"lliw" meaning in Welsh

See lliw in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɬɪu̯/ Forms: lliwiau [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪu̯ Etymology: From Proto-Brythonic *lliw, from Proto-Celtic *līwos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₃y- (“bluish”). Cognate with Breton liv, Cornish liw, and, more distantly, with Old English slāh (“sloe”) and Latin liveo (“to have bluish colour”). Etymology templates: {{inh|cy|cel-bry-pro|*lliw}} Proto-Brythonic *lliw, {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*līwos}} Proto-Celtic *līwos, {{der|cy|ine-pro|*(s)leh₃y-|t=bluish}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₃y- (“bluish”), {{cog|br|liv}} Breton liv, {{cog|kw|liw}} Cornish liw, {{cog|ang|slāh||sloe}} Old English slāh (“sloe”), {{cog|la|liveo||to have bluish colour}} Latin liveo (“to have bluish colour”) Head templates: {{cy-noun|m|lliwiau}} lliw m (plural lliwiau)
  1. colour Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-lliw-cy-noun-1oOMNXRE Categories (other): Colors Disambiguation of Colors: 60 27 12
  2. paint, dye, colouring Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-lliw-cy-noun-u4r1YI1J
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: lliwydd (english: painter, dyer)
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: amryliw (english: multicoloured), arlliw (english: shade, hue), cochliw (english: ruddy), cuddliw, ffugliw (english: camouflage), lliwio (english: to colour, to dye), lliwiog (english: coloured, dyed), minlliw (english: lipstick), rhosliw (english: rosy), trilliw (english: tricolour), unlliw (english: monochrome)

Noun

IPA: /ɬɪu̯/ Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], lliw [error-unrecognized-form], liw [soft]
Rhymes: -ɪu̯ Etymology templates: {{etymid|cy|accusation}}, {{der|cy|ine-pro|*(s)leyH-}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)leyH-, {{cog|sga|liid||to accuse}} Old Irish liid (“to accuse”) Head templates: {{cy-noun|m}} lliw m Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. (law, medieval) information regarding a crime Tags: masculine Synonyms: hysbysiaeth, tystiolaeth Derived forms: lliwio, lliwied (english: to reproach)
    Sense id: en-lliw-cy-noun-vORzK9a1 Categories (other): Law, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header, Liquids Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 32 58 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 21 71 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 5 20 74 Disambiguation of Liquids: 8 9 82 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "multicoloured",
      "translation": "multicoloured",
      "word": "amryliw"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "shade, hue",
      "translation": "shade, hue",
      "word": "arlliw"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "ruddy",
      "translation": "ruddy",
      "word": "cochliw"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cuddliw"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "camouflage",
      "translation": "camouflage",
      "word": "ffugliw"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to colour, to dye",
      "translation": "to colour, to dye",
      "word": "lliwio"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "coloured, dyed",
      "translation": "coloured, dyed",
      "word": "lliwiog"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "lipstick",
      "translation": "lipstick",
      "word": "minlliw"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "rosy",
      "translation": "rosy",
      "word": "rhosliw"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "tricolour",
      "translation": "tricolour",
      "word": "trilliw"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "monochrome",
      "translation": "monochrome",
      "word": "unlliw"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
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        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*līwos"
      },
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    },
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        "3": "*(s)leh₃y-",
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "1": "br",
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      },
      "expansion": "Breton liv",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "liw"
      },
      "expansion": "Cornish liw",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "slāh",
        "3": "",
        "4": "sloe"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English slāh (“sloe”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "liveo",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to have bluish colour"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin liveo (“to have bluish colour”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "lliwiau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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    }
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  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "painter, dyer",
      "translation": "painter, dyer",
      "word": "lliwydd"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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        {
          "_dis": "60 27 12",
          "kind": "other",
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          "name": "Colors",
          "orig": "cy:Colors",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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      ],
      "id": "en-lliw-cy-noun-1oOMNXRE",
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          "colour",
          "colour"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "paint, dye, colouring"
      ],
      "id": "en-lliw-cy-noun-u4r1YI1J",
      "links": [
        [
          "paint",
          "paint"
        ],
        [
          "dye",
          "dye"
        ],
        [
          "colouring",
          "colouring"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɬɪu̯/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪu̯"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "llyw stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lliw"
}

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      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*(s)leyH-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)leyH-",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "to accuse"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish liid (“to accuse”)",
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    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "form": "lliw",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
      "form": "liw",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    }
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Law",
          "orig": "cy:Law",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 32 58",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 21 71",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 20 74",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 9 82",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Liquids",
          "orig": "cy:Liquids",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "lliwio"
        },
        {
          "english": "to reproach",
          "translation": "to reproach",
          "word": "lliwied"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "information regarding a crime"
      ],
      "id": "en-lliw-cy-noun-vORzK9a1",
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "information",
          "information"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "medieval",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law, medieval) information regarding a crime"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "hysbysiaeth"
        },
        {
          "word": "tystiolaeth"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɬɪu̯/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪu̯"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "llyw stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lliw"
}
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    "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 Proto-Brythonic",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "Welsh terms with homophones",
    "cy:Colors",
    "cy:Liquids"
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    {
      "english": "multicoloured",
      "translation": "multicoloured",
      "word": "amryliw"
    },
    {
      "english": "shade, hue",
      "translation": "shade, hue",
      "word": "arlliw"
    },
    {
      "english": "ruddy",
      "translation": "ruddy",
      "word": "cochliw"
    },
    {
      "word": "cuddliw"
    },
    {
      "english": "camouflage",
      "translation": "camouflage",
      "word": "ffugliw"
    },
    {
      "english": "to colour, to dye",
      "translation": "to colour, to dye",
      "word": "lliwio"
    },
    {
      "english": "coloured, dyed",
      "translation": "coloured, dyed",
      "word": "lliwiog"
    },
    {
      "english": "lipstick",
      "translation": "lipstick",
      "word": "minlliw"
    },
    {
      "english": "rosy",
      "translation": "rosy",
      "word": "rhosliw"
    },
    {
      "english": "tricolour",
      "translation": "tricolour",
      "word": "trilliw"
    },
    {
      "english": "monochrome",
      "translation": "monochrome",
      "word": "unlliw"
    }
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    {
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      },
      "expansion": "Breton liv",
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    },
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        "2": "liw"
      },
      "expansion": "Cornish liw",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
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        "3": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "Old English slāh (“sloe”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "liveo",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to have bluish colour"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin liveo (“to have bluish colour”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lliwiau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "english": "painter, dyer",
      "translation": "painter, dyer",
      "word": "lliwydd"
    }
  ],
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      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ɬɪu̯/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪu̯"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "llyw stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lliw"
}

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    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh masculine nouns",
    "Welsh nouns",
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    {
      "english": "to reproach",
      "translation": "to reproach",
      "word": "lliwied"
    }
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        "masculine"
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        "law"
      ]
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    },
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    }
  ],
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}

Download raw JSONL data for lliw meaning in Welsh (4.8kB)

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