"sylfaen" meaning in Welsh

See sylfaen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈsəlvaɨ̯n/ [North-Wales], /ˈsəlvai̯n/ [South-Wales] Forms: sylfeini [plural]
Etymology: From syl- + maen (“stone”). The first element is related to (either derived from or cognate with) Latin solum (“ground, base”); compare sail (“basis”) and sylwedd (“substance, essence”). Etymology templates: {{compound|cy|syl-|maen|t2=stone}} syl- + maen (“stone”), {{m+|la|solum|t=ground, base}} Latin solum (“ground, base”), {{m|cy|sail||basis}} sail (“basis”), {{m|cy|sylwedd||substance, essence}} sylwedd (“substance, essence”) Head templates: {{cy-noun|mf|sylfeini}} sylfaen m or f (plural sylfeini, not mutable)
  1. foundation, base, basis Tags: feminine, masculine, not-mutable Synonyms: bas, gwreiddyn, sail, sawd Derived forms: carreg sylfaen (english: foundation stone), pwnc sylfaen (english: foundation subject), sylfaenol (english: foundational, basic), → English: Sylfaen
    Sense id: en-sylfaen-cy-noun-xIWXTROL Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for sylfaen meaning in Welsh (1.8kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "syl-",
        "3": "maen",
        "t2": "stone"
      },
      "expansion": "syl- + maen (“stone”)",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "solum",
        "t": "ground, base"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin solum (“ground, base”)",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "sail",
        "3": "",
        "4": "basis"
      },
      "expansion": "sail (“basis”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "sylwedd",
        "3": "",
        "4": "substance, essence"
      },
      "expansion": "sylwedd (“substance, essence”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From syl- + maen (“stone”). The first element is related to (either derived from or cognate with) Latin solum (“ground, base”); compare sail (“basis”) and sylwedd (“substance, essence”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sylfeini",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mf",
        "2": "sylfeini"
      },
      "expansion": "sylfaen m or f (plural sylfeini, not mutable)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "foundation stone",
          "word": "carreg sylfaen"
        },
        {
          "english": "foundation subject",
          "word": "pwnc sylfaen"
        },
        {
          "english": "foundational, basic",
          "word": "sylfaenol"
        },
        {
          "word": "→ English: Sylfaen"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "foundation, base, basis"
      ],
      "id": "en-sylfaen-cy-noun-xIWXTROL",
      "links": [
        [
          "foundation",
          "foundation"
        ],
        [
          "base",
          "base"
        ],
        [
          "basis",
          "basis"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bas"
        },
        {
          "word": "gwreiddyn"
        },
        {
          "word": "sail"
        },
        {
          "word": "sawd"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "not-mutable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsəlvaɨ̯n/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsəlvai̯n/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sylfaen"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "foundation stone",
      "word": "carreg sylfaen"
    },
    {
      "english": "foundation subject",
      "word": "pwnc sylfaen"
    },
    {
      "english": "foundational, basic",
      "word": "sylfaenol"
    },
    {
      "word": "→ English: Sylfaen"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "syl-",
        "3": "maen",
        "t2": "stone"
      },
      "expansion": "syl- + maen (“stone”)",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "solum",
        "t": "ground, base"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin solum (“ground, base”)",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "sail",
        "3": "",
        "4": "basis"
      },
      "expansion": "sail (“basis”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "sylwedd",
        "3": "",
        "4": "substance, essence"
      },
      "expansion": "sylwedd (“substance, essence”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From syl- + maen (“stone”). The first element is related to (either derived from or cognate with) Latin solum (“ground, base”); compare sail (“basis”) and sylwedd (“substance, essence”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sylfeini",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mf",
        "2": "sylfeini"
      },
      "expansion": "sylfaen m or f (plural sylfeini, not mutable)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Welsh compound terms",
        "Welsh countable nouns",
        "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
        "Welsh feminine nouns",
        "Welsh lemmas",
        "Welsh masculine nouns",
        "Welsh non-mutable terms",
        "Welsh nouns",
        "Welsh nouns with multiple genders",
        "Welsh nouns with red links in their headword lines",
        "Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "foundation, base, basis"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "foundation",
          "foundation"
        ],
        [
          "base",
          "base"
        ],
        [
          "basis",
          "basis"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bas"
        },
        {
          "word": "gwreiddyn"
        },
        {
          "word": "sail"
        },
        {
          "word": "sawd"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "not-mutable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsəlvaɨ̯n/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsəlvai̯n/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sylfaen"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Welsh dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (4d5d0bb and edd475d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.