"rhew" meaning in Welsh

See rhew in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /r̥eːu̯/ [North-Wales], /r̥ɛu̯/ [South-Wales] Forms: rhewogydd [plural], rhewoedd [plural], rhewiau [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], rhew [error-unrecognized-form], rew [soft]
Rhymes: -ɛu̯ Etymology: From Proto-Celtic *ɸreswos (compare Cornish rew, Breton rev, Irish reo, Old Irish réud), from Proto-Indo-European *prews- (compare English freeze). Etymology templates: {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*ɸreswos}} Proto-Celtic *ɸreswos, {{cog|kw|rew}} Cornish rew, {{cog|br|rev}} Breton rev, {{cog|ga|reo}} Irish reo, {{cog|sga|réud}} Old Irish réud, {{inh|cy|ine-pro|*prews-}} Proto-Indo-European *prews-, {{cog|en|freeze}} English freeze Head templates: {{cy-noun|m|-|pl2=rhewogydd|pl3=rhewoedd|pl4=rhewiau}} rhew m (usually uncountable, plural rhewogydd or rhewoedd or rhewiau) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. frost Tags: masculine, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-rhew-cy-noun-178Mnqbq Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 94 6
  2. (North Wales) ice Tags: North-Wales, masculine, uncountable, usually Synonyms: iâ
    Sense id: en-rhew-cy-noun-TLCyUMYl Categories (other): North Wales Welsh, Ice Disambiguation of Ice: 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ewinrhew (english: frostbite), rhew bargod (english: icicle(s)), rhew du (english: black ice), rhew-wastadiant (english: cryoplanation), rhewbriddeg (english: cryopedology), rhewbwynt (english: freezing point), rhewdyrfiad (english: congeliturbation), rhewddrylliog (english: ice shattered), rheweiddio (english: to refrigerate), rhewfaen (english: cryolite), rhewfriw (english: ice shattered), rhewgaeth (english: ice bound), rhewgell (english: freezer), rhewgist (english: deep freeze, chest freezer), rhewgraith (english: chattermark), rhewgwymp (english: ice fall), rhewi (english: to freeze), rhewlif, rhewfaes (english: glacier), rhewlin (english: isoryme, frost line), rhewynt (english: very cold wind)

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "frostbite",
      "translation": "frostbite",
      "word": "ewinrhew"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "icicle(s)",
      "translation": "icicle(s)",
      "word": "rhew bargod"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "black ice",
      "translation": "black ice",
      "word": "rhew du"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "cryoplanation",
      "translation": "cryoplanation",
      "word": "rhew-wastadiant"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "cryopedology",
      "translation": "cryopedology",
      "word": "rhewbriddeg"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "freezing point",
      "translation": "freezing point",
      "word": "rhewbwynt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "congeliturbation",
      "translation": "congeliturbation",
      "word": "rhewdyrfiad"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "ice shattered",
      "translation": "ice shattered",
      "word": "rhewddrylliog"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to refrigerate",
      "translation": "to refrigerate",
      "word": "rheweiddio"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "cryolite",
      "translation": "cryolite",
      "word": "rhewfaen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "ice shattered",
      "translation": "ice shattered",
      "word": "rhewfriw"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "ice bound",
      "translation": "ice bound",
      "word": "rhewgaeth"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "freezer",
      "translation": "freezer",
      "word": "rhewgell"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "deep freeze, chest freezer",
      "translation": "deep freeze, chest freezer",
      "word": "rhewgist"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "chattermark",
      "translation": "chattermark",
      "word": "rhewgraith"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "ice fall",
      "translation": "ice fall",
      "word": "rhewgwymp"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to freeze",
      "translation": "to freeze",
      "word": "rhewi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "rhewlif"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "glacier",
      "translation": "glacier",
      "word": "rhewfaes"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "isoryme, frost line",
      "translation": "isoryme, frost line",
      "word": "rhewlin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "very cold wind",
      "translation": "very cold wind",
      "word": "rhewynt"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*ɸreswos",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸreswos"
    ],
    [
      "rew",
      "rew#Cornish"
    ],
    [
      "rev",
      "rev#Breton"
    ],
    [
      "reo",
      "reo#Irish"
    ],
    [
      "réud",
      "réud#Old_Irish"
    ],
    [
      "*prews-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/prews-"
    ],
    [
      "freeze",
      "freeze#English"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*ɸreswos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *ɸreswos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "rew"
      },
      "expansion": "Cornish rew",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "rev"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton rev",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "reo"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish reo",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "réud"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish réud",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*prews-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *prews-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "freeze"
      },
      "expansion": "English freeze",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *ɸreswos (compare Cornish rew, Breton rev, Irish reo, Old Irish réud), from Proto-Indo-European *prews- (compare English freeze).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "rhewogydd",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rhewoedd",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rhewiau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rhew",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rew",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "-",
        "pl2": "rhewogydd",
        "pl3": "rhewoedd",
        "pl4": "rhewiau"
      },
      "expansion": "rhew m (usually uncountable, plural rhewogydd or rhewoedd or rhewiau)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "82 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "91 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "94 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "frost"
      ],
      "id": "en-rhew-cy-noun-178Mnqbq",
      "links": [
        [
          "frost",
          "frost"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "North Wales Welsh",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 96",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Ice",
          "orig": "cy:Ice",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ice"
      ],
      "id": "en-rhew-cy-noun-TLCyUMYl",
      "links": [
        [
          "ice",
          "ice"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(North Wales) ice"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "iâ"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales",
        "masculine",
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/r̥eːu̯/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/r̥ɛu̯/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛu̯"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rhew"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Welsh/ɛu̯",
    "Rhymes:Welsh/ɛu̯/1 syllable",
    "Welsh countable nouns",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh masculine nouns",
    "Welsh nouns",
    "Welsh nouns with red links in their headword lines",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Welsh uncountable nouns",
    "cy:Ice"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "frostbite",
      "translation": "frostbite",
      "word": "ewinrhew"
    },
    {
      "english": "icicle(s)",
      "translation": "icicle(s)",
      "word": "rhew bargod"
    },
    {
      "english": "black ice",
      "translation": "black ice",
      "word": "rhew du"
    },
    {
      "english": "cryoplanation",
      "translation": "cryoplanation",
      "word": "rhew-wastadiant"
    },
    {
      "english": "cryopedology",
      "translation": "cryopedology",
      "word": "rhewbriddeg"
    },
    {
      "english": "freezing point",
      "translation": "freezing point",
      "word": "rhewbwynt"
    },
    {
      "english": "congeliturbation",
      "translation": "congeliturbation",
      "word": "rhewdyrfiad"
    },
    {
      "english": "ice shattered",
      "translation": "ice shattered",
      "word": "rhewddrylliog"
    },
    {
      "english": "to refrigerate",
      "translation": "to refrigerate",
      "word": "rheweiddio"
    },
    {
      "english": "cryolite",
      "translation": "cryolite",
      "word": "rhewfaen"
    },
    {
      "english": "ice shattered",
      "translation": "ice shattered",
      "word": "rhewfriw"
    },
    {
      "english": "ice bound",
      "translation": "ice bound",
      "word": "rhewgaeth"
    },
    {
      "english": "freezer",
      "translation": "freezer",
      "word": "rhewgell"
    },
    {
      "english": "deep freeze, chest freezer",
      "translation": "deep freeze, chest freezer",
      "word": "rhewgist"
    },
    {
      "english": "chattermark",
      "translation": "chattermark",
      "word": "rhewgraith"
    },
    {
      "english": "ice fall",
      "translation": "ice fall",
      "word": "rhewgwymp"
    },
    {
      "english": "to freeze",
      "translation": "to freeze",
      "word": "rhewi"
    },
    {
      "word": "rhewlif"
    },
    {
      "english": "glacier",
      "translation": "glacier",
      "word": "rhewfaes"
    },
    {
      "english": "isoryme, frost line",
      "translation": "isoryme, frost line",
      "word": "rhewlin"
    },
    {
      "english": "very cold wind",
      "translation": "very cold wind",
      "word": "rhewynt"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*ɸreswos",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸreswos"
    ],
    [
      "rew",
      "rew#Cornish"
    ],
    [
      "rev",
      "rev#Breton"
    ],
    [
      "reo",
      "reo#Irish"
    ],
    [
      "réud",
      "réud#Old_Irish"
    ],
    [
      "*prews-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/prews-"
    ],
    [
      "freeze",
      "freeze#English"
    ]
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*ɸreswos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *ɸreswos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "rew"
      },
      "expansion": "Cornish rew",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "rev"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton rev",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "reo"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish reo",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "réud"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish réud",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*prews-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *prews-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "freeze"
      },
      "expansion": "English freeze",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *ɸreswos (compare Cornish rew, Breton rev, Irish reo, Old Irish réud), from Proto-Indo-European *prews- (compare English freeze).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "rhewogydd",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rhewoedd",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rhewiau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rhew",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rew",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "-",
        "pl2": "rhewogydd",
        "pl3": "rhewoedd",
        "pl4": "rhewiau"
      },
      "expansion": "rhew m (usually uncountable, plural rhewogydd or rhewoedd or rhewiau)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "frost"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "frost",
          "frost"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "North Wales Welsh"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ice"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ice",
          "ice"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(North Wales) ice"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "iâ"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales",
        "masculine",
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/r̥eːu̯/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/r̥ɛu̯/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛu̯"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rhew"
}

Download raw JSONL data for rhew meaning in Welsh (4.4kB)

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Welsh: 'rhew du', originally 'rhew du'",
  "path": [
    "rhew"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "rhew",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: rhew/Welsh 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "rhew"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "rhew",
  "trace": ""
}

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

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

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