"rhan" meaning in Welsh

See rhan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /r̥an/ Forms: rhannau [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], rhan [error-unrecognized-form], ran [soft]
Rhymes: -an Etymology: From Proto-Celtic *ɸrasnā. Compare Cornish rann, Breton rann; Old Irish rann (whence Irish rann, roinn, Scottish Gaelic rann, roinn). Etymology templates: {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*ɸrasnā}} Proto-Celtic *ɸrasnā, {{cog|kw|rann}} Cornish rann, {{cog|br|rann}} Breton rann, {{cog|sga|rann}} Old Irish rann, {{cog|ga|rann}} Irish rann, {{cog|gd|rann}} Scottish Gaelic rann Head templates: {{cy-noun|f|rhannau}} rhan f (plural rhannau) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. part, section Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-rhan-cy-noun-TJ9RG4qr Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 42 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 34 37
  2. piece, portion, share Tags: feminine Synonyms: darn, maint, rhaniad
    Sense id: en-rhan-cy-noun-sOd2kllX Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 42 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 34 37
  3. fate, lot Tags: feminine Synonyms: tynged, ffawd
    Sense id: en-rhan-cy-noun-JLuJ6HyA Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 42 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 34 37 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 24 33 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ar ran (english: on behalf of), o ran (english: with regard to), rhan-amser (english: part-time), rhanfyddin (english: army division), rhannu (english: to divide)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "on behalf of",
      "translation": "on behalf of",
      "word": "ar ran"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "with regard to",
      "translation": "with regard to",
      "word": "o ran"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "part-time",
      "translation": "part-time",
      "word": "rhan-amser"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "army division",
      "translation": "army division",
      "word": "rhanfyddin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "to divide",
      "translation": "to divide",
      "word": "rhannu"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*ɸrasnā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *ɸrasnā",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "rann"
      },
      "expansion": "Cornish rann",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "rann"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton rann",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "rann"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish rann",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "rann"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish rann",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "rann"
      },
      "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic rann",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *ɸrasnā. Compare Cornish rann, Breton rann; Old Irish rann (whence Irish rann, roinn, Scottish Gaelic rann, roinn).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "rhannau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rhan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ran",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "rhannau"
      },
      "expansion": "rhan f (plural rhannau)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 42 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 34 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "part, section"
      ],
      "id": "en-rhan-cy-noun-TJ9RG4qr",
      "links": [
        [
          "part",
          "part"
        ],
        [
          "section",
          "section"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 42 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 34 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "piece, portion, share"
      ],
      "id": "en-rhan-cy-noun-sOd2kllX",
      "links": [
        [
          "piece",
          "piece"
        ],
        [
          "portion",
          "portion"
        ],
        [
          "share",
          "share"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "darn"
        },
        {
          "word": "maint"
        },
        {
          "word": "rhaniad"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 42 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 34 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 33 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fate, lot"
      ],
      "id": "en-rhan-cy-noun-JLuJ6HyA",
      "links": [
        [
          "fate",
          "fate"
        ],
        [
          "lot",
          "lot"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "tynged"
        },
        {
          "word": "ffawd"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/r̥an/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-an"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rhan"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Welsh/an",
    "Rhymes:Welsh/an/1 syllable",
    "Welsh countable nouns",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh feminine nouns",
    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh nouns",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "on behalf of",
      "translation": "on behalf of",
      "word": "ar ran"
    },
    {
      "english": "with regard to",
      "translation": "with regard to",
      "word": "o ran"
    },
    {
      "english": "part-time",
      "translation": "part-time",
      "word": "rhan-amser"
    },
    {
      "english": "army division",
      "translation": "army division",
      "word": "rhanfyddin"
    },
    {
      "english": "to divide",
      "translation": "to divide",
      "word": "rhannu"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*ɸrasnā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *ɸrasnā",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "rann"
      },
      "expansion": "Cornish rann",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "rann"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton rann",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "rann"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish rann",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "rann"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish rann",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "rann"
      },
      "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic rann",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *ɸrasnā. Compare Cornish rann, Breton rann; Old Irish rann (whence Irish rann, roinn, Scottish Gaelic rann, roinn).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "rhannau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rhan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ran",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "rhannau"
      },
      "expansion": "rhan f (plural rhannau)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "part, section"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "part",
          "part"
        ],
        [
          "section",
          "section"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "piece, portion, share"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "piece",
          "piece"
        ],
        [
          "portion",
          "portion"
        ],
        [
          "share",
          "share"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "darn"
        },
        {
          "word": "maint"
        },
        {
          "word": "rhaniad"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fate, lot"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fate",
          "fate"
        ],
        [
          "lot",
          "lot"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "tynged"
        },
        {
          "word": "ffawd"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/r̥an/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-an"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rhan"
}

Download raw JSONL data for rhan meaning in Welsh (2.5kB)

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

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

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

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