"llwyd" meaning in Welsh

See llwyd in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɬuːɨ̯d/ [North-Wales], /ɬʊi̯d/ [South-Wales] Forms: llwyd [feminine, singular], llwydion [plural], llwyted [equative], llwytach [comparative], llwytaf [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], llwyd [error-unrecognized-form], lwyd [soft]
Rhymes: -uːɨ̯d Etymology: From Proto-Brythonic *lluɨd, from Proto-Celtic *ɸleitos. Etymology templates: {{root|cy|ine-pro|*pelH-}}, {{der|cy|cel-bry-pro|*lluɨd}} Proto-Brythonic *lluɨd, {{der|cy|cel-pro|*ɸleitos}} Proto-Celtic *ɸleitos Head templates: {{cy-adj|ach|pl=llwydion|stem=llwyt}} llwyd (feminine singular llwyd, plural llwydion, equative llwyted, comparative llwytach, superlative llwytaf) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. grey
    Sense id: en-llwyd-cy-adj-Z~w2OFu0
  2. faint, pale
    Sense id: en-llwyd-cy-adj-upfLpjKv
  3. mouldy, musty
    Sense id: en-llwyd-cy-adj-uwH0TXsz Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header, Welsh links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 0 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 100 0 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 5 5 84 5 Disambiguation of Welsh links with redundant wikilinks: 5 5 86 5
  4. (obsolete) holy, blessed Tags: obsolete Synonyms: bendigedig, sanctaidd
    Sense id: en-llwyd-cy-adj-qTRIAcDN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: beidiog lwyd (english: mugwort), brawd llwyd (english: grey friar, Franciscan), clêr llwyd (english: horseflies), gwrysgen lwyd (english: mugwort), llwyd y gwrych (english: hedge sparrow, dunnock), llwyd y mynydd (english: alpine accentor), llwyd y to (english: house sparrow), llwydaidd (english: greyish), llwydfelyn (english: yellow dun), llwydfron, llwyd y danadl (english: whitethroat), llwydlas (english: blue dun, mouse dun), llwydni (english: mould), llwydnos (english: dusk, twilight), llwydo (english: to turn grey; to go mouldy), llwydwellt (english: moorgrass), llwytu, llwyd-ddu (english: dark grey), melynllwydd (english: tawny), neidr lwyd (english: grass snake), pryf llwyd (english: horsefly), wermod lwyd (english: common wormwood), y Fari Lwyd (english: the Mari Lwyd)

Inflected forms

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    {
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      "english": "mugwort",
      "translation": "mugwort",
      "word": "beidiog lwyd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "grey friar, Franciscan",
      "translation": "grey friar, Franciscan",
      "word": "brawd llwyd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "horseflies",
      "translation": "horseflies",
      "word": "clêr llwyd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "mugwort",
      "translation": "mugwort",
      "word": "gwrysgen lwyd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "hedge sparrow, dunnock",
      "translation": "hedge sparrow, dunnock",
      "word": "llwyd y gwrych"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "alpine accentor",
      "translation": "alpine accentor",
      "word": "llwyd y mynydd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "house sparrow",
      "translation": "house sparrow",
      "word": "llwyd y to"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "greyish",
      "translation": "greyish",
      "word": "llwydaidd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "yellow dun",
      "translation": "yellow dun",
      "word": "llwydfelyn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "llwydfron"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "whitethroat",
      "translation": "whitethroat",
      "word": "llwyd y danadl"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "blue dun, mouse dun",
      "translation": "blue dun, mouse dun",
      "word": "llwydlas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "mould",
      "translation": "mould",
      "word": "llwydni"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "dusk, twilight",
      "translation": "dusk, twilight",
      "word": "llwydnos"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to turn grey; to go mouldy",
      "translation": "to turn grey; to go mouldy",
      "word": "llwydo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "moorgrass",
      "translation": "moorgrass",
      "word": "llwydwellt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "llwytu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "dark grey",
      "translation": "dark grey",
      "word": "llwyd-ddu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "tawny",
      "translation": "tawny",
      "word": "melynllwydd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "grass snake",
      "translation": "grass snake",
      "word": "neidr lwyd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "horsefly",
      "translation": "horsefly",
      "word": "pryf llwyd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "common wormwood",
      "translation": "common wormwood",
      "word": "wermod lwyd"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "the Mari Lwyd",
      "translation": "the Mari Lwyd",
      "word": "y Fari Lwyd"
    }
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      "lang_code": "en",
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      "word": "Lloyd"
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        "borrowed"
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      "word": "Floyd"
    }
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      "name": "der"
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      "form": "llwyd",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "llwydion",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "llwyted",
      "tags": [
        "equative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "llwytach",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "llwytaf",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "cy-mut",
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      "form": "llwyd",
      "source": "mutation",
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    },
    {
      "form": "lwyd",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
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        "stem": "llwyt"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
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        "grey"
      ],
      "id": "en-llwyd-cy-adj-Z~w2OFu0",
      "links": [
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          "grey"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "id": "en-llwyd-cy-adj-upfLpjKv",
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          "faint"
        ],
        [
          "pale",
          "pale"
        ]
      ]
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          "_dis": "0 0 100 0",
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 5 84 5",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 5 86 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mouldy, musty"
      ],
      "id": "en-llwyd-cy-adj-uwH0TXsz",
      "links": [
        [
          "mouldy",
          "mouldy"
        ],
        [
          "musty",
          "musty"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "holy, blessed"
      ],
      "id": "en-llwyd-cy-adj-qTRIAcDN",
      "links": [
        [
          "holy",
          "holy"
        ],
        [
          "blessed",
          "blessed"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) holy, blessed"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bendigedig"
        },
        {
          "word": "sanctaidd"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɬuːɨ̯d/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɬʊi̯d/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uːɨ̯d"
    }
  ],
  "word": "llwyd"
}
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    "Welsh adjectives",
    "Welsh adjectives with red links in their headword lines",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh links with redundant wikilinks",
    "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 *pelH-"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "mugwort",
      "translation": "mugwort",
      "word": "beidiog lwyd"
    },
    {
      "english": "grey friar, Franciscan",
      "translation": "grey friar, Franciscan",
      "word": "brawd llwyd"
    },
    {
      "english": "horseflies",
      "translation": "horseflies",
      "word": "clêr llwyd"
    },
    {
      "english": "mugwort",
      "translation": "mugwort",
      "word": "gwrysgen lwyd"
    },
    {
      "english": "hedge sparrow, dunnock",
      "translation": "hedge sparrow, dunnock",
      "word": "llwyd y gwrych"
    },
    {
      "english": "alpine accentor",
      "translation": "alpine accentor",
      "word": "llwyd y mynydd"
    },
    {
      "english": "house sparrow",
      "translation": "house sparrow",
      "word": "llwyd y to"
    },
    {
      "english": "greyish",
      "translation": "greyish",
      "word": "llwydaidd"
    },
    {
      "english": "yellow dun",
      "translation": "yellow dun",
      "word": "llwydfelyn"
    },
    {
      "word": "llwydfron"
    },
    {
      "english": "whitethroat",
      "translation": "whitethroat",
      "word": "llwyd y danadl"
    },
    {
      "english": "blue dun, mouse dun",
      "translation": "blue dun, mouse dun",
      "word": "llwydlas"
    },
    {
      "english": "mould",
      "translation": "mould",
      "word": "llwydni"
    },
    {
      "english": "dusk, twilight",
      "translation": "dusk, twilight",
      "word": "llwydnos"
    },
    {
      "english": "to turn grey; to go mouldy",
      "translation": "to turn grey; to go mouldy",
      "word": "llwydo"
    },
    {
      "english": "moorgrass",
      "translation": "moorgrass",
      "word": "llwydwellt"
    },
    {
      "word": "llwytu"
    },
    {
      "english": "dark grey",
      "translation": "dark grey",
      "word": "llwyd-ddu"
    },
    {
      "english": "tawny",
      "translation": "tawny",
      "word": "melynllwydd"
    },
    {
      "english": "grass snake",
      "translation": "grass snake",
      "word": "neidr lwyd"
    },
    {
      "english": "horsefly",
      "translation": "horsefly",
      "word": "pryf llwyd"
    },
    {
      "english": "common wormwood",
      "translation": "common wormwood",
      "word": "wermod lwyd"
    },
    {
      "english": "the Mari Lwyd",
      "translation": "the Mari Lwyd",
      "word": "y Fari Lwyd"
    }
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      "name": "der"
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Brythonic *lluɨd, from Proto-Celtic *ɸleitos.",
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    {
      "form": "llwyd",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "llwydion",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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      "form": "llwyted",
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      "form": "llwytaf",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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        "table-tags"
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        "holy, blessed"
      ],
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          "blessed",
          "blessed"
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        "(obsolete) holy, blessed"
      ],
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        },
        {
          "word": "sanctaidd"
        }
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        "North-Wales"
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        "South-Wales"
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uːɨ̯d"
    }
  ],
  "word": "llwyd"
}

Download raw JSONL data for llwyd meaning in Welsh (4.3kB)

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