See melyn in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"yellow",
"yellow"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A yellow object.",
"A yellow flower; marigold"
],
"links": [
[
"yellow",
"yellow"
],
[
"marigold",
"marigold"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A yellow object.",
"yolk"
],
"links": [
[
"yellow",
"yellow"
],
[
"yolk",
"yolk"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "melynwy"
}
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɛlɨ̞n/",
"tags": [
"North-Wales"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmeːlɪn/",
"tags": [
"South-Wales"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɛlɪn/",
"tags": [
"South-Wales"
]
},
{
"audio": "Cy-melyn.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8d/Cy-melyn.ogg/Cy-melyn.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/Cy-melyn.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛlɨ̞n"
}
],
"word": "melyn"
}
Download raw JSONL data for melyn meaning in Welsh (6.9kB)
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"called_from": "inflection/865",
"msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: melyn/Welsh 'radical' base_tags=set()",
"path": [
"melyn"
],
"section": "Welsh",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "melyn",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/865",
"msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: melyn/Welsh 'nasal' base_tags={'soft', 'error-unrecognized-form'}",
"path": [
"melyn"
],
"section": "Welsh",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "melyn",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/865",
"msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: melyn/Welsh 'aspirate' base_tags={'soft', 'error-unrecognized-form'}",
"path": [
"melyn"
],
"section": "Welsh",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "melyn",
"trace": ""
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Welsh dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-20 using wiktextract (3dadd05 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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