"maen" meaning in Welsh

See maen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /maːɨ̯n/ [North-Wales], /mai̯n/ [South-Wales, colloquial, standard], /maːn/ [South-Wales, colloquial] Forms: meini [plural]
Rhymes: -aːɨ̯n Etymology: From Middle Welsh maen, from Proto-Brythonic *maɣɨn, from Proto-Celtic *maginos. Compare Breton maen, Cornish men. Etymology templates: {{inh|cy|wlm|maen}} Middle Welsh maen, {{inh|cy|cel-bry-pro|*maɣɨn}} Proto-Brythonic *maɣɨn, {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*maginos}} Proto-Celtic *maginos, {{cog|br|maen}} Breton maen, {{cog|kw|men}} Cornish men Head templates: {{cy-noun|m|meini}} maen m (plural meini)
  1. stone Tags: masculine Synonyms: carreg, craig
    Sense id: en-maen-cy-noun-3D1Q2o2s Categories (other): Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 48 15 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 56 7 37 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 55 10 35
  2. bakestone griddle Tags: masculine Synonyms: llechfaen, gradell
    Sense id: en-maen-cy-noun-zpPI~gw2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: calchfaen, conglfaen, gwenithfaen, gwyrddfaen, ithfaen, llechfaen (english: flagstone, bakestone), llosgfaen, maen breuan, maen coffa, maen chwŷf, maen gwerthfawr, maen hogi, maen inc, maen melin, maen nadd, maen pobi, maen prawf, maen sebon, maen tramgwydd, maen y Tiboeth, meingylch (english: stone circle), mynd â'r maen i'r wal, pic ar y maen, sylfaen, tormaen, tywodfaen, Y Bont-faen

Verb

IPA: /maːɨ̯n/ [North-Wales, colloquial, standard], /man/ [North-Wales, colloquial], /mən/ [North-Wales, colloquial], /mai̯n/ [South-Wales, colloquial, standard], /maːn/ [South-Wales, colloquial], /man/ [South-Wales, colloquial], /mən/ [South-Wales, colloquial] Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], maen [error-unrecognized-form], faen [soft]
Rhymes: -aːɨ̯n Head templates: {{cy-verb form}} maen Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. third-person plural present colloquial of bod Tags: colloquial, form-of, plural, present, third-person Form of: bod Synonyms: maent [literary]
    Sense id: en-maen-cy-verb-ajXEgD7T
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "word": "calchfaen"
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      "word": "conglfaen"
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      "word": "gwenithfaen"
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      "word": "gwyrddfaen"
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    {
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      "english": "flagstone, bakestone",
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      "word": "maen breuan"
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      "word": "maen coffa"
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      "word": "maen chwŷf"
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      "word": "maen gwerthfawr"
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      "word": "maen hogi"
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      "word": "maen inc"
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    {
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      "word": "maen melin"
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      "word": "maen nadd"
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      "word": "maen pobi"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "maen prawf"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "maen sebon"
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      "word": "maen tramgwydd"
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      "english": "stone circle",
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      "word": "meingylch"
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}

Download raw JSONL data for maen meaning in Welsh (4.4kB)

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