"llaeth" meaning in Welsh

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Noun

IPA: /ɬaːɨ̯θ/ [North-Wales], /ɬai̯θ/ [South-Wales, colloquial, standard], /ɬaːθ/ [South-Wales, colloquial] Forms: llaethau [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], llaeth [error-unrecognized-form], laeth [soft]
Rhymes: -aːɨ̯θ Etymology: From Proto-Brythonic *llaɨθ, borrowed from Latin lactis. Etymology templates: {{der|cy|cel-bry-pro|*llaɨθ}} Proto-Brythonic *llaɨθ, {{der|cy|la|lactis}} Latin lactis Head templates: {{cy-noun|m|llaethau}} llaeth m (plural llaethau) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. milk Tags: masculine Synonyms: llefrith
    Sense id: en-llaeth-cy-noun-iCXnZTD4 Categories (other): Milk Disambiguation of Milk: 72 0 28
  2. milk-like substance, latex Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-llaeth-cy-noun-Z0nKGo7A
  3. milt, soft roe Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-llaeth-cy-noun-1soavNKd Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header, Beverages Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 1 97 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 97 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 2 2 96 Disambiguation of Beverages: 37 3 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: asid llaeth (english: lactic acid) [rare], cynlaeth (english: first milk, beestings), chwarren laeth (english: mammary gland), gwylaeth (english: lettuce), llaeth a chwrw (english: palomino), llaeth mwnci (english: beer, booze), llaetha (english: to milk, to lactate), llaethdy (english: dairy), llaethig, llaethog, llaethol (english: milky, lactic), llaethwr (english: milker), llaethwyn (english: milk-white)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "lactic acid",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "translation": "lactic acid",
      "word": "asid llaeth"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "first milk, beestings",
      "translation": "first milk, beestings",
      "word": "cynlaeth"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "mammary gland",
      "translation": "mammary gland",
      "word": "chwarren laeth"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "lettuce",
      "translation": "lettuce",
      "word": "gwylaeth"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "palomino",
      "translation": "palomino",
      "word": "llaeth a chwrw"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "beer, booze",
      "translation": "beer, booze",
      "word": "llaeth mwnci"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "to milk, to lactate",
      "translation": "to milk, to lactate",
      "word": "llaetha"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "dairy",
      "translation": "dairy",
      "word": "llaethdy"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "llaethig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "llaethog"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "milky, lactic",
      "translation": "milky, lactic",
      "word": "llaethol"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "milker",
      "translation": "milker",
      "word": "llaethwr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "milk-white",
      "translation": "milk-white",
      "word": "llaethwyn"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*llaɨθ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *llaɨθ",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "lactis"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin lactis",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Brythonic *llaɨθ, borrowed from Latin lactis.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "llaethau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "llaeth",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laeth",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "llaethau"
      },
      "expansion": "llaeth m (plural llaethau)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "72 0 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Milk",
          "orig": "cy:Milk",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "milk"
      ],
      "id": "en-llaeth-cy-noun-iCXnZTD4",
      "links": [
        [
          "milk",
          "milk"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "llefrith"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "milk-like substance, latex"
      ],
      "id": "en-llaeth-cy-noun-Z0nKGo7A",
      "links": [
        [
          "latex",
          "latex"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 1 97",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 97",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 96",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 3 60",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Beverages",
          "orig": "cy:Beverages",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "milt, soft roe"
      ],
      "id": "en-llaeth-cy-noun-1soavNKd",
      "links": [
        [
          "milt",
          "milt"
        ],
        [
          "soft roe",
          "soft roe"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɬaːɨ̯θ/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɬai̯θ/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "colloquial",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɬaːθ/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːɨ̯θ"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "llaith (South Wales)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "llaeth"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Welsh/aːɨ̯θ",
    "Rhymes:Welsh/aːɨ̯θ/1 syllable",
    "Welsh countable nouns",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh masculine nouns",
    "Welsh nouns",
    "Welsh nouns with red links in their headword lines",
    "Welsh terms derived from Latin",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic",
    "Welsh terms with homophones",
    "cy:Beverages",
    "cy:Milk"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "lactic acid",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "translation": "lactic acid",
      "word": "asid llaeth"
    },
    {
      "english": "first milk, beestings",
      "translation": "first milk, beestings",
      "word": "cynlaeth"
    },
    {
      "english": "mammary gland",
      "translation": "mammary gland",
      "word": "chwarren laeth"
    },
    {
      "english": "lettuce",
      "translation": "lettuce",
      "word": "gwylaeth"
    },
    {
      "english": "palomino",
      "translation": "palomino",
      "word": "llaeth a chwrw"
    },
    {
      "english": "beer, booze",
      "translation": "beer, booze",
      "word": "llaeth mwnci"
    },
    {
      "english": "to milk, to lactate",
      "translation": "to milk, to lactate",
      "word": "llaetha"
    },
    {
      "english": "dairy",
      "translation": "dairy",
      "word": "llaethdy"
    },
    {
      "word": "llaethig"
    },
    {
      "word": "llaethog"
    },
    {
      "english": "milky, lactic",
      "translation": "milky, lactic",
      "word": "llaethol"
    },
    {
      "english": "milker",
      "translation": "milker",
      "word": "llaethwr"
    },
    {
      "english": "milk-white",
      "translation": "milk-white",
      "word": "llaethwyn"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*llaɨθ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *llaɨθ",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "lactis"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin lactis",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Brythonic *llaɨθ, borrowed from Latin lactis.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "llaethau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "llaeth",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laeth",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "llaethau"
      },
      "expansion": "llaeth m (plural llaethau)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "milk"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "milk",
          "milk"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "llefrith"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "milk-like substance, latex"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "latex",
          "latex"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "milt, soft roe"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "milt",
          "milt"
        ],
        [
          "soft roe",
          "soft roe"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɬaːɨ̯θ/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɬai̯θ/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "colloquial",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɬaːθ/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːɨ̯θ"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "llaith (South Wales)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "llaeth"
}

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