"pen" meaning in Welsh

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Adjective

IPA: /pɛn/
Rhymes: -ɛn Etymology: From Middle Welsh and Old Welsh penn, from Proto-Brythonic *penn, from Proto-Celtic *kʷennom. Etymology templates: {{etymon|cy|:inh|cel-bry-pro:*penn<id:head>|id=head}}, {{inh|cy|wlm|-}} Middle Welsh, {{inh|cy|owl|penn}} Old Welsh penn, {{inh|cy|cel-bry-pro|*penn}} Proto-Brythonic *penn, {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*kʷennom}} Proto-Celtic *kʷennom Head templates: {{cy-adj|ach|stem=penn}} pen (feminine singular pen, plural pen, equative penned, comparative pennach, superlative pennaf) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}} Forms: pen [feminine, singular], pen [plural], penned [equative], pennach [comparative], pennaf [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], pen [error-unrecognized-form], ben [soft], mhen [error-unrecognized-form], phen [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. head, chief Synonyms: prif
    Sense id: en-pen-cy-adj-geXQUzx8
  2. supreme, principal Synonyms: pennol, blaenol
    Sense id: en-pen-cy-adj-AGXeEJ0r

Noun

IPA: /pɛn/ Forms: pennau [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛn Etymology: From Middle Welsh and Old Welsh penn, from Proto-Brythonic *penn, from Proto-Celtic *kʷennom. Etymology templates: {{etymon|cy|:inh|cel-bry-pro:*penn<id:head>|id=head}}, {{inh|cy|wlm|-}} Middle Welsh, {{inh|cy|owl|penn}} Old Welsh penn, {{inh|cy|cel-bry-pro|*penn}} Proto-Brythonic *penn, {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*kʷennom}} Proto-Celtic *kʷennom Head templates: {{cy-noun|m|pennau}} pen m (plural pennau)
  1. (anatomy) head Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-pen-cy-noun-ny5tM6Nx Categories (other): Anatomy, Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 16 17 51 2 9 4 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. chief Tags: masculine Synonyms: prif
    Sense id: en-pen-cy-noun-koWCe4Ax
  3. top, apex Tags: masculine Synonyms: brig
    Sense id: en-pen-cy-noun-K88kSBR0
  4. end, extremity Tags: masculine Synonyms: blaen, ffin
    Sense id: en-pen-cy-noun-0t3Dhw~7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: brigerben (english: anther), cnau pen (english: nutmegs), goben (english: penult), gobennol (english: penultimate), gobennu (english: to terminate, to accent on the penultimate syllable), hirben (english: shrewd, cunning), i ben (english: to a head,to completion), penglog (english: skull), pengoch (english: redheaded), pengoll, di-ben (english: headless), pen tost (english: headache), pen tŷ (english: roof), pen-blwydd (english: anniversary, birthday), penboeth (english: hot-headed), penchwiban (english: flighty, fickle), pendywyll (english: dark-headed), penddu (english: blackheaded), penfeddw (english: giddy, lightheaded), penfelyn (english: yellow-headed), penfelynwyrdd (english: olive-headed), penlliain, pensgarff (english: headscarf), penllwyd (english: grey-haired), pennaeth (english: chief, leader), pennog (english: herring), pennol (english: capital, important), pennu (english: to allocate, to determine), penrhesog (english: stripe-headed), penrhudd (english: wild marjoram), pensyfrdan (english: stunned, bewildered), penty (english: penthouse), penwan (english: soft-headed), penwyn (english: white-headed), penysgafn (english: giddy), uwchben (english: overhead, above), ymhen

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "anther",
      "translation": "anther",
      "word": "brigerben"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "nutmegs",
      "translation": "nutmegs",
      "word": "cnau pen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "penult",
      "translation": "penult",
      "word": "goben"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "penultimate",
      "translation": "penultimate",
      "word": "gobennol"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to terminate, to accent on the penultimate syllable",
      "translation": "to terminate, to accent on the penultimate syllable",
      "word": "gobennu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "shrewd, cunning",
      "translation": "shrewd, cunning",
      "word": "hirben"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to a head,to completion",
      "translation": "to a head,to completion",
      "word": "i ben"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "skull",
      "translation": "skull",
      "word": "penglog"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "redheaded",
      "translation": "redheaded",
      "word": "pengoch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pengoll"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "headless",
      "translation": "headless",
      "word": "di-ben"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "headache",
      "translation": "headache",
      "word": "pen tost"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "roof",
      "translation": "roof",
      "word": "pen tŷ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "anniversary, birthday",
      "translation": "anniversary, birthday",
      "word": "pen-blwydd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "hot-headed",
      "translation": "hot-headed",
      "word": "penboeth"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "flighty, fickle",
      "translation": "flighty, fickle",
      "word": "penchwiban"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "dark-headed",
      "translation": "dark-headed",
      "word": "pendywyll"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "blackheaded",
      "translation": "blackheaded",
      "word": "penddu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "giddy, lightheaded",
      "translation": "giddy, lightheaded",
      "word": "penfeddw"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "yellow-headed",
      "translation": "yellow-headed",
      "word": "penfelyn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "olive-headed",
      "translation": "olive-headed",
      "word": "penfelynwyrdd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "penlliain"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "headscarf",
      "translation": "headscarf",
      "word": "pensgarff"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "grey-haired",
      "translation": "grey-haired",
      "word": "penllwyd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "chief, leader",
      "translation": "chief, leader",
      "word": "pennaeth"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "herring",
      "translation": "herring",
      "word": "pennog"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "capital, important",
      "translation": "capital, important",
      "word": "pennol"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to allocate, to determine",
      "translation": "to allocate, to determine",
      "word": "pennu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "stripe-headed",
      "translation": "stripe-headed",
      "word": "penrhesog"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "wild marjoram",
      "translation": "wild marjoram",
      "word": "penrhudd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "stunned, bewildered",
      "translation": "stunned, bewildered",
      "word": "pensyfrdan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "penthouse",
      "translation": "penthouse",
      "word": "penty"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "soft-headed",
      "translation": "soft-headed",
      "word": "penwan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "white-headed",
      "translation": "white-headed",
      "word": "penwyn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "giddy",
      "translation": "giddy",
      "word": "penysgafn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "overhead, above",
      "translation": "overhead, above",
      "word": "uwchben"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ymhen"
    }
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        "id": "head"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "2": "owl",
        "3": "penn"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
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      "name": "inh"
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        "3": "*kʷennom"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh and Old Welsh penn, from Proto-Brythonic *penn, from Proto-Celtic *kʷennom.",
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "cy:Anatomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "_dis": "16 17 51 2 9 4",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "head"
      ],
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          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) head"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "chief"
      ],
      "id": "en-pen-cy-noun-koWCe4Ax",
      "links": [
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          "chief",
          "chief"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "prif"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "top, apex"
      ],
      "id": "en-pen-cy-noun-K88kSBR0",
      "links": [
        [
          "top",
          "top"
        ],
        [
          "apex",
          "apex"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "brig"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "end, extremity"
      ],
      "id": "en-pen-cy-noun-0t3Dhw~7",
      "links": [
        [
          "end",
          "end"
        ],
        [
          "extremity",
          "extremity"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "blaen"
        },
        {
          "word": "ffin"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pɛn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pen"
}

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        "id": "head"
      },
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      "name": "etymon"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "2": "owl",
        "3": "penn"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh and Old Welsh penn, from Proto-Brythonic *penn, from Proto-Celtic *kʷennom.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "penned",
      "tags": [
        "equative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pennach",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pennaf",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pen",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ben",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mhen",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "phen",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ach",
        "stem": "penn"
      },
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      "name": "cy-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
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      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
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      "glosses": [
        "head, chief"
      ],
      "id": "en-pen-cy-adj-geXQUzx8",
      "links": [
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ],
        [
          "chief",
          "chief"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "prif"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "supreme, principal"
      ],
      "id": "en-pen-cy-adj-AGXeEJ0r",
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        [
          "supreme",
          "supreme"
        ],
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          "principal",
          "principal"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "pennol"
        },
        {
          "word": "blaenol"
        }
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/pɛn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pen"
}
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  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "anther",
      "translation": "anther",
      "word": "brigerben"
    },
    {
      "english": "nutmegs",
      "translation": "nutmegs",
      "word": "cnau pen"
    },
    {
      "english": "penult",
      "translation": "penult",
      "word": "goben"
    },
    {
      "english": "penultimate",
      "translation": "penultimate",
      "word": "gobennol"
    },
    {
      "english": "to terminate, to accent on the penultimate syllable",
      "translation": "to terminate, to accent on the penultimate syllable",
      "word": "gobennu"
    },
    {
      "english": "shrewd, cunning",
      "translation": "shrewd, cunning",
      "word": "hirben"
    },
    {
      "english": "to a head,to completion",
      "translation": "to a head,to completion",
      "word": "i ben"
    },
    {
      "english": "skull",
      "translation": "skull",
      "word": "penglog"
    },
    {
      "english": "redheaded",
      "translation": "redheaded",
      "word": "pengoch"
    },
    {
      "word": "pengoll"
    },
    {
      "english": "headless",
      "translation": "headless",
      "word": "di-ben"
    },
    {
      "english": "headache",
      "translation": "headache",
      "word": "pen tost"
    },
    {
      "english": "roof",
      "translation": "roof",
      "word": "pen tŷ"
    },
    {
      "english": "anniversary, birthday",
      "translation": "anniversary, birthday",
      "word": "pen-blwydd"
    },
    {
      "english": "hot-headed",
      "translation": "hot-headed",
      "word": "penboeth"
    },
    {
      "english": "flighty, fickle",
      "translation": "flighty, fickle",
      "word": "penchwiban"
    },
    {
      "english": "dark-headed",
      "translation": "dark-headed",
      "word": "pendywyll"
    },
    {
      "english": "blackheaded",
      "translation": "blackheaded",
      "word": "penddu"
    },
    {
      "english": "giddy, lightheaded",
      "translation": "giddy, lightheaded",
      "word": "penfeddw"
    },
    {
      "english": "yellow-headed",
      "translation": "yellow-headed",
      "word": "penfelyn"
    },
    {
      "english": "olive-headed",
      "translation": "olive-headed",
      "word": "penfelynwyrdd"
    },
    {
      "word": "penlliain"
    },
    {
      "english": "headscarf",
      "translation": "headscarf",
      "word": "pensgarff"
    },
    {
      "english": "grey-haired",
      "translation": "grey-haired",
      "word": "penllwyd"
    },
    {
      "english": "chief, leader",
      "translation": "chief, leader",
      "word": "pennaeth"
    },
    {
      "english": "herring",
      "translation": "herring",
      "word": "pennog"
    },
    {
      "english": "capital, important",
      "translation": "capital, important",
      "word": "pennol"
    },
    {
      "english": "to allocate, to determine",
      "translation": "to allocate, to determine",
      "word": "pennu"
    },
    {
      "english": "stripe-headed",
      "translation": "stripe-headed",
      "word": "penrhesog"
    },
    {
      "english": "wild marjoram",
      "translation": "wild marjoram",
      "word": "penrhudd"
    },
    {
      "english": "stunned, bewildered",
      "translation": "stunned, bewildered",
      "word": "pensyfrdan"
    },
    {
      "english": "penthouse",
      "translation": "penthouse",
      "word": "penty"
    },
    {
      "english": "soft-headed",
      "translation": "soft-headed",
      "word": "penwan"
    },
    {
      "english": "white-headed",
      "translation": "white-headed",
      "word": "penwyn"
    },
    {
      "english": "giddy",
      "translation": "giddy",
      "word": "penysgafn"
    },
    {
      "english": "overhead, above",
      "translation": "overhead, above",
      "word": "uwchben"
    },
    {
      "word": "ymhen"
    }
  ],
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        "3": "cel-bry-pro:*penn<id:head>",
        "id": "head"
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      "name": "etymon"
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        "1": "cy",
        "2": "owl",
        "3": "penn"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Welsh penn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*penn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *penn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*kʷennom"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *kʷennom",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh and Old Welsh penn, from Proto-Brythonic *penn, from Proto-Celtic *kʷennom.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pennau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "2": "pennau"
      },
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      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "cy:Anatomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "head"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) head"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "chief"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chief",
          "chief"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "prif"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "top, apex"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "top",
          "top"
        ],
        [
          "apex",
          "apex"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "brig"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "end, extremity"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "end",
          "end"
        ],
        [
          "extremity",
          "extremity"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "blaen"
        },
        {
          "word": "ffin"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/pɛn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pen"
}

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    "Welsh countable nouns",
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    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh masculine nouns",
    "Welsh nouns",
    "Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh",
    "Welsh terms derived from Old Welsh",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Old Welsh",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic",
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      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "owl",
        "3": "penn"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*penn"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*kʷennom"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *kʷennom",
      "name": "inh"
    }
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    {
      "form": "pen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "penned",
      "tags": [
        "equative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pennach",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pennaf",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pen",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ben",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mhen",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "phen",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ach",
        "stem": "penn"
      },
      "expansion": "pen (feminine singular pen, plural pen, equative penned, comparative pennach, superlative pennaf)",
      "name": "cy-adj"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "head, chief"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ],
        [
          "chief",
          "chief"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "prif"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "supreme, principal"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "supreme",
          "supreme"
        ],
        [
          "principal",
          "principal"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pennol"
        },
        {
          "word": "blaenol"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pɛn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pen"
}

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

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

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

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