See llestr in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "tea towel, dishcloth",
"translation": "tea towel, dishcloth",
"word": "cadach llestri"
},
{
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"english": "golden vessel",
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"word": "eurlestr"
},
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"english": "beehive",
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"word": "gwenynllestr"
},
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"english": "to do the dishes",
"translation": "to do the dishes",
"word": "gwneud y llestri"
},
{
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"english": "pericarp",
"translation": "pericarp",
"word": "hadlestr"
},
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"english": "beehive",
"translation": "beehive",
"word": "llestr gwenyn"
},
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"english": "chamberpot",
"translation": "chamberpot",
"word": "llestr maesa"
},
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"english": "tea towel, dishcloth",
"translation": "tea towel, dishcloth",
"word": "lliain llestri"
}
],
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"llestyr",
"llestyr#Middle_Welsh"
],
[
"lestir",
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],
[
"*llestr",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/llestr"
],
[
"*lexstrom",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/lexstrom"
],
[
"leastar",
"leastar#Irish"
],
[
"lestr",
"lestr#Breton"
]
],
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"2": "ine-pro",
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},
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"1": "cy",
"2": "wlm",
"3": "llestyr"
},
"expansion": "Middle Welsh llestyr",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "owl",
"3": "lestir"
},
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},
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"3": "",
"4": "vessel, vase, ship"
},
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"name": "cog"
}
],
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},
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"tags": [
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]
},
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"source": "mutation",
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]
}
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},
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}
],
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}
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},
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}
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]
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"container",
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"biology"
],
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"duct",
"duct"
],
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"body",
"body"
],
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"organism",
"organism"
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"source": "w"
},
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},
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"botany"
],
[
"ovary",
"ovary"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
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"(botany) ovary"
],
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},
{
"word": "wyfa"
}
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"biology",
"botany",
"natural-sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/ɬɛstr/",
"tags": [
"North-Wales"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈɬɛstr̩]",
"tags": [
"North-Wales"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɬɛstr/",
"tags": [
"South-Wales",
"colloquial",
"standard"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈɬɛstr̩]",
"tags": [
"South-Wales",
"colloquial",
"standard"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɬɛstɛr/",
"tags": [
"South-Wales",
"colloquial"
]
}
],
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}
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"Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
"Welsh lemmas",
"Welsh masculine nouns",
"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 *les-",
"Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic",
"Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
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"english": "tea towel, dishcloth",
"translation": "tea towel, dishcloth",
"word": "cadach llestri"
},
{
"english": "golden vessel",
"translation": "golden vessel",
"word": "eurlestr"
},
{
"english": "beehive",
"translation": "beehive",
"word": "gwenynllestr"
},
{
"english": "to do the dishes",
"translation": "to do the dishes",
"word": "gwneud y llestri"
},
{
"english": "pericarp",
"translation": "pericarp",
"word": "hadlestr"
},
{
"english": "beehive",
"translation": "beehive",
"word": "llestr gwenyn"
},
{
"english": "chamberpot",
"translation": "chamberpot",
"word": "llestr maesa"
},
{
"english": "tea towel, dishcloth",
"translation": "tea towel, dishcloth",
"word": "lliain llestri"
}
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"Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/llestr"
],
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"Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/lexstrom"
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}
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