"teyrn" meaning in Welsh

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Noun

IPA: /teɨ̯rn/ [North-Wales], /tei̯rn/ [South-Wales] Forms: teyrnedd [plural], teyrniaid [plural], teyrnion [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], teyrn [error-unrecognized-form], deyrn [soft], nheyrn [error-unrecognized-form], theyrn [error-unrecognized-form]
Rhymes: -eɨ̯rn Etymology: From Middle Welsh teyrn, from Old Welsh *tigern, from Proto-Brythonic *tɨɣern, from Proto-Celtic *tigernos; compare Old Irish tigerna. Etymology templates: {{inh|cy|wlm|teyrn}} Middle Welsh teyrn, {{inh|cy|owl|*tigern}} Old Welsh *tigern, {{inh|cy|cel-bry-pro|*tɨɣern}} Proto-Brythonic *tɨɣern, {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*tigernos}} Proto-Celtic *tigernos, {{cog|sga|tigerna}} Old Irish tigerna Head templates: {{cy-noun|m|pl=teyrnedd|pl2=teyrniaid|pl3=teyrnion}} teyrn m (plural teyrnedd or teyrniaid or teyrnion) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. sovereign, monarch Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-teyrn-cy-noun-x0yGLCjY Categories (other): Monarchy, Tyrant flycatchers Disambiguation of Monarchy: 74 9 18 Disambiguation of Tyrant flycatchers: 19 43 38
  2. (chess) king Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-teyrn-cy-noun-6B3-aYQa Categories (other): Chess, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Welsh entries with incorrect language header, Tyrant flycatchers Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 70 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 78 9 Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 15 76 9 Disambiguation of Tyrant flycatchers: 19 43 38 Topics: board-games, chess, games
  3. a tyrant bird in the family Tyrannidae Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-teyrn-cy-noun-AdqdCFc~ Categories (other): Tyrant flycatchers Disambiguation of Tyrant flycatchers: 19 43 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: rhi, pennaeth, tywysog, brenin Derived forms: teyrn corunllwyd, teyrn cycyllog, teyrn gwinau bach, teyrn gwinau mawr, teyrn melyngoch, teyrn tinfelyn, teyrnas

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "teyrn corunllwyd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "teyrn cycyllog"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "teyrn gwinau bach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "teyrn gwinau mawr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "teyrn melyngoch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "teyrn tinfelyn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "teyrnas"
    }
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        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "teyrn"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "owl",
        "3": "*tigern"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Welsh *tigern",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*tɨɣern"
      },
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    },
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        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*tigernos"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "tigerna"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish tigerna",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "teyrnedd",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teyrniaid",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teyrnion",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teyrn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deyrn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nheyrn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "theyrn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
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        "pl2": "teyrniaid",
        "pl3": "teyrnion"
      },
      "expansion": "teyrn m (plural teyrnedd or teyrniaid or teyrnion)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "74 9 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Monarchy",
          "orig": "cy:Monarchy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 43 38",
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          "orig": "cy:Tyrant flycatchers",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "sovereign, monarch"
      ],
      "id": "en-teyrn-cy-noun-x0yGLCjY",
      "links": [
        [
          "sovereign",
          "sovereign"
        ],
        [
          "monarch",
          "monarch"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Chess",
          "orig": "cy:Chess",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 70 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 78 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 76 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "19 43 38",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "king"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "chess",
          "chess"
        ],
        [
          "king",
          "king"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chess) king"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "board-games",
        "chess",
        "games"
      ]
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
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        "a tyrant bird in the family Tyrannidae"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "tyrant",
          "tyrant"
        ],
        [
          "Tyrannidae",
          "Tyrannidae#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/teɨ̯rn/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tei̯rn/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɨ̯rn"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "rhi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "pennaeth"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tywysog"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "brenin"
    }
  ],
  "word": "teyrn"
}
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Welsh/eɨ̯rn",
    "Rhymes:Welsh/eɨ̯rn/1 syllable",
    "Welsh countable nouns",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh masculine nouns",
    "Welsh nouns",
    "Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh",
    "Welsh terms derived from Old Welsh",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Old Welsh",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "cy:Monarchy",
    "cy:Tyrant flycatchers"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "teyrn corunllwyd"
    },
    {
      "word": "teyrn cycyllog"
    },
    {
      "word": "teyrn gwinau bach"
    },
    {
      "word": "teyrn gwinau mawr"
    },
    {
      "word": "teyrn melyngoch"
    },
    {
      "word": "teyrn tinfelyn"
    },
    {
      "word": "teyrnas"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "teyrn"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh teyrn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "owl",
        "3": "*tigern"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Welsh *tigern",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*tɨɣern"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*tigernos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *tigernos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "tigerna"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish tigerna",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh teyrn, from Old Welsh *tigern, from Proto-Brythonic *tɨɣern, from Proto-Celtic *tigernos; compare Old Irish tigerna.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "teyrnedd",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teyrniaid",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teyrnion",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teyrn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "deyrn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nheyrn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "theyrn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "pl": "teyrnedd",
        "pl2": "teyrniaid",
        "pl3": "teyrnion"
      },
      "expansion": "teyrn m (plural teyrnedd or teyrniaid or teyrnion)",
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  "inflection_templates": [
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      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
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  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "sovereign, monarch"
      ],
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        [
          "sovereign",
          "sovereign"
        ],
        [
          "monarch",
          "monarch"
        ]
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
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      "categories": [
        "cy:Chess"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "king"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chess",
          "chess"
        ],
        [
          "king",
          "king"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chess) king"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "board-games",
        "chess",
        "games"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a tyrant bird in the family Tyrannidae"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tyrant",
          "tyrant"
        ],
        [
          "Tyrannidae",
          "Tyrannidae#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tei̯rn/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɨ̯rn"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "rhi"
    },
    {
      "word": "pennaeth"
    },
    {
      "word": "tywysog"
    },
    {
      "word": "brenin"
    }
  ],
  "word": "teyrn"
}

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