"llan" meaning in Welsh

See llan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɬan/ Forms: llannau [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], llan [error-unrecognized-form], lan [soft]
Rhymes: -an Etymology: From Middle Welsh llann, lan, from Old Welsh lann, from Proto-Brythonic *llann, from Proto-Celtic *landā, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”). Etymology templates: {{root|cy|ine-pro|*lendʰ-|id=land}}, {{inh|cy|wlm|llann}} Middle Welsh llann, {{inh|cy|owl|lann}} Old Welsh lann, {{inh|cy|cel-bry-pro|*llann}} Proto-Brythonic *llann, {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*landā}} Proto-Celtic *landā, {{der|cy|ine-pro|*lendʰ-||land, heath}} Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”), {{etymon|cy|:inh|wlm:llann<id:llan>|id=church, yard or town}} Head templates: {{cy-noun|f|llannau}} llan f (plural llannau) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. (parish) church, parish Tags: feminine Synonyms (church): eglwys
    Sense id: en-llan-cy-noun-qq-dE1Wo Categories (other): Welsh entries referencing etymons with mismatched IDs, Welsh entries referencing missing etymons Disambiguation of Welsh entries referencing etymons with mismatched IDs: 11 24 33 32 Disambiguation of Welsh entries referencing missing etymons: 10 24 32 33 Disambiguation of 'church': 88 12 0 0
  2. churchyard; enclosure, yard Tags: feminine Categories (place): Places of worship
    Sense id: en-llan-cy-noun-bqU-uRcR Disambiguation of Places of worship: 8 27 33 33 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Welsh entries referencing etymons with mismatched IDs, Welsh entries referencing missing etymons, Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 20 39 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 22 38 35 Disambiguation of Welsh entries referencing etymons with mismatched IDs: 11 24 33 32 Disambiguation of Welsh entries referencing missing etymons: 10 24 32 33 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 7 23 36 34
  3. small town or village Tags: feminine Categories (place): Places of worship Synonyms: pentref, tref
    Sense id: en-llan-cy-noun-ELZ04bVw Disambiguation of Places of worship: 8 27 33 33 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Welsh entries referencing etymons with mismatched IDs, Welsh entries referencing missing etymons, Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 20 39 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 22 38 35 Disambiguation of Welsh entries referencing etymons with mismatched IDs: 11 24 33 32 Disambiguation of Welsh entries referencing missing etymons: 10 24 32 33 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 7 23 36 34
  4. (occasionally) in place names: a monastery Tags: feminine Categories (place): Places of worship
    Sense id: en-llan-cy-noun-692ADO1T Disambiguation of Places of worship: 8 27 33 33 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Welsh entries referencing etymons with mismatched IDs, Welsh entries referencing missing etymons, Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 20 39 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 22 38 35 Disambiguation of Welsh entries referencing etymons with mismatched IDs: 11 24 33 32 Disambiguation of Welsh entries referencing missing etymons: 10 24 32 33 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 7 23 36 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: llannerch (english: clearing), perllan (english: orchard)
Derived forms: allan (english: out) [adverb], cadeirlan (english: cathedral), corfflan (english: graveyard), corlan (english: sheepfold), gwinllan (english: vineyard), Llangollen, Llandecwyn, Llandudno, Llanelli, Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, Llansamlet, Llanyblodwel, Llanymddyfri (english: Llandovery)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "out",
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ],
      "translation": "out",
      "word": "allan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "cathedral",
      "translation": "cathedral",
      "word": "cadeirlan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "graveyard",
      "translation": "graveyard",
      "word": "corfflan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "sheepfold",
      "translation": "sheepfold",
      "word": "corlan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "vineyard",
      "translation": "vineyard",
      "word": "gwinllan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Llangollen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Llandecwyn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Llandudno"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Llanelli"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Llansamlet"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Llanyblodwel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "Llandovery",
      "translation": "Llandovery",
      "word": "Llanymddyfri"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*lendʰ-",
        "id": "land"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "llann"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh llann",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "owl",
        "3": "lann"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Welsh lann",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*llann"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *llann",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*landā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *landā",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*lendʰ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "land, heath"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": ":inh",
        "3": "wlm:llann<id:llan>",
        "id": "church, yard or town"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh llann, lan, from Old Welsh lann, from Proto-Brythonic *llann, from Proto-Celtic *landā, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "llannau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "llan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "llannau"
      },
      "expansion": "llan f (plural llannau)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "clearing",
      "translation": "clearing",
      "word": "llannerch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "orchard",
      "translation": "orchard",
      "word": "perllan"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 24 33 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries referencing etymons with mismatched IDs",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 24 32 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries referencing missing etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "church, parish"
      ],
      "id": "en-llan-cy-noun-qq-dE1Wo",
      "links": [
        [
          "church",
          "church"
        ],
        [
          "parish",
          "parish"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "parish",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(parish) church, parish"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "88 12 0 0",
          "sense": "church",
          "word": "eglwys"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "6 20 39 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 22 38 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 24 33 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries referencing etymons with mismatched IDs",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 24 32 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries referencing missing etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 23 36 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 27 33 33",
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Places of worship",
          "orig": "cy:Places of worship",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "churchyard; enclosure, yard"
      ],
      "id": "en-llan-cy-noun-bqU-uRcR",
      "links": [
        [
          "churchyard",
          "churchyard"
        ],
        [
          "enclosure",
          "enclosure"
        ],
        [
          "yard",
          "yard"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "6 20 39 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 22 38 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 24 33 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries referencing etymons with mismatched IDs",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 24 32 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries referencing missing etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 23 36 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 27 33 33",
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Places of worship",
          "orig": "cy:Places of worship",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "small town or village"
      ],
      "id": "en-llan-cy-noun-ELZ04bVw",
      "links": [
        [
          "town",
          "town"
        ],
        [
          "village",
          "village"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pentref"
        },
        {
          "word": "tref"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "6 20 39 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 22 38 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 24 33 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries referencing etymons with mismatched IDs",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 24 32 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries referencing missing etymons",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 23 36 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 27 33 33",
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Places of worship",
          "orig": "cy:Places of worship",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in place names: a monastery"
      ],
      "id": "en-llan-cy-noun-692ADO1T",
      "links": [
        [
          "monastery",
          "monastery"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "occasionally",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(occasionally) in place names: a monastery"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɬan/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-an"
    }
  ],
  "word": "llan"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Welsh/an",
    "Rhymes:Welsh/an/1 syllable",
    "Welsh countable nouns",
    "Welsh entries referencing etymons with mismatched IDs",
    "Welsh entries referencing missing etymons",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh feminine nouns",
    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh nouns",
    "Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh",
    "Welsh terms derived from Old 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 *lendʰ- (land)",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Old Welsh",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "cy:Places of worship"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "out",
      "tags": [
        "adverb"
      ],
      "translation": "out",
      "word": "allan"
    },
    {
      "english": "cathedral",
      "translation": "cathedral",
      "word": "cadeirlan"
    },
    {
      "english": "graveyard",
      "translation": "graveyard",
      "word": "corfflan"
    },
    {
      "english": "sheepfold",
      "translation": "sheepfold",
      "word": "corlan"
    },
    {
      "english": "vineyard",
      "translation": "vineyard",
      "word": "gwinllan"
    },
    {
      "word": "Llangollen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Llandecwyn"
    },
    {
      "word": "Llandudno"
    },
    {
      "word": "Llanelli"
    },
    {
      "word": "Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch"
    },
    {
      "word": "Llansamlet"
    },
    {
      "word": "Llanyblodwel"
    },
    {
      "english": "Llandovery",
      "translation": "Llandovery",
      "word": "Llanymddyfri"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*lendʰ-",
        "id": "land"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "llann"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh llann",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "owl",
        "3": "lann"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Welsh lann",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*llann"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *llann",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*landā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *landā",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*lendʰ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "land, heath"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": ":inh",
        "3": "wlm:llann<id:llan>",
        "id": "church, yard or town"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh llann, lan, from Old Welsh lann, from Proto-Brythonic *llann, from Proto-Celtic *landā, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "llannau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "llan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "llannau"
      },
      "expansion": "llan f (plural llannau)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "clearing",
      "translation": "clearing",
      "word": "llannerch"
    },
    {
      "english": "orchard",
      "translation": "orchard",
      "word": "perllan"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "church, parish"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "church",
          "church"
        ],
        [
          "parish",
          "parish"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "parish",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(parish) church, parish"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "churchyard; enclosure, yard"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "churchyard",
          "churchyard"
        ],
        [
          "enclosure",
          "enclosure"
        ],
        [
          "yard",
          "yard"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "small town or village"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "town",
          "town"
        ],
        [
          "village",
          "village"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pentref"
        },
        {
          "word": "tref"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "in place names: a monastery"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "monastery",
          "monastery"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "occasionally",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(occasionally) in place names: a monastery"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɬan/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-an"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "church",
      "word": "eglwys"
    }
  ],
  "word": "llan"
}

Download raw JSONL data for llan meaning in Welsh (4.0kB)

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  "path": [
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}

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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: llan/Welsh 'aspirate' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form', 'soft'}",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.