"tafol" meaning in Welsh

See tafol in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈtavɔl/ [North-Wales], /ˈta(ː)vɔl/ [South-Wales] Forms: tafolen [feminine, singular]
Etymology: From Proto-Brythonic *tawọl. Compare Cornish tavol, Breton teol. Etymology templates: {{etymid|cy|dock}}, {{inh|cy|cel-bry-pro|*tawọl}} Proto-Brythonic *tawọl, {{cog|kw|tavol}} Cornish tavol, {{cog|br|teol}} Breton teol Head templates: {{cy-noun|f-p|tafolen}} tafol (plural, singular tafolen f)
  1. dock, Rumex crispus Tags: plural Derived forms: dail tafol (english: dock leaves), tafol bachog (english: hooked dock), tafol canolfain (english: fiddle dock), tafol crych (english: curled dock), tafol Mair (english: clustered dock), tafol y dŵr (english: great water dock), tafolog (english: full of docks)
    Sense id: en-tafol-cy-noun-gDmkR53h Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header, Buckwheat family plants Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 8 2 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 60 7 2 30 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 47 7 2 44 Disambiguation of Buckwheat family plants: 61 11 3 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈtavɔl/ [North-Wales], /ˈta(ː)vɔl/ [South-Wales]
Etymology: From Middle Welsh taval, from Proto-Brythonic *taβol (compare Middle Breton taul, taoll and modern Breton taol), from Latin tabula. Doublet of tabl (“table”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|cy|balance}}, {{der|cy|wlm|taval}} Middle Welsh taval, {{der|cy|cel-bry-pro|*taβol}} Proto-Brythonic *taβol, {{cog|xbm|taul}} Middle Breton taul, {{cog|br|taol}} Breton taol, {{der|cy|la|tabula}} Latin tabula, {{doublet|cy|tabl}} Doublet of tabl Head templates: {{cy-noun|f|tafolau|g2=m|pl2=taflau}} tafol f or m (plural tafolau or taflau) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}} Forms: tafolau [plural], taflau [plural], tafal [alternative], tafl [alternative], no-table-tags [table-tags], tafol [error-unrecognized-form], dafol [soft], nhafol [error-unrecognized-form], thafol [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. (South Wales) balance, scales Tags: South-Wales, feminine, masculine Synonyms: clorian, mantol
    Sense id: en-tafol-cy-noun-~TgoqpXE
  2. (South Wales, figurative) balance Tags: South-Wales, feminine, figuratively, masculine Synonyms: clorian
    Sense id: en-tafol-cy-noun-V1HgSOtv Categories (other): South Wales Welsh
  3. (astronomy, astrology) Libra Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-tafol-cy-noun-KPsfP5Z1 Categories (other): Astrology, Astronomy, Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 47 7 2 44 Topics: astrology, astronomy, human-sciences, mysticism, natural-sciences, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tafoli (english: to balance), yn y dafol (english: in the balance)
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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      "*tawọl",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/tawọl"
    ],
    [
      "tavol",
      "tavol#Cornish"
    ],
    [
      "teol",
      "teol#Breton"
    ]
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  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "_dis": "55 8 2 34",
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          "_dis": "60 7 2 30",
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          "english": "dock leaves",
          "translation": "dock leaves",
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        },
        {
          "english": "hooked dock",
          "translation": "hooked dock",
          "word": "tafol bachog"
        },
        {
          "english": "fiddle dock",
          "translation": "fiddle dock",
          "word": "tafol canolfain"
        },
        {
          "english": "curled dock",
          "translation": "curled dock",
          "word": "tafol crych"
        },
        {
          "english": "clustered dock",
          "translation": "clustered dock",
          "word": "tafol Mair"
        },
        {
          "english": "great water dock",
          "translation": "great water dock",
          "word": "tafol y dŵr"
        },
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          "english": "full of docks",
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        }
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      "ipa": "/ˈtavɔl/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈta(ː)vɔl/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tafol"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "translation": "in the balance",
      "word": "yn y dafol"
    }
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      "taval",
      "taval#Middle_Welsh"
    ],
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      "Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/taβol"
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      "taul",
      "taul#Middle_Breton"
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    [
      "taoll",
      "taoll#Middle_Breton"
    ],
    [
      "taol",
      "taol#Breton"
    ],
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      "tabula",
      "tabula#Latin"
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        "1": "cy",
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    }
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      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
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      "form": "tafal",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "tafl",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
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      "source": "mutation",
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      ]
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      "source": "mutation",
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      ]
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      "form": "tafol",
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      ]
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      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "nhafol",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "thafol",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
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          "scales"
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          "astronomy",
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          "astrology"
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          "Libra"
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        "astronomy",
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "natural-sciences",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtavɔl/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈta(ː)vɔl/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tafol"
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    "Welsh lemmas",
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      "english": "dock leaves",
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      "word": "dail tafol"
    },
    {
      "english": "hooked dock",
      "translation": "hooked dock",
      "word": "tafol bachog"
    },
    {
      "english": "fiddle dock",
      "translation": "fiddle dock",
      "word": "tafol canolfain"
    },
    {
      "english": "curled dock",
      "translation": "curled dock",
      "word": "tafol crych"
    },
    {
      "english": "clustered dock",
      "translation": "clustered dock",
      "word": "tafol Mair"
    },
    {
      "english": "great water dock",
      "translation": "great water dock",
      "word": "tafol y dŵr"
    },
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        "singular"
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        "dock, Rumex crispus"
      ],
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          "dock",
          "dock"
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      "ipa": "/ˈta(ː)vɔl/",
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      "translation": "in the balance",
      "word": "yn y dafol"
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      "form": "tafol",
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      "form": "dafol",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nhafol",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
      "form": "thafol",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "balance, scales"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "balance",
          "balance"
        ],
        [
          "scales",
          "scales"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(South Wales) balance, scales"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "clorian"
        },
        {
          "word": "mantol"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "South Wales Welsh"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "balance"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "balance",
          "balance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(South Wales, figurative) balance"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "clorian"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "feminine",
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "cy:Astrology",
        "cy:Astronomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Libra"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "astronomy",
          "astronomy"
        ],
        [
          "astrology",
          "astrology"
        ],
        [
          "Libra",
          "Libra"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(astronomy, astrology) Libra"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "astrology",
        "astronomy",
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "natural-sciences",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtavɔl/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈta(ː)vɔl/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "tafol"
}

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

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

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

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Welsh dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-28 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (1a05e46 and e3d6d4e). 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.

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