"llain" meaning in Welsh

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɬai̯n/ Forms: lleiniau [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], llain [error-unrecognized-form], lain [soft]
Etymology: From Proto-Celtic *laginā (“blade”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Etymology templates: {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*laginā|t=blade}} Proto-Celtic *laginā (“blade”), {{rfe-lite|cy}} (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Head templates: {{cy-noun|f|lleiniau|g2=m}} llain f or m (plural lleiniau) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. (archaic) blade, pointed weapon Tags: archaic, feminine, masculine Synonyms: llafn, gwayw
    Sense id: en-llain-cy-noun--tGd75Si Categories (other): Roads Disambiguation of Roads: 33 33 33
  2. strip (of land), plot, verge Tags: feminine, masculine Synonyms: strip, clwt, plot
    Sense id: en-llain-cy-noun-3aHusJ~b Categories (other): Roads Disambiguation of Roads: 33 33 33
  3. strip (of land), plot, verge
    (cricket) pitch
    Tags: feminine, masculine Synonyms: strip, clwt, plot
    Sense id: en-llain-cy-noun-DvHOHmIA Categories (other): Cricket, Pages using lite templates, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header, Roads, Transport Disambiguation of Pages using lite templates: 23 8 70 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 6 79 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 4 88 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 9 2 88 Disambiguation of Roads: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Transport: 33 22 45 Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: llain galed (english: hard shoulder), llain ganol (english: central reservation), llain lanio (english: landing strip), llain las (english: green belt)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "hard shoulder",
      "translation": "hard shoulder",
      "word": "llain galed"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "central reservation",
      "translation": "central reservation",
      "word": "llain ganol"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "landing strip",
      "translation": "landing strip",
      "word": "llain lanio"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "green belt",
      "translation": "green belt",
      "word": "llain las"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*laginā",
        "t": "blade"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *laginā (“blade”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy"
      },
      "expansion": "(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)",
      "name": "rfe-lite"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *laginā (“blade”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lleiniau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "llain",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lain",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "lleiniau",
        "g2": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "llain f or m (plural lleiniau)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Roads",
          "orig": "cy:Roads",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "blade, pointed weapon"
      ],
      "id": "en-llain-cy-noun--tGd75Si",
      "links": [
        [
          "blade",
          "blade"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) blade, pointed weapon"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "llafn"
        },
        {
          "word": "gwayw"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Roads",
          "orig": "cy:Roads",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "strip (of land), plot, verge"
      ],
      "id": "en-llain-cy-noun-3aHusJ~b",
      "links": [
        [
          "strip",
          "strip"
        ],
        [
          "plot",
          "plot"
        ],
        [
          "verge",
          "verge"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "strip"
        },
        {
          "word": "clwt"
        },
        {
          "word": "plot"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Cricket",
          "orig": "cy:Cricket",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 8 70",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using lite templates",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 6 79",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 4 88",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 2 88",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Roads",
          "orig": "cy:Roads",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 22 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Transport",
          "orig": "cy:Transport",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "strip (of land), plot, verge",
        "pitch"
      ],
      "id": "en-llain-cy-noun-DvHOHmIA",
      "links": [
        [
          "strip",
          "strip"
        ],
        [
          "plot",
          "plot"
        ],
        [
          "verge",
          "verge"
        ],
        [
          "cricket",
          "cricket"
        ],
        [
          "pitch",
          "pitch"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "strip (of land), plot, verge",
        "(cricket) pitch"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "strip"
        },
        {
          "word": "clwt"
        },
        {
          "word": "plot"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "cricket",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɬai̯n/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "llain"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages using lite templates",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Requests for etymologies in Welsh entries",
    "Welsh countable nouns",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh feminine nouns",
    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh masculine nouns",
    "Welsh nouns",
    "Welsh nouns with multiple genders",
    "Welsh nouns with red links in their headword lines",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "cy:Roads",
    "cy:Transport"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "hard shoulder",
      "translation": "hard shoulder",
      "word": "llain galed"
    },
    {
      "english": "central reservation",
      "translation": "central reservation",
      "word": "llain ganol"
    },
    {
      "english": "landing strip",
      "translation": "landing strip",
      "word": "llain lanio"
    },
    {
      "english": "green belt",
      "translation": "green belt",
      "word": "llain las"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*laginā",
        "t": "blade"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *laginā (“blade”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy"
      },
      "expansion": "(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)",
      "name": "rfe-lite"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *laginā (“blade”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lleiniau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "llain",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lain",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "lleiniau",
        "g2": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "llain f or m (plural lleiniau)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Welsh terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "blade, pointed weapon"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "blade",
          "blade"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) blade, pointed weapon"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "llafn"
        },
        {
          "word": "gwayw"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "strip (of land), plot, verge"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "strip",
          "strip"
        ],
        [
          "plot",
          "plot"
        ],
        [
          "verge",
          "verge"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "strip"
        },
        {
          "word": "clwt"
        },
        {
          "word": "plot"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "cy:Cricket"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "strip (of land), plot, verge",
        "pitch"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "strip",
          "strip"
        ],
        [
          "plot",
          "plot"
        ],
        [
          "verge",
          "verge"
        ],
        [
          "cricket",
          "cricket"
        ],
        [
          "pitch",
          "pitch"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "strip (of land), plot, verge",
        "(cricket) pitch"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "strip"
        },
        {
          "word": "clwt"
        },
        {
          "word": "plot"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "cricket",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɬai̯n/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "llain"
}

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