"pwys" meaning in Welsh

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Noun

IPA: /puːɨ̯s/ [North-Wales], /pʊi̯s/ [South-Wales] Forms: pwysau [plural], pwysi [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], pwys [mutation, mutation-radical], bwys [mutation, mutation-soft], mhwys [mutation, mutation-nasal], phwys [mutation, mutation-aspirate]
Rhymes: -ʊɨ̯s Etymology: From Middle Welsh pwys, from Proto-Brythonic *puɨs, from Latin pēnsum. Etymology templates: {{inh|cy|wlm|pwys}} Middle Welsh pwys, {{inh|cy|cel-bry-pro|*puɨs}} Proto-Brythonic *puɨs, {{der|cy|la|pēnsum}} Latin pēnsum Head templates: {{cy-noun|m|pwysau|pl2=pwysi}} pwys m (plural pwysau or pwysi) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. weight, burden, pressure Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-pwys-cy-noun-7Wiicirz
  2. importance, significance Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-pwys-cy-noun-D8YYzQKW
  3. emphasis, stress Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-pwys-cy-noun-88GVli6H
  4. (plural pwysi) pound (unit of measurement) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-pwys-cy-noun-foNIjCHG Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 15 1 13 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: cymwys
Derived forms: ar bwys (english: near, by), codi pwysau (english: to lift weights; weightlifting), codi pwysau marw (english: to deadlift; deadlift), colli pwysau (english: to lose weight), dan bwysau (english: under pressure, strained), dros bwysau (english: overweight), ennill pwysau (english: to gain weight), hyfforddiant codi pwysau (english: weight training), magu pwysau (english: to gain weight), o bwys (english: important), pwysau bantam (english: bantam weight), pwysau canol (english: middle weight), pwysau gan gyfoedion (english: peer pressure), pwysau geni (english: birth weight), pwysau isel (english: underweight), pwysau plu (english: feather weight), pwysig (english: important), sillaf bwys (english: stressed syllable), sy'n dal pwysau (english: load bearing), tan bwysau (english: underweight), ymarfer pwysau (english: weight training), yn cynnal pwysau (english: weight bearing)

Inflected forms

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      "english": "near, by",
      "word": "ar bwys"
    },
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      "english": "to lift weights; weightlifting",
      "word": "codi pwysau"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to deadlift; deadlift",
      "word": "codi pwysau marw"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to lose weight",
      "word": "colli pwysau"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "under pressure, strained",
      "word": "dan bwysau"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "overweight",
      "word": "dros bwysau"
    },
    {
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      "english": "to gain weight",
      "word": "ennill pwysau"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "weight training",
      "word": "hyfforddiant codi pwysau"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "to gain weight",
      "word": "magu pwysau"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "important",
      "word": "o bwys"
    },
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      "english": "bantam weight",
      "word": "pwysau bantam"
    },
    {
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      "english": "middle weight",
      "word": "pwysau canol"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "peer pressure",
      "word": "pwysau gan gyfoedion"
    },
    {
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      "english": "birth weight",
      "word": "pwysau geni"
    },
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      "word": "pwysau isel"
    },
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      "english": "feather weight",
      "word": "pwysau plu"
    },
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      "english": "important",
      "word": "pwysig"
    },
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      "english": "stressed syllable",
      "word": "sillaf bwys"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "load bearing",
      "word": "sy'n dal pwysau"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "underweight",
      "word": "tan bwysau"
    },
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      "english": "weight training",
      "word": "ymarfer pwysau"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "weight bearing",
      "word": "yn cynnal pwysau"
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        "plural"
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      "form": "pwysi",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "source": "mutation",
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        "inflection-template"
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    },
    {
      "form": "pwys",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
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        "mutation-radical"
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    },
    {
      "form": "bwys",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mhwys",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "mutation",
        "mutation-nasal"
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      "form": "phwys",
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  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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        {
          "english": "Two years ago Sioned Halpin from Kidwelly started lifting weights. Today she is one of the strongest women in Wales. Sioned's transformational journey began when she decided to lose weight before her wedding.",
          "ref": "2021 September 22, BBC Cymru Fyw",
          "text": "Dwy flynedd yn ôl dechreuodd Sioned Halpin o Gydweli godi pwysau. Erbyn heddiw mae hi'n un o'r menywod cryfa' yng Nghymru. Dechreuodd siwrne trawsnewid Sioned pan benderfynodd golli pwysau cyn ei phriodas.",
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        },
        {
          "english": "With almost half the patients in the intensive care units in welsh Wales receiving treatment for Covid-19, staff have warned that the pressure on them is as bad if not worse than at any time since the start of the pandemic.",
          "ref": "2021 September 21, BBC Cymru Fyw",
          "text": "Gyda bron hanner y cleifion yn yr unedau gofal dwys yng ngorllewin Cymru yn cael triniaeth am Covid-19, mae staff wedi rhybuddio bod y pwysau arnyn nhw cynddrwg os nad gwaeth nag ar unrhyw adeg ers dechrau'r pandemig.",
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        {
          "english": "About 400,000 books have been destroyed in a fire that started in a warehouse which stored some items of historical significance.",
          "ref": "2021 November 20, BBC Cymru Fyw",
          "text": "Mae tua 400,000 o lyfrau wedi cael eu dinistrio mewn tân ddechreuodd mewn warws oedd yn cadw rhai eitemau o bwys hanesyddol.",
          "type": "quotation"
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          "significance",
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        {
          "english": "\"He was a very special character and he used to put great emphasis on the dignity of the gorsedd,\" he said. … \"He put great emphasis on the fact that the Gorsedd members were dressed well,\" also.",
          "ref": "2007 August 3, BBC Cymru",
          "text": "\"Yr oedd yn gymeriad arbennig iawn ac yn rhoi pwys mawr ar urddas yr orsedd,\" meddai. … \"Roedd yn rhoi pwys mawr ar y ffaith fod aelodau'r Orsedd wedi eu dilladu'n daclus,\" hefyd.",
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          "stress",
          "stress"
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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        "pound (unit of measurement)"
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          "pwysi"
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          "pound",
          "pound"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(plural pwysi) pound (unit of measurement)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/puːɨ̯s/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʊi̯s/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʊɨ̯s"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pwys"
}
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    "Welsh countable nouns",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh masculine nouns",
    "Welsh 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",
    "Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
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    {
      "english": "near, by",
      "word": "ar bwys"
    },
    {
      "english": "to lift weights; weightlifting",
      "word": "codi pwysau"
    },
    {
      "english": "to deadlift; deadlift",
      "word": "codi pwysau marw"
    },
    {
      "english": "to lose weight",
      "word": "colli pwysau"
    },
    {
      "english": "under pressure, strained",
      "word": "dan bwysau"
    },
    {
      "english": "overweight",
      "word": "dros bwysau"
    },
    {
      "english": "to gain weight",
      "word": "ennill pwysau"
    },
    {
      "english": "weight training",
      "word": "hyfforddiant codi pwysau"
    },
    {
      "english": "to gain weight",
      "word": "magu pwysau"
    },
    {
      "english": "important",
      "word": "o bwys"
    },
    {
      "english": "bantam weight",
      "word": "pwysau bantam"
    },
    {
      "english": "middle weight",
      "word": "pwysau canol"
    },
    {
      "english": "peer pressure",
      "word": "pwysau gan gyfoedion"
    },
    {
      "english": "birth weight",
      "word": "pwysau geni"
    },
    {
      "english": "underweight",
      "word": "pwysau isel"
    },
    {
      "english": "feather weight",
      "word": "pwysau plu"
    },
    {
      "english": "important",
      "word": "pwysig"
    },
    {
      "english": "stressed syllable",
      "word": "sillaf bwys"
    },
    {
      "english": "load bearing",
      "word": "sy'n dal pwysau"
    },
    {
      "english": "underweight",
      "word": "tan bwysau"
    },
    {
      "english": "weight training",
      "word": "ymarfer pwysau"
    },
    {
      "english": "weight bearing",
      "word": "yn cynnal pwysau"
    }
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      "form": "pwysau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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      "form": "pwysi",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
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      "form": "pwys",
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        "mutation",
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    {
      "form": "bwys",
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    {
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      "source": "mutation",
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        "mutation",
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        {
          "english": "Two years ago Sioned Halpin from Kidwelly started lifting weights. Today she is one of the strongest women in Wales. Sioned's transformational journey began when she decided to lose weight before her wedding.",
          "ref": "2021 September 22, BBC Cymru Fyw",
          "text": "Dwy flynedd yn ôl dechreuodd Sioned Halpin o Gydweli godi pwysau. Erbyn heddiw mae hi'n un o'r menywod cryfa' yng Nghymru. Dechreuodd siwrne trawsnewid Sioned pan benderfynodd golli pwysau cyn ei phriodas.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "With almost half the patients in the intensive care units in welsh Wales receiving treatment for Covid-19, staff have warned that the pressure on them is as bad if not worse than at any time since the start of the pandemic.",
          "ref": "2021 September 21, BBC Cymru Fyw",
          "text": "Gyda bron hanner y cleifion yn yr unedau gofal dwys yng ngorllewin Cymru yn cael triniaeth am Covid-19, mae staff wedi rhybuddio bod y pwysau arnyn nhw cynddrwg os nad gwaeth nag ar unrhyw adeg ers dechrau'r pandemig.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        "weight, burden, pressure"
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          "burden",
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        ],
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          "pressure",
          "pressure"
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Welsh terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "About 400,000 books have been destroyed in a fire that started in a warehouse which stored some items of historical significance.",
          "ref": "2021 November 20, BBC Cymru Fyw",
          "text": "Mae tua 400,000 o lyfrau wedi cael eu dinistrio mewn tân ddechreuodd mewn warws oedd yn cadw rhai eitemau o bwys hanesyddol.",
          "type": "quotation"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "importance, significance"
      ],
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        [
          "importance",
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          "significance",
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        {
          "english": "\"He was a very special character and he used to put great emphasis on the dignity of the gorsedd,\" he said. … \"He put great emphasis on the fact that the Gorsedd members were dressed well,\" also.",
          "ref": "2007 August 3, BBC Cymru",
          "text": "\"Yr oedd yn gymeriad arbennig iawn ac yn rhoi pwys mawr ar urddas yr orsedd,\" meddai. … \"Roedd yn rhoi pwys mawr ar y ffaith fod aelodau'r Orsedd wedi eu dilladu'n daclus,\" hefyd.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        "emphasis, stress"
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          "emphasis",
          "emphasis"
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        [
          "stress",
          "stress"
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "pound (unit of measurement)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pwysi",
          "pwysi"
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        [
          "pound",
          "pound"
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      ],
      "qualifier": "plural pwysi",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(plural pwysi) pound (unit of measurement)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/puːɨ̯s/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pʊi̯s/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʊɨ̯s"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pwys"
}

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