"morfil" meaning in Welsh

See morfil in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɔrvɪl/ Forms: morfilod [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], morfil [error-unrecognized-form], forfil [soft]
Etymology: From môr (“sea”) + mil (“animal, beast”) (compare Cornish morvil, Breton morvil (“cetacean”), Middle Irish muirmíl). Etymology templates: {{affix|cy|môr|mil|gloss1=sea|gloss2=animal, beast}} môr (“sea”) + mil (“animal, beast”), {{cog|kw|morvil}} Cornish morvil, {{cog|br|morvil|t=cetacean}} Breton morvil (“cetacean”), {{cog|mga|muirmíl}} Middle Irish muirmíl Head templates: {{cy-noun|m|morfilod}} morfil m (plural morfilod) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. whale Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-morfil-cy-noun-pdKuKG0N Categories (other): Cetaceans Disambiguation of Cetaceans: 47 53
  2. sea monster Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-morfil-cy-noun-beiIoTkd Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header, Cetaceans Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of Cetaceans: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: morfil balîn, morfil walbon (english: baleen whale), morfil cefngrwm (english: humpback whale), morfil danheddog (english: toothed whale), morfil du, morfil glas, morfil gwyn, morfil pengrwn (english: long-finned pilot whale), morfil pigfain (english: minke whale), morfil sberm (english: sperm whale)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "morfil balîn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "baleen whale",
      "translation": "baleen whale",
      "word": "morfil walbon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "humpback whale",
      "translation": "humpback whale",
      "word": "morfil cefngrwm"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "toothed whale",
      "translation": "toothed whale",
      "word": "morfil danheddog"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "morfil du"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "morfil glas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "morfil gwyn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "long-finned pilot whale",
      "translation": "long-finned pilot whale",
      "word": "morfil pengrwn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "minke whale",
      "translation": "minke whale",
      "word": "morfil pigfain"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "sperm whale",
      "translation": "sperm whale",
      "word": "morfil sberm"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "môr",
        "3": "mil",
        "gloss1": "sea",
        "gloss2": "animal, beast"
      },
      "expansion": "môr (“sea”) + mil (“animal, beast”)",
      "name": "affix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "morvil"
      },
      "expansion": "Cornish morvil",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "morvil",
        "t": "cetacean"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton morvil (“cetacean”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "muirmíl"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish muirmíl",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From môr (“sea”) + mil (“animal, beast”) (compare Cornish morvil, Breton morvil (“cetacean”), Middle Irish muirmíl).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "morfilod",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "morfil",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forfil",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "morfilod"
      },
      "expansion": "morfil m (plural morfilod)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Cetaceans",
          "orig": "cy:Cetaceans",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "whale"
      ],
      "id": "en-morfil-cy-noun-pdKuKG0N",
      "links": [
        [
          "whale",
          "whale"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "26 74",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 90",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 94",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Cetaceans",
          "orig": "cy:Cetaceans",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sea monster"
      ],
      "id": "en-morfil-cy-noun-beiIoTkd",
      "links": [
        [
          "sea monster",
          "sea monster"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɔrvɪl/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "morfil"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Welsh compound terms",
    "Welsh countable nouns",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh masculine nouns",
    "Welsh nouns",
    "cy:Cetaceans"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "morfil balîn"
    },
    {
      "english": "baleen whale",
      "translation": "baleen whale",
      "word": "morfil walbon"
    },
    {
      "english": "humpback whale",
      "translation": "humpback whale",
      "word": "morfil cefngrwm"
    },
    {
      "english": "toothed whale",
      "translation": "toothed whale",
      "word": "morfil danheddog"
    },
    {
      "word": "morfil du"
    },
    {
      "word": "morfil glas"
    },
    {
      "word": "morfil gwyn"
    },
    {
      "english": "long-finned pilot whale",
      "translation": "long-finned pilot whale",
      "word": "morfil pengrwn"
    },
    {
      "english": "minke whale",
      "translation": "minke whale",
      "word": "morfil pigfain"
    },
    {
      "english": "sperm whale",
      "translation": "sperm whale",
      "word": "morfil sberm"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "môr",
        "3": "mil",
        "gloss1": "sea",
        "gloss2": "animal, beast"
      },
      "expansion": "môr (“sea”) + mil (“animal, beast”)",
      "name": "affix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "morvil"
      },
      "expansion": "Cornish morvil",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "morvil",
        "t": "cetacean"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton morvil (“cetacean”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "muirmíl"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish muirmíl",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From môr (“sea”) + mil (“animal, beast”) (compare Cornish morvil, Breton morvil (“cetacean”), Middle Irish muirmíl).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "morfilod",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "morfil",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forfil",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "morfilod"
      },
      "expansion": "morfil m (plural morfilod)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "whale"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "whale",
          "whale"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sea monster"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sea monster",
          "sea monster"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɔrvɪl/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "morfil"
}

Download raw JSONL data for morfil meaning in Welsh (2.3kB)

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Welsh: 'morfil du', originally 'morfil du'",
  "path": [
    "morfil"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "morfil",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: morfil/Welsh 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "morfil"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "morfil",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: morfil/Welsh 'nasal' base_tags={'soft', 'error-unrecognized-form'}",
  "path": [
    "morfil"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "morfil",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: morfil/Welsh 'aspirate' base_tags={'soft', 'error-unrecognized-form'}",
  "path": [
    "morfil"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "morfil",
  "trace": ""
}

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