"hy" meaning in Welsh

See hy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /hɨː/ [North-Wales], /hiː/ [South-Wales] Forms: hy [feminine, singular], hyfion [plural], hyfed [equative], hyfach [comparative], hyfaf [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɨː Etymology: From Middle Welsh hy, from Proto-Brythonic *hɨɣ, from Proto-Celtic *segos, from Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to overpower”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *segaz, Sanskrit सहस् (sáhas, “force, power, victory”), and Ancient Greek ἔχω (ékhō, “I have, I own”). Etymology templates: {{inh|cy|wlm|hy}} Middle Welsh hy, {{inh|cy|cel-bry-pro|*hɨɣ}} Proto-Brythonic *hɨɣ, {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*segos}} Proto-Celtic *segos, {{der|cy|ine-pro|*seǵʰ-||to overpower}} Proto-Indo-European *seǵʰ- (“to overpower”), {{cog|gem-pro|*segaz}} Proto-Germanic *segaz, {{cog|sa|सहस्||force, power, victory|tr=sáhas}} Sanskrit सहस् (sáhas, “force, power, victory”), {{cog|grc|ἔχω||I have, I own}} Ancient Greek ἔχω (ékhō, “I have, I own”) Head templates: {{cy-adj|ach|pl=hyfion|stem=hyf}} hy (feminine singular hy, plural hyfion, equative hyfed, comparative hyfach, superlative hyfaf, not mutable)
  1. bold Tags: not-mutable Synonyms: hyf Derived forms: hyder (english: confidence)
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    },
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    {
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "I have, I own"
      },
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "comparative"
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      "ipa": "/hɨː/",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hiː/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɨː"
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  ],
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}
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    }
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      "name": "inh"
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "I have, I own"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "hyfion",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hyfed",
      "tags": [
        "equative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hyfach",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hyfaf",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "Welsh adjectives with red links in their headword lines",
        "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 inherited from Middle Welsh",
        "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic",
        "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bold"
      ],
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        [
          "bold",
          "bold"
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      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/hɨː/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hiː/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɨː"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "hyf"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hy"
}

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