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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "dish soap",
"translation": "dish soap",
"word": "sebon golchi llestri"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "soft soap",
"translation": "soft soap",
"word": "sebon meddal"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "saponaceous",
"tags": [
"adjective"
],
"translation": "saponaceous",
"word": "sebonaidd"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "soapstone",
"translation": "soapstone",
"word": "sebonfaen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "lather",
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"translation": "lather",
"word": "seboni"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "soapy",
"tags": [
"adjective"
],
"translation": "soapy",
"word": "sebonllyd"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "cy"
},
"expansion": "Uncertain",
"name": "uncertain"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "semen"
},
"expansion": "“semen”",
"name": "m-g"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "soap"
},
"expansion": "“soap”",
"name": "m-g"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "la",
"3": "sēmen"
},
"expansion": "Latin sēmen",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "sāpō"
},
"expansion": "Latin sāpō",
"name": "m+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "",
"3": "*swyf(yn)"
},
"expansion": "Welsh *swyf(yn)",
"name": "m+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "sāpe"
},
"expansion": "Old English sāpe",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Uncertain. The sense “semen” is older than the sense “soap” (the former attested in Middle Welsh, the latter not until Early Modern Welsh), so it may be a conflation of Latin sēmen with Latin sāpō, although the vowels do not match either word. (If the Latin words had been borrowed into Proto-Brythonic, sēmen, sēminis would be expected to give Welsh *swyf(yn), while sāpō(nis) would give *sawb or *sobun.) Hypothesizing a borrowing from Old English sāpe (accusative sāpan) also leaves the vowels (and the early semantics) unaccounted for.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "sebonau",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "m",
"2": "au"
},
"expansion": "sebon m (plural sebonau, not mutable)",
"name": "cy-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "70 30",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "cy",
"name": "Bathing",
"orig": "cy:Bathing",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"soap (substance used for cleaning)"
],
"id": "en-sebon-cy-noun-d14Ji6aF",
"links": [
[
"soap",
"soap"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"not-mutable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "27 73",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"semen (male reproductory fluid)"
],
"id": "en-sebon-cy-noun-PjYdcoO-",
"links": [
[
"semen",
"semen"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) semen (male reproductory fluid)"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "semen"
},
{
"word": "had"
}
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"not-mutable",
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈsɛbɔn/",
"tags": [
"North-Wales"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈseːbɔn/",
"tags": [
"South-Wales"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsɛbɔn/",
"tags": [
"South-Wales"
]
}
],
"word": "sebon"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Welsh countable nouns",
"Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
"Welsh lemmas",
"Welsh masculine nouns",
"Welsh non-mutable terms",
"Welsh nouns",
"Welsh terms derived from Latin",
"Welsh terms with unknown etymologies",
"cy:Bathing"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "dish soap",
"translation": "dish soap",
"word": "sebon golchi llestri"
},
{
"english": "soft soap",
"translation": "soft soap",
"word": "sebon meddal"
},
{
"english": "saponaceous",
"tags": [
"adjective"
],
"translation": "saponaceous",
"word": "sebonaidd"
},
{
"english": "soapstone",
"translation": "soapstone",
"word": "sebonfaen"
},
{
"english": "lather",
"tags": [
"verb"
],
"translation": "lather",
"word": "seboni"
},
{
"english": "soapy",
"tags": [
"adjective"
],
"translation": "soapy",
"word": "sebonllyd"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cy"
},
"expansion": "Uncertain",
"name": "uncertain"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "semen"
},
"expansion": "“semen”",
"name": "m-g"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "soap"
},
"expansion": "“soap”",
"name": "m-g"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "la",
"3": "sēmen"
},
"expansion": "Latin sēmen",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "sāpō"
},
"expansion": "Latin sāpō",
"name": "m+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "",
"3": "*swyf(yn)"
},
"expansion": "Welsh *swyf(yn)",
"name": "m+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "sāpe"
},
"expansion": "Old English sāpe",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Uncertain. The sense “semen” is older than the sense “soap” (the former attested in Middle Welsh, the latter not until Early Modern Welsh), so it may be a conflation of Latin sēmen with Latin sāpō, although the vowels do not match either word. (If the Latin words had been borrowed into Proto-Brythonic, sēmen, sēminis would be expected to give Welsh *swyf(yn), while sāpō(nis) would give *sawb or *sobun.) Hypothesizing a borrowing from Old English sāpe (accusative sāpan) also leaves the vowels (and the early semantics) unaccounted for.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "sebonau",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "m",
"2": "au"
},
"expansion": "sebon m (plural sebonau, not mutable)",
"name": "cy-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"soap (substance used for cleaning)"
],
"links": [
[
"soap",
"soap"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"not-mutable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Welsh terms with obsolete senses"
],
"glosses": [
"semen (male reproductory fluid)"
],
"links": [
[
"semen",
"semen"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(obsolete) semen (male reproductory fluid)"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "semen"
},
{
"word": "had"
}
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"not-mutable",
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈsɛbɔn/",
"tags": [
"North-Wales"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈseːbɔn/",
"tags": [
"South-Wales"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsɛbɔn/",
"tags": [
"South-Wales"
]
}
],
"word": "sebon"
}
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