"penwan" meaning in Welsh

See penwan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈpɛnwan/ Forms: penwan [feminine, singular], penwan [plural], mor benwan [equative], mwy penwan [comparative], mwyaf penwan [superlative]
Etymology: pen (“head”) + gwan (“weak”). Etymology templates: {{com|cy|pen|gwan|t1=head|t2=weak}} pen (“head”) + gwan (“weak”) Head templates: {{cy-adj|mwy}} penwan (feminine singular penwan, plural penwan, equative mor benwan, comparative mwy penwan, superlative mwyaf penwan)
  1. silly, foolish, softheaded, feeble-minded, senseless Synonyms: syn, gwirion, ffôl, mwydrus, dryslyd, ffwndrus, hurt, disynnwyr
    Sense id: en-penwan-cy-adj-oCk1tr5d
  2. mad, crazy, furious Synonyms: gorffwyll, gwallgof, cynddeiriog
    Sense id: en-penwan-cy-adj-4axBnp5y
  3. giddy, lightheaded Synonyms: penfeddw, penysgafn
    Sense id: en-penwan-cy-adj-7QfHkp8M Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 0 80 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 0 63 2 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 30 2 59 10

Noun

IPA: /ˈpɛnwan/ Forms: penweiniaid [plural], penweinion [plural], penwannyn [diminutive], no-table-tags [table-tags], penwan [error-unrecognized-form], benwan [soft], mhenwan [error-unrecognized-form], phenwan [error-unrecognized-form]
Etymology: pen (“head”) + gwan (“weak”). Etymology templates: {{com|cy|pen|gwan|t1=head|t2=weak}} pen (“head”) + gwan (“weak”) Head templates: {{cy-noun|mfbysense|penweiniaid|dim=penwannyn|pl2=penweinion}} penwan m or f by sense (plural penweiniaid or penweinion, diminutive penwannyn) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. (usually in the plural) foolish person Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine, plural-normally
    Sense id: en-penwan-cy-noun-1zaVTDy2 Categories (other): Welsh masculine and feminine nouns by sense Disambiguation of Welsh masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 13 2 16 69
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "pen",
        "3": "gwan",
        "t1": "head",
        "t2": "weak"
      },
      "expansion": "pen (“head”) + gwan (“weak”)",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "pen (“head”) + gwan (“weak”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "penwan",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "penwan",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mor benwan",
      "tags": [
        "equative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mwy penwan",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mwyaf penwan",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mwy"
      },
      "expansion": "penwan (feminine singular penwan, plural penwan, equative mor benwan, comparative mwy penwan, superlative mwyaf penwan)",
      "name": "cy-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "silly, foolish, softheaded, feeble-minded, senseless"
      ],
      "id": "en-penwan-cy-adj-oCk1tr5d",
      "links": [
        [
          "silly",
          "silly"
        ],
        [
          "foolish",
          "foolish"
        ],
        [
          "softheaded",
          "softheaded"
        ],
        [
          "feeble-minded",
          "feeble-minded"
        ],
        [
          "senseless",
          "senseless"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "syn"
        },
        {
          "word": "gwirion"
        },
        {
          "word": "ffôl"
        },
        {
          "word": "mwydrus"
        },
        {
          "word": "dryslyd"
        },
        {
          "word": "ffwndrus"
        },
        {
          "word": "hurt"
        },
        {
          "word": "disynnwyr"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mad, crazy, furious"
      ],
      "id": "en-penwan-cy-adj-4axBnp5y",
      "links": [
        [
          "mad",
          "mad"
        ],
        [
          "crazy",
          "crazy"
        ],
        [
          "furious",
          "furious"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "gorffwyll"
        },
        {
          "word": "gwallgof"
        },
        {
          "word": "cynddeiriog"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 0 80 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 0 63 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 2 59 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "giddy, lightheaded"
      ],
      "id": "en-penwan-cy-adj-7QfHkp8M",
      "links": [
        [
          "giddy",
          "giddy"
        ],
        [
          "lightheaded",
          "lightheaded"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "penfeddw"
        },
        {
          "word": "penysgafn"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɛnwan/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "penwan"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "pen",
        "3": "gwan",
        "t1": "head",
        "t2": "weak"
      },
      "expansion": "pen (“head”) + gwan (“weak”)",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "pen (“head”) + gwan (“weak”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "penweiniaid",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "penweinion",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "penwannyn",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "penwan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "benwan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mhenwan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "phenwan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mfbysense",
        "2": "penweiniaid",
        "dim": "penwannyn",
        "pl2": "penweinion"
      },
      "expansion": "penwan m or f by sense (plural penweiniaid or penweinion, diminutive penwannyn)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "13 2 16 69",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh masculine and feminine nouns by sense",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "foolish person"
      ],
      "id": "en-penwan-cy-noun-1zaVTDy2",
      "links": [
        [
          "foolish",
          "foolish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(usually in the plural) foolish person"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "by-personal-gender",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural-normally"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɛnwan/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "penwan"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Welsh adjectives",
    "Welsh compound terms",
    "Welsh countable nouns",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh feminine nouns",
    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh masculine and feminine nouns by sense",
    "Welsh masculine nouns",
    "Welsh nouns",
    "Welsh nouns with multiple genders",
    "Welsh nouns with red links in their headword lines"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "pen",
        "3": "gwan",
        "t1": "head",
        "t2": "weak"
      },
      "expansion": "pen (“head”) + gwan (“weak”)",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "pen (“head”) + gwan (“weak”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "penwan",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "penwan",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mor benwan",
      "tags": [
        "equative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mwy penwan",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mwyaf penwan",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mwy"
      },
      "expansion": "penwan (feminine singular penwan, plural penwan, equative mor benwan, comparative mwy penwan, superlative mwyaf penwan)",
      "name": "cy-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "silly, foolish, softheaded, feeble-minded, senseless"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "silly",
          "silly"
        ],
        [
          "foolish",
          "foolish"
        ],
        [
          "softheaded",
          "softheaded"
        ],
        [
          "feeble-minded",
          "feeble-minded"
        ],
        [
          "senseless",
          "senseless"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "syn"
        },
        {
          "word": "gwirion"
        },
        {
          "word": "ffôl"
        },
        {
          "word": "mwydrus"
        },
        {
          "word": "dryslyd"
        },
        {
          "word": "ffwndrus"
        },
        {
          "word": "hurt"
        },
        {
          "word": "disynnwyr"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mad, crazy, furious"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mad",
          "mad"
        ],
        [
          "crazy",
          "crazy"
        ],
        [
          "furious",
          "furious"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "gorffwyll"
        },
        {
          "word": "gwallgof"
        },
        {
          "word": "cynddeiriog"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "giddy, lightheaded"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "giddy",
          "giddy"
        ],
        [
          "lightheaded",
          "lightheaded"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "penfeddw"
        },
        {
          "word": "penysgafn"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɛnwan/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "penwan"
}

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    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Welsh adjectives",
    "Welsh compound terms",
    "Welsh countable nouns",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh feminine nouns",
    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh masculine and feminine nouns by sense",
    "Welsh masculine nouns",
    "Welsh nouns",
    "Welsh nouns with multiple genders",
    "Welsh nouns with red links in their headword lines"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "pen",
        "3": "gwan",
        "t1": "head",
        "t2": "weak"
      },
      "expansion": "pen (“head”) + gwan (“weak”)",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "pen (“head”) + gwan (“weak”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "penweiniaid",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "penweinion",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "penwannyn",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "penwan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "benwan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mhenwan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "phenwan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mfbysense",
        "2": "penweiniaid",
        "dim": "penwannyn",
        "pl2": "penweinion"
      },
      "expansion": "penwan m or f by sense (plural penweiniaid or penweinion, diminutive penwannyn)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "foolish person"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "foolish",
          "foolish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(usually in the plural) foolish person"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "by-personal-gender",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural-normally"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɛnwan/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "penwan"
}

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