
"say"
]
],
"related": [
{
"english": "answer; to answer",
"translation": "answer; to answer",
"word": "ateb"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "siarad"
},
{
"word": "dweud"
}
],
"tags": [
"not-mutable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈhɛbɨ̞/",
"tags": [
"North-Wales"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈheːbi/",
"tags": [
"South-Wales"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈhɛbi/",
"tags": [
"South-Wales"
]
}
],
"word": "hebu"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"english": "to correspond, to communicate",
"translation": "to correspond, to communicate",
"word": "gohebu"
},
{
"english": "utterance",
"translation": "utterance",
"word": "hebiad"
},
{
"english": "to commentate",
"translation": "to commentate",
"word": "sylwebu"
}
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"heb",
"heb#Middle_Welsh:_said"
],
[
"*hėbɨd",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/hėbɨd"
],
[
"*sekʷeti",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/sekʷeti"
],
[
"*sekʷ-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sekʷ-#Proto-Indo-European:_say"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*sekʷ-",
"id": "say"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "wlm",
"3": "heb",
"id": "said",
"t": "said"
},
"expansion": "Middle Welsh heb (“said”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "cel-bry-pro",
"3": "*hėbɨd"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *hėbɨd",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "cel-pro",
"3": "*sekʷeti"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Celtic *sekʷeti",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*sekʷ-",
"id": "say",
"t": "to say"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to say”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh heb (“said”), from Proto-Brythonic *hėbɨd, from Proto-Celtic *sekʷeti, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to say”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "hebaf",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "cy-mut",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "hebu",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "heb"
},
"expansion": "hebu (first-person singular present hebaf, not mutable)",
"name": "cy-verb"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "cy-mut"
}
],
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"english": "answer; to answer",
"translation": "answer; to answer",
"word": "ateb"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
"Welsh lemmas",
"Welsh non-mutable terms",
"Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh",
"Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic",
"Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
"Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Welsh terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sekʷ- (say)",
"Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
"Welsh verbs",
"Welsh verbs with red links in their headword lines"
],
"glosses": [
"to speak, to say"
],
"links": [
[
"speak",
"speak"
],
[
"say",
"say"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "siarad"
},
{
"word": "dweud"
}
],
"tags": [
"not-mutable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈhɛbɨ̞/",
"tags": [
"North-Wales"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈheːbi/",
"tags": [
"South-Wales"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈhɛbi/",
"tags": [
"South-Wales"
]
}
],
"word": "hebu"
}
Download raw JSONL data for hebu meaning in Welsh (2.8kB)
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"msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: hebu/Welsh 'radical' base_tags=set()",
"path": [
"hebu"
],
"section": "Welsh",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "hebu",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/865",
"msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: hebu/Welsh 'nasal' base_tags={'soft', 'error-unrecognized-form'}",
"path": [
"hebu"
],
"section": "Welsh",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "hebu",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/865",
"msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: hebu/Welsh 'aspirate' base_tags={'soft', 'error-unrecognized-form'}",
"path": [
"hebu"
],
"section": "Welsh",
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}
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