"morwyn" meaning in Welsh

See morwyn in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɔrʊɨ̯n/ [North-Wales], /ˈmoːrʊi̯n/ [South-Wales], /ˈmɔrʊi̯n/ [South-Wales] Forms: morynion [plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Brythonic *moruɨn, from Proto-Celtic *morignā (compare Old Cornish moroin), from Proto-Indo-European *méryos (“boy, girl”) (compare Latin marītus (“husband”), Ancient Greek μεῖραξ (meîrax, “girl, boy”), Sanskrit मर्य (márya, “young man; foal”)). Related to merch. Etymology templates: {{inh|cy|cel-bry-pro|*moruɨn}} Proto-Brythonic *moruɨn, {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*morignā}} Proto-Celtic *morignā, {{cog|oco|moroin}} Old Cornish moroin, {{inh|cy|ine-pro|*méryos||boy, girl}} Proto-Indo-European *méryos (“boy, girl”), {{cog|la|marītus||husband}} Latin marītus (“husband”), {{cog|grc|μεῖραξ||girl, boy}} Ancient Greek μεῖραξ (meîrax, “girl, boy”), {{cog|sa|मर्य||young man; foal|tr=márya}} Sanskrit मर्य (márya, “young man; foal”) Head templates: {{cy-noun|f|morynion}} morwyn f (plural morynion)
  1. maid, virgin Tags: feminine Synonyms: gwyryf
    Sense id: en-morwyn-cy-noun-Zx9A32eD
  2. bridesmaid Tags: feminine Synonyms: morwyn briodas
    Sense id: en-morwyn-cy-noun-ixie2gRg
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Y Forwyn (english: Virgo), morwyn briodas (english: bridesmaid)

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɔrʊɨ̯n/ [North-Wales], /ˈmoːrʊi̯n/ [South-Wales], /ˈmɔrʊi̯n/ [South-Wales] Forms: morwynion [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], morwyn [error-unrecognized-form], forwyn [soft]
Etymology: From Proto-Brythonic *moruɨn, from Proto-Celtic *morignā (compare Old Cornish moroin), from Proto-Indo-European *méryos (“boy, girl”) (compare Latin marītus (“husband”), Ancient Greek μεῖραξ (meîrax, “girl, boy”), Sanskrit मर्य (márya, “young man; foal”)). Related to merch. Etymology templates: {{inh|cy|cel-bry-pro|*moruɨn}} Proto-Brythonic *moruɨn, {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*morignā}} Proto-Celtic *morignā, {{cog|oco|moroin}} Old Cornish moroin, {{inh|cy|ine-pro|*méryos||boy, girl}} Proto-Indo-European *méryos (“boy, girl”), {{cog|la|marītus||husband}} Latin marītus (“husband”), {{cog|grc|μεῖραξ||girl, boy}} Ancient Greek μεῖραξ (meîrax, “girl, boy”), {{cog|sa|मर्य||young man; foal|tr=márya}} Sanskrit मर्य (márya, “young man; foal”) Head templates: {{cy-noun|f|morwynion}} morwyn f (plural morwynion) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. barmaid Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-morwyn-cy-noun-ipXFJhfE Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header, Female, Occupations Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 51 2 6 41 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 14 28 58 Disambiguation of Female: 0 0 100 Disambiguation of Occupations: 12 16 72
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Virgo",
      "translation": "Virgo",
      "word": "Y Forwyn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "bridesmaid",
      "translation": "bridesmaid",
      "word": "morwyn briodas"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*moruɨn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *moruɨn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*morignā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *morignā",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "oco",
        "2": "moroin"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Cornish moroin",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*méryos",
        "4": "",
        "5": "boy, girl"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *méryos (“boy, girl”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "marītus",
        "3": "",
        "4": "husband"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin marītus (“husband”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "μεῖραξ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "girl, boy"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek μεῖραξ (meîrax, “girl, boy”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "मर्य",
        "3": "",
        "4": "young man; foal",
        "tr": "márya"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit मर्य (márya, “young man; foal”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Brythonic *moruɨn, from Proto-Celtic *morignā (compare Old Cornish moroin), from Proto-Indo-European *méryos (“boy, girl”) (compare Latin marītus (“husband”), Ancient Greek μεῖραξ (meîrax, “girl, boy”), Sanskrit मर्य (márya, “young man; foal”)). Related to merch.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "morynion",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "morynion"
      },
      "expansion": "morwyn f (plural morynion)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "maid, virgin"
      ],
      "id": "en-morwyn-cy-noun-Zx9A32eD",
      "links": [
        [
          "maid",
          "maid"
        ],
        [
          "virgin",
          "virgin"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "gwyryf"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "bridesmaid"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "bridesmaid",
          "bridesmaid"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "morwyn briodas"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɔrʊɨ̯n/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmoːrʊi̯n/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɔrʊi̯n/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "morwyn"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*moruɨn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *moruɨn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*morignā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *morignā",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "oco",
        "2": "moroin"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Cornish moroin",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*méryos",
        "4": "",
        "5": "boy, girl"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *méryos (“boy, girl”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "marītus",
        "3": "",
        "4": "husband"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin marītus (“husband”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "μεῖραξ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "girl, boy"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek μεῖραξ (meîrax, “girl, boy”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "मर्य",
        "3": "",
        "4": "young man; foal",
        "tr": "márya"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit मर्य (márya, “young man; foal”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Brythonic *moruɨn, from Proto-Celtic *morignā (compare Old Cornish moroin), from Proto-Indo-European *méryos (“boy, girl”) (compare Latin marītus (“husband”), Ancient Greek μεῖραξ (meîrax, “girl, boy”), Sanskrit मर्य (márya, “young man; foal”)). Related to merch.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "morwynion",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "morwyn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forwyn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "morwynion"
      },
      "expansion": "morwyn f (plural morwynion)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "51 2 6 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 28 58",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Female",
          "orig": "cy:Female",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 16 72",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "cy:Occupations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "barmaid"
      ],
      "id": "en-morwyn-cy-noun-ipXFJhfE",
      "links": [
        [
          "barmaid",
          "barmaid"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɔrʊɨ̯n/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmoːrʊi̯n/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɔrʊi̯n/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "morwyn"
}
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Welsh countable nouns",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh feminine nouns",
    "Welsh lemmas",
    "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 inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "cy:Female",
    "cy:Occupations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "Virgo",
      "translation": "Virgo",
      "word": "Y Forwyn"
    },
    {
      "english": "bridesmaid",
      "translation": "bridesmaid",
      "word": "morwyn briodas"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*moruɨn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *moruɨn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*morignā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *morignā",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "oco",
        "2": "moroin"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Cornish moroin",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*méryos",
        "4": "",
        "5": "boy, girl"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *méryos (“boy, girl”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "marītus",
        "3": "",
        "4": "husband"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin marītus (“husband”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "μεῖραξ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "girl, boy"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek μεῖραξ (meîrax, “girl, boy”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "मर्य",
        "3": "",
        "4": "young man; foal",
        "tr": "márya"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit मर्य (márya, “young man; foal”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Brythonic *moruɨn, from Proto-Celtic *morignā (compare Old Cornish moroin), from Proto-Indo-European *méryos (“boy, girl”) (compare Latin marītus (“husband”), Ancient Greek μεῖραξ (meîrax, “girl, boy”), Sanskrit मर्य (márya, “young man; foal”)). Related to merch.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "morynion",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "morynion"
      },
      "expansion": "morwyn f (plural morynion)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "maid, virgin"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "maid",
          "maid"
        ],
        [
          "virgin",
          "virgin"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "gwyryf"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bridesmaid"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bridesmaid",
          "bridesmaid"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "morwyn briodas"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɔrʊɨ̯n/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmoːrʊi̯n/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɔrʊi̯n/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "morwyn"
}

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    "Pages with entries",
    "Welsh countable nouns",
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    "Welsh feminine nouns",
    "Welsh lemmas",
    "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 inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "cy:Female",
    "cy:Occupations"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*moruɨn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *moruɨn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*morignā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *morignā",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "oco",
        "2": "moroin"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Cornish moroin",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*méryos",
        "4": "",
        "5": "boy, girl"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *méryos (“boy, girl”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "marītus",
        "3": "",
        "4": "husband"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin marītus (“husband”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "μεῖραξ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "girl, boy"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek μεῖραξ (meîrax, “girl, boy”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "मर्य",
        "3": "",
        "4": "young man; foal",
        "tr": "márya"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit मर्य (márya, “young man; foal”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Brythonic *moruɨn, from Proto-Celtic *morignā (compare Old Cornish moroin), from Proto-Indo-European *méryos (“boy, girl”) (compare Latin marītus (“husband”), Ancient Greek μεῖραξ (meîrax, “girl, boy”), Sanskrit मर्य (márya, “young man; foal”)). Related to merch.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "morwynion",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "morwyn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forwyn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "morwynion"
      },
      "expansion": "morwyn f (plural morwynion)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "barmaid"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "barmaid",
          "barmaid"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɔrʊɨ̯n/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmoːrʊi̯n/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɔrʊi̯n/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "morwyn"
}

Download raw JSONL data for morwyn meaning in Welsh (5.3kB)

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

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

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: morwyn/Welsh 'aspirate' base_tags={'soft', 'error-unrecognized-form'}",
  "path": [
    "morwyn"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "morwyn",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Welsh dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-02-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (f492ef9 and 9905b1f). 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.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.