"wy" meaning in Welsh

See wy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /uːɨ̯/ [North-Wales], /ʊi̯/ [South-Wales, colloquial, standard], /wiː/ [South-Wales, colloquial] Forms: wyau [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], wy [mutation, mutation-radical], hwy [mutation, prothesis-h]
Rhymes: -ʊɨ̯ Etymology: From Middle Welsh wy, from Old Welsh ui, from Proto-Celtic *āwyom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm. Etymology templates: {{inh|cy|wlm|wy}} Middle Welsh wy, {{inh|cy|owl|ui}} Old Welsh ui, {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*āwyom}} Proto-Celtic *āwyom, {{inh|cy|ine-pro|*h₂ōwyóm}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm Head templates: {{cy-noun|m|wyau}} wy m (plural wyau) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. egg Tags: masculine Categories (lifeform): Eggs Derived forms: gwyn wy, melyn wy, wy Pasg, wyfa, wygell (english: ovary)
    Sense id: en-wy-cy-noun-NHB8P0Df Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "wy"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh wy",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "owl",
        "3": "ui"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Welsh ui",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*āwyom"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh wy, from Old Welsh ui, from Proto-Celtic *āwyom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wyau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wy",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwy",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "prothesis-h"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "wyau"
      },
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      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Eggs",
          "orig": "cy:Eggs",
          "parents": [
            "Birds",
            "Foods",
            "Reproduction",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "Life",
            "Chordates",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Nature",
            "Animals",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental",
            "Lifeforms"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "gwyn wy"
        },
        {
          "word": "melyn wy"
        },
        {
          "word": "wy Pasg"
        },
        {
          "word": "wyfa"
        },
        {
          "english": "ovary",
          "word": "wygell"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "egg"
      ],
      "id": "en-wy-cy-noun-NHB8P0Df",
      "links": [
        [
          "egg",
          "egg"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/uːɨ̯/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʊi̯/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "colloquial",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wiː/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʊɨ̯"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wy"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "gwyn wy"
    },
    {
      "word": "melyn wy"
    },
    {
      "word": "wy Pasg"
    },
    {
      "word": "wyfa"
    },
    {
      "english": "ovary",
      "word": "wygell"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "wy"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh wy",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "owl",
        "3": "ui"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Welsh ui",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*āwyom"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *āwyom",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂ōwyóm"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh wy, from Old Welsh ui, from Proto-Celtic *āwyom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wyau",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wy",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hwy",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "prothesis-h"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": "wyau"
      },
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    }
  ],
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      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        "Rhymes:Welsh/ʊɨ̯/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-Celtic",
        "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh",
        "Welsh terms inherited from Old Welsh",
        "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
        "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "cy:Eggs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "egg"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "egg",
          "egg"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/uːɨ̯/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʊi̯/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "colloquial",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wiː/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʊɨ̯"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wy"
}
{
  "called_from": "inflection/2512",
  "msg": "rejected heuristic header: table cell identified as header based on style, BUT Welsh is not in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS; cleaned text: unchanged, style: padding-bottom:4px;////NodeKind.TABLE_CELL",
  "path": [
    "wy"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "wy",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/2512",
  "msg": "rejected heuristic header: table cell identified as header based on style, BUT Welsh is not in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS; cleaned text: unchanged, style: padding-bottom:4px;////NodeKind.TABLE_CELL",
  "path": [
    "wy"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "wy",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/2512",
  "msg": "rejected heuristic header: table cell identified as header based on style, BUT Welsh is not in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS; cleaned text: hwy, style: padding-bottom:4px;////NodeKind.TABLE_CELL",
  "path": [
    "wy"
  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "wy",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Welsh dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). 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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