"hen" meaning in Welsh

See hen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /heːn/ Forms: hen [feminine, singular], henion [plural], hyned [equative], hŷn [comparative], hynach [comparative], henach [comparative], hynaf [superlative], henaf [superlative]
Rhymes: -eːn, -ɛn Etymology: From Proto-Brythonic *hen, from Proto-Celtic *senos, from Proto-Indo-European *sénos. Etymology templates: {{inh|cy|cel-bry-pro|*hen}} Proto-Brythonic *hen, {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*senos}} Proto-Celtic *senos, {{inh|cy|ine-pro|*sénos}} Proto-Indo-European *sénos Head templates: {{cy-adj|ach|comp=hŷn|comp2=hynach|comp3=henach|eq=hyned|pl=henion|sup=hynaf|sup2=henaf}} hen (feminine singular hen, plural henion, equative hyned, comparative hŷn or hynach or henach, superlative hynaf or henaf, not mutable)
  1. old, aged; ancient, antique, pristine, former; inveterate, chronic; original; senior, elder Tags: not-mutable
    Sense id: en-hen-cy-adj-8bgAQArc
  2. stale, mouldy, musty, fusty Tags: not-mutable
    Sense id: en-hen-cy-adj-zLmJjpbU
  3. unreformed, old, traditional (of style or mode of expressing dates according to the Julian Calendar); reckoned according to the Old Style (of festival) Tags: not-mutable
    Sense id: en-hen-cy-adj-sO4KpYt- Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header, Welsh links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 15 34 52 Disambiguation of Welsh links with redundant wikilinks: 24 18 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: barf yr hen ŵr (english: traveller‘s-joy, Clematis vitalba), cyn hyned â phechod (english: as old as sin), hawdd cynnau tân ar hen aelwyd (english: it is easy to rekindle love with an old flame), hen a methedig (english: old and infirm), Hen Aifft [Ancient, Egypt], hen bennill (english: stanza of folk poetry), hen beth (english: antique), hen bobl (english: old people, the elderly), hen bryd (english: about time), hen dad-cu (english: great grandfather), hen daid (english: great grandfather), Hen Destament (english: Old Testament), hen dro (english: pity, shame), hen ddigon (english: quite enough), Hen Ddihenydd [Ancient], hen ddyn (english: old man, old Adam), hen fam-gu (english: great grandmother), Hen Feili (english: Old Bailey), hen ferch (english: spinster, old maid), hen ffasiwn [dated], Hen Ffrangeg (english: Old French), hen geg (english: babbler), hen gnawes (english: old shrew), hen gono (english: old fogey), Hen Gredadun (english: Old Believer), hen groc (english: old crock), Hen Gynghrair (english: Auld Alliance), Hen Gymraeg (english: Old Welsh), hen jaden (english: horrible woman), hen lanc (english: bachelor), hen law (english: old hand), hen nain (english: great grandmother), hen nodiant (english: staff notation), Hen Norseg [Old-Norse], Hen Oes y Cerrig (english: Old Stone Age, Palaeolithic), Hen Ogledd (english: Old North (Brittonic southern Scotland and northern England)), Hen Roeg [Ancient-Greek], hen Rufain [Ancient-Rome], Hen Saesneg [Old-English], hen sguthan (english: horrible woman), Hen Wlad fy Nhadau (english: Welsh national anthem), hen wlad Groeg (english: Ancient Greece), Hen Wyddeleg (english: Old Irish), henach henach, ffolach ffolach (english: there's no fool like an old fool), henadur (english: elder; alderman), henaidd (english: oldish, quaint), henaint (english: old age), hendraul (english: threadbare), hendref (english: winter dwelling), Hendy-gwyn ar Daf (english: Whitland), heneb (english: ancient monument), heneiddio (english: to age), Henffordd (english: Hereford), heniaith (english: ancient language, Welsh), henoed (english: old age), henuriad (english: elder), henwlad (english: old country, Wales), henwr (english: old man), mor hen â phechod (english: as old as sin), yr hen a ŵyr, yr ifanc a dybia (english: the old know, the young think they know), yr Hen Fyd (english: the Old World), yr Henfyd (english: the Ancient World)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "traveller‘s-joy, Clematis vitalba",
      "translation": "traveller‘s-joy, Clematis vitalba",
      "word": "barf yr hen ŵr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "as old as sin",
      "translation": "as old as sin",
      "word": "cyn hyned â phechod"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "it is easy to rekindle love with an old flame",
      "translation": "it is easy to rekindle love with an old flame",
      "word": "hawdd cynnau tân ar hen aelwyd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "old and infirm",
      "translation": "old and infirm",
      "word": "hen a methedig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Ancient",
        "Egypt"
      ],
      "word": "Hen Aifft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "stanza of folk poetry",
      "translation": "stanza of folk poetry",
      "word": "hen bennill"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "antique",
      "translation": "antique",
      "word": "hen beth"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "old people, the elderly",
      "translation": "old people, the elderly",
      "word": "hen bobl"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "about time",
      "translation": "about time",
      "word": "hen bryd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "great grandfather",
      "translation": "great grandfather",
      "word": "hen dad-cu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "great grandfather",
      "translation": "great grandfather",
      "word": "hen daid"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "Old Testament",
      "translation": "Old Testament",
      "word": "Hen Destament"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "pity, shame",
      "translation": "pity, shame",
      "word": "hen dro"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "quite enough",
      "translation": "quite enough",
      "word": "hen ddigon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "raw_tags": [
        "of Days"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Ancient"
      ],
      "word": "Hen Ddihenydd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "old man, old Adam",
      "translation": "old man, old Adam",
      "word": "hen ddyn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "great grandmother",
      "translation": "great grandmother",
      "word": "hen fam-gu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "Old Bailey",
      "translation": "Old Bailey",
      "word": "Hen Feili"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "spinster, old maid",
      "translation": "spinster, old maid",
      "word": "hen ferch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "hen ffasiwn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "Old French",
      "translation": "Old French",
      "word": "Hen Ffrangeg"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "babbler",
      "translation": "babbler",
      "word": "hen geg"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "old shrew",
      "translation": "old shrew",
      "word": "hen gnawes"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "old fogey",
      "translation": "old fogey",
      "word": "hen gono"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "Old Believer",
      "translation": "Old Believer",
      "word": "Hen Gredadun"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "old crock",
      "translation": "old crock",
      "word": "hen groc"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "Auld Alliance",
      "translation": "Auld Alliance",
      "word": "Hen Gynghrair"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "Old Welsh",
      "translation": "Old Welsh",
      "word": "Hen Gymraeg"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "horrible woman",
      "translation": "horrible woman",
      "word": "hen jaden"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "bachelor",
      "translation": "bachelor",
      "word": "hen lanc"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "old hand",
      "translation": "old hand",
      "word": "hen law"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "great grandmother",
      "translation": "great grandmother",
      "word": "hen nain"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "staff notation",
      "translation": "staff notation",
      "word": "hen nodiant"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Old-Norse"
      ],
      "word": "Hen Norseg"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "Old Stone Age, Palaeolithic",
      "translation": "Old Stone Age, Palaeolithic",
      "word": "Hen Oes y Cerrig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "Old North (Brittonic southern Scotland and northern England)",
      "translation": "Old North (Brittonic southern Scotland and northern England)",
      "word": "Hen Ogledd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Ancient-Greek"
      ],
      "word": "Hen Roeg"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Ancient-Rome"
      ],
      "word": "hen Rufain"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Old-English"
      ],
      "word": "Hen Saesneg"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "horrible woman",
      "translation": "horrible woman",
      "word": "hen sguthan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "Welsh national anthem",
      "translation": "Welsh national anthem",
      "word": "Hen Wlad fy Nhadau"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "Ancient Greece",
      "translation": "Ancient Greece",
      "word": "hen wlad Groeg"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "Old Irish",
      "translation": "Old Irish",
      "word": "Hen Wyddeleg"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "there's no fool like an old fool",
      "translation": "there's no fool like an old fool",
      "word": "henach henach, ffolach ffolach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "elder; alderman",
      "translation": "elder; alderman",
      "word": "henadur"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "oldish, quaint",
      "translation": "oldish, quaint",
      "word": "henaidd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "old age",
      "translation": "old age",
      "word": "henaint"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "threadbare",
      "translation": "threadbare",
      "word": "hendraul"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "winter dwelling",
      "translation": "winter dwelling",
      "word": "hendref"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "Whitland",
      "translation": "Whitland",
      "word": "Hendy-gwyn ar Daf"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "ancient monument",
      "translation": "ancient monument",
      "word": "heneb"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "to age",
      "translation": "to age",
      "word": "heneiddio"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "Hereford",
      "translation": "Hereford",
      "word": "Henffordd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "ancient language, Welsh",
      "translation": "ancient language, Welsh",
      "word": "heniaith"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "old age",
      "translation": "old age",
      "word": "henoed"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "elder",
      "translation": "elder",
      "word": "henuriad"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "old country, Wales",
      "translation": "old country, Wales",
      "word": "henwlad"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "old man",
      "translation": "old man",
      "word": "henwr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "as old as sin",
      "translation": "as old as sin",
      "word": "mor hen â phechod"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "the old know, the young think they know",
      "translation": "the old know, the young think they know",
      "word": "yr hen a ŵyr, yr ifanc a dybia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "the Old World",
      "translation": "the Old World",
      "word": "yr Hen Fyd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "the Ancient World",
      "translation": "the Ancient World",
      "word": "yr Henfyd"
    }
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Brythonic *hen, from Proto-Celtic *senos, from Proto-Indo-European *sénos.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "henion",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hyned",
      "tags": [
        "equative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hŷn",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hynach",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "henach",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hynaf",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "henaf",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "pl": "henion",
        "sup": "hynaf",
        "sup2": "henaf"
      },
      "expansion": "hen (feminine singular hen, plural henion, equative hyned, comparative hŷn or hynach or henach, superlative hynaf or henaf, not mutable)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ifanc"
        },
        {
          "word": "ieuanc"
        },
        {
          "word": "newydd"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "old, aged; ancient, antique, pristine, former; inveterate, chronic; original; senior, elder"
      ],
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          "aged",
          "aged"
        ],
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          "ancient",
          "ancient"
        ],
        [
          "antique",
          "antique"
        ],
        [
          "pristine",
          "pristine"
        ],
        [
          "former",
          "former"
        ],
        [
          "inveterate",
          "inveterate"
        ],
        [
          "chronic",
          "chronic"
        ],
        [
          "original",
          "original"
        ],
        [
          "senior",
          "senior"
        ],
        [
          "elder",
          "elder"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-mutable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "stale, mouldy, musty, fusty"
      ],
      "id": "en-hen-cy-adj-zLmJjpbU",
      "links": [
        [
          "stale",
          "stale"
        ],
        [
          "mouldy",
          "mouldy"
        ],
        [
          "musty",
          "musty"
        ],
        [
          "fusty",
          "fusty"
        ]
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        "unreformed, old, traditional (of style or mode of expressing dates according to the Julian Calendar); reckoned according to the Old Style (of festival)"
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          "unreformed"
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          "traditional",
          "traditional"
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/heːn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eːn"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hen"
}
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  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "traveller‘s-joy, Clematis vitalba",
      "translation": "traveller‘s-joy, Clematis vitalba",
      "word": "barf yr hen ŵr"
    },
    {
      "english": "as old as sin",
      "translation": "as old as sin",
      "word": "cyn hyned â phechod"
    },
    {
      "english": "it is easy to rekindle love with an old flame",
      "translation": "it is easy to rekindle love with an old flame",
      "word": "hawdd cynnau tân ar hen aelwyd"
    },
    {
      "english": "old and infirm",
      "translation": "old and infirm",
      "word": "hen a methedig"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Ancient",
        "Egypt"
      ],
      "word": "Hen Aifft"
    },
    {
      "english": "stanza of folk poetry",
      "translation": "stanza of folk poetry",
      "word": "hen bennill"
    },
    {
      "english": "antique",
      "translation": "antique",
      "word": "hen beth"
    },
    {
      "english": "old people, the elderly",
      "translation": "old people, the elderly",
      "word": "hen bobl"
    },
    {
      "english": "about time",
      "translation": "about time",
      "word": "hen bryd"
    },
    {
      "english": "great grandfather",
      "translation": "great grandfather",
      "word": "hen dad-cu"
    },
    {
      "english": "great grandfather",
      "translation": "great grandfather",
      "word": "hen daid"
    },
    {
      "english": "Old Testament",
      "translation": "Old Testament",
      "word": "Hen Destament"
    },
    {
      "english": "pity, shame",
      "translation": "pity, shame",
      "word": "hen dro"
    },
    {
      "english": "quite enough",
      "translation": "quite enough",
      "word": "hen ddigon"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "of Days"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Ancient"
      ],
      "word": "Hen Ddihenydd"
    },
    {
      "english": "old man, old Adam",
      "translation": "old man, old Adam",
      "word": "hen ddyn"
    },
    {
      "english": "great grandmother",
      "translation": "great grandmother",
      "word": "hen fam-gu"
    },
    {
      "english": "Old Bailey",
      "translation": "Old Bailey",
      "word": "Hen Feili"
    },
    {
      "english": "spinster, old maid",
      "translation": "spinster, old maid",
      "word": "hen ferch"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ],
      "word": "hen ffasiwn"
    },
    {
      "english": "Old French",
      "translation": "Old French",
      "word": "Hen Ffrangeg"
    },
    {
      "english": "babbler",
      "translation": "babbler",
      "word": "hen geg"
    },
    {
      "english": "old shrew",
      "translation": "old shrew",
      "word": "hen gnawes"
    },
    {
      "english": "old fogey",
      "translation": "old fogey",
      "word": "hen gono"
    },
    {
      "english": "Old Believer",
      "translation": "Old Believer",
      "word": "Hen Gredadun"
    },
    {
      "english": "old crock",
      "translation": "old crock",
      "word": "hen groc"
    },
    {
      "english": "Auld Alliance",
      "translation": "Auld Alliance",
      "word": "Hen Gynghrair"
    },
    {
      "english": "Old Welsh",
      "translation": "Old Welsh",
      "word": "Hen Gymraeg"
    },
    {
      "english": "horrible woman",
      "translation": "horrible woman",
      "word": "hen jaden"
    },
    {
      "english": "bachelor",
      "translation": "bachelor",
      "word": "hen lanc"
    },
    {
      "english": "old hand",
      "translation": "old hand",
      "word": "hen law"
    },
    {
      "english": "great grandmother",
      "translation": "great grandmother",
      "word": "hen nain"
    },
    {
      "english": "staff notation",
      "translation": "staff notation",
      "word": "hen nodiant"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Norse"
      ],
      "word": "Hen Norseg"
    },
    {
      "english": "Old Stone Age, Palaeolithic",
      "translation": "Old Stone Age, Palaeolithic",
      "word": "Hen Oes y Cerrig"
    },
    {
      "english": "Old North (Brittonic southern Scotland and northern England)",
      "translation": "Old North (Brittonic southern Scotland and northern England)",
      "word": "Hen Ogledd"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Ancient-Greek"
      ],
      "word": "Hen Roeg"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Ancient-Rome"
      ],
      "word": "hen Rufain"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-English"
      ],
      "word": "Hen Saesneg"
    },
    {
      "english": "horrible woman",
      "translation": "horrible woman",
      "word": "hen sguthan"
    },
    {
      "english": "Welsh national anthem",
      "translation": "Welsh national anthem",
      "word": "Hen Wlad fy Nhadau"
    },
    {
      "english": "Ancient Greece",
      "translation": "Ancient Greece",
      "word": "hen wlad Groeg"
    },
    {
      "english": "Old Irish",
      "translation": "Old Irish",
      "word": "Hen Wyddeleg"
    },
    {
      "english": "there's no fool like an old fool",
      "translation": "there's no fool like an old fool",
      "word": "henach henach, ffolach ffolach"
    },
    {
      "english": "elder; alderman",
      "translation": "elder; alderman",
      "word": "henadur"
    },
    {
      "english": "oldish, quaint",
      "translation": "oldish, quaint",
      "word": "henaidd"
    },
    {
      "english": "old age",
      "translation": "old age",
      "word": "henaint"
    },
    {
      "english": "threadbare",
      "translation": "threadbare",
      "word": "hendraul"
    },
    {
      "english": "winter dwelling",
      "translation": "winter dwelling",
      "word": "hendref"
    },
    {
      "english": "Whitland",
      "translation": "Whitland",
      "word": "Hendy-gwyn ar Daf"
    },
    {
      "english": "ancient monument",
      "translation": "ancient monument",
      "word": "heneb"
    },
    {
      "english": "to age",
      "translation": "to age",
      "word": "heneiddio"
    },
    {
      "english": "Hereford",
      "translation": "Hereford",
      "word": "Henffordd"
    },
    {
      "english": "ancient language, Welsh",
      "translation": "ancient language, Welsh",
      "word": "heniaith"
    },
    {
      "english": "old age",
      "translation": "old age",
      "word": "henoed"
    },
    {
      "english": "elder",
      "translation": "elder",
      "word": "henuriad"
    },
    {
      "english": "old country, Wales",
      "translation": "old country, Wales",
      "word": "henwlad"
    },
    {
      "english": "old man",
      "translation": "old man",
      "word": "henwr"
    },
    {
      "english": "as old as sin",
      "translation": "as old as sin",
      "word": "mor hen â phechod"
    },
    {
      "english": "the old know, the young think they know",
      "translation": "the old know, the young think they know",
      "word": "yr hen a ŵyr, yr ifanc a dybia"
    },
    {
      "english": "the Old World",
      "translation": "the Old World",
      "word": "yr Hen Fyd"
    },
    {
      "english": "the Ancient World",
      "translation": "the Ancient World",
      "word": "yr Henfyd"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*hen"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *hen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*senos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *senos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*sénos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *sénos",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Brythonic *hen, from Proto-Celtic *senos, from Proto-Indo-European *sénos.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "henion",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hyned",
      "tags": [
        "equative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hŷn",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hynach",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "henach",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hynaf",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "henaf",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ach",
        "comp": "hŷn",
        "comp2": "hynach",
        "comp3": "henach",
        "eq": "hyned",
        "pl": "henion",
        "sup": "hynaf",
        "sup2": "henaf"
      },
      "expansion": "hen (feminine singular hen, plural henion, equative hyned, comparative hŷn or hynach or henach, superlative hynaf or henaf, not mutable)",
      "name": "cy-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ifanc"
        },
        {
          "word": "ieuanc"
        },
        {
          "word": "newydd"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "old, aged; ancient, antique, pristine, former; inveterate, chronic; original; senior, elder"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "old",
          "old"
        ],
        [
          "aged",
          "aged"
        ],
        [
          "ancient",
          "ancient"
        ],
        [
          "antique",
          "antique"
        ],
        [
          "pristine",
          "pristine"
        ],
        [
          "former",
          "former"
        ],
        [
          "inveterate",
          "inveterate"
        ],
        [
          "chronic",
          "chronic"
        ],
        [
          "original",
          "original"
        ],
        [
          "senior",
          "senior"
        ],
        [
          "elder",
          "elder"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-mutable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "stale, mouldy, musty, fusty"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stale",
          "stale"
        ],
        [
          "mouldy",
          "mouldy"
        ],
        [
          "musty",
          "musty"
        ],
        [
          "fusty",
          "fusty"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-mutable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "unreformed, old, traditional (of style or mode of expressing dates according to the Julian Calendar); reckoned according to the Old Style (of festival)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unreformed",
          "unreformed"
        ],
        [
          "traditional",
          "traditional"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-mutable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/heːn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eːn"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hen"
}

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