"plu" meaning in Welsh

See plu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /plɨː/ [North-Wales], /pliː/ [South-Wales] Forms: pluen [feminine, singular], plufen [feminine, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], plu [error-unrecognized-form], blu [soft], mhlu [error-unrecognized-form], phlu [error-unrecognized-form], pluf [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɨː Etymology: From Middle Welsh pluf, from Proto-Brythonic *plʉβ̃, a borrowing from Latin plūma (“feather”). Cognate with Cornish pluv, Breton pluñv. Etymology templates: {{inh|cy|wlm|pluf}} Middle Welsh pluf, {{inh|cy|cel-bry-pro|*plʉβ̃}} Proto-Brythonic *plʉβ̃, {{der|cy|la|plūma||feather}} Latin plūma (“feather”), {{cog|kw|pluv}} Cornish pluv, {{cog|br|pluñv}} Breton pluñv Head templates: {{cy-noun|f-p|pluen|sg2=plufen}} plu (plural, singular pluen f or plufen f) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. feathers Tags: plural
    Sense id: en-plu-cy-noun-6dnQ9hjg
  2. (fishing) flies Tags: plural
    Sense id: en-plu-cy-noun-cy:fishing Categories (other): Fishing, Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Topics: fishing, hobbies, lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mân blu (english: soft feathers, down), plu eira (english: snowflakes), plu parot (english: parrot's feather), plu pysgota (english: fishing flies), pluo (english: pluck), pluog (english: feathered), plu'r gweinydd (alt: common cottongrass, Erophorum angustifolium), prif bluen (english: primary feather), pwysau plu (english: feather weight), pwyth pluen (english: feather stitch)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "soft feathers, down",
      "translation": "soft feathers, down",
      "word": "mân blu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "snowflakes",
      "translation": "snowflakes",
      "word": "plu eira"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "parrot's feather",
      "translation": "parrot's feather",
      "word": "plu parot"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "fishing flies",
      "translation": "fishing flies",
      "word": "plu pysgota"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "pluck",
      "translation": "pluck",
      "word": "pluo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "feathered",
      "translation": "feathered",
      "word": "pluog"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "common cottongrass, Erophorum angustifolium",
      "word": "plu'r gweinydd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "primary feather",
      "translation": "primary feather",
      "word": "prif bluen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "feather weight",
      "translation": "feather weight",
      "word": "pwysau plu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "feather stitch",
      "translation": "feather stitch",
      "word": "pwyth pluen"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "pluf"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh pluf",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*plʉβ̃"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *plʉβ̃",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "plūma",
        "4": "",
        "5": "feather"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin plūma (“feather”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "pluv"
      },
      "expansion": "Cornish pluv",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "pluñv"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton pluñv",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh pluf, from Proto-Brythonic *plʉβ̃, a borrowing from Latin plūma (“feather”). Cognate with Cornish pluv, Breton pluñv.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pluen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plufen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plu",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blu",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mhlu",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "phlu",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pluf",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f-p",
        "2": "pluen",
        "sg2": "plufen"
      },
      "expansion": "plu (plural, singular pluen f or plufen f)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "feathers"
      ],
      "id": "en-plu-cy-noun-6dnQ9hjg",
      "links": [
        [
          "feather",
          "feather"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Fishing",
          "orig": "cy:Fishing",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "flies"
      ],
      "id": "en-plu-cy-noun-cy:fishing",
      "links": [
        [
          "fishing",
          "fishing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "flies",
          "fly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(fishing) flies"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "cy:fishing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "fishing",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/plɨː/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pliː/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɨː"
    }
  ],
  "word": "plu"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 8 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Welsh/ɨː",
    "Rhymes:Welsh/ɨː/1 syllable",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh nouns",
    "Welsh nouns with red links in their headword lines",
    "Welsh plural-basic nouns",
    "Welsh terms derived from Latin",
    "Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "soft feathers, down",
      "translation": "soft feathers, down",
      "word": "mân blu"
    },
    {
      "english": "snowflakes",
      "translation": "snowflakes",
      "word": "plu eira"
    },
    {
      "english": "parrot's feather",
      "translation": "parrot's feather",
      "word": "plu parot"
    },
    {
      "english": "fishing flies",
      "translation": "fishing flies",
      "word": "plu pysgota"
    },
    {
      "english": "pluck",
      "translation": "pluck",
      "word": "pluo"
    },
    {
      "english": "feathered",
      "translation": "feathered",
      "word": "pluog"
    },
    {
      "alt": "common cottongrass, Erophorum angustifolium",
      "word": "plu'r gweinydd"
    },
    {
      "english": "primary feather",
      "translation": "primary feather",
      "word": "prif bluen"
    },
    {
      "english": "feather weight",
      "translation": "feather weight",
      "word": "pwysau plu"
    },
    {
      "english": "feather stitch",
      "translation": "feather stitch",
      "word": "pwyth pluen"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "pluf"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh pluf",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*plʉβ̃"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *plʉβ̃",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "plūma",
        "4": "",
        "5": "feather"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin plūma (“feather”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "pluv"
      },
      "expansion": "Cornish pluv",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "pluñv"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton pluñv",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh pluf, from Proto-Brythonic *plʉβ̃, a borrowing from Latin plūma (“feather”). Cognate with Cornish pluv, Breton pluñv.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pluen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plufen",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "plu",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blu",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mhlu",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "phlu",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pluf",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f-p",
        "2": "pluen",
        "sg2": "plufen"
      },
      "expansion": "plu (plural, singular pluen f or plufen f)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "feathers"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "feather",
          "feather"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "cy:Fishing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "flies"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fishing",
          "fishing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "flies",
          "fly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(fishing) flies"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "cy:fishing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "fishing",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/plɨː/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pliː/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɨː"
    }
  ],
  "word": "plu"
}

Download raw JSONL data for plu meaning in Welsh (3.3kB)

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

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

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

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