"ych" meaning in Welsh

See ych in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /əχ/
Head templates: {{head|cy|interjection}} ych
  1. yuck Derived forms: ych a fi
    Sense id: en-ych-cy-intj-L9MNC5-B Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header, Cattle Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 53 0 47 Disambiguation of Cattle: 70 0 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ɨːχ/ [North-Wales], /iːχ/ [South-Wales] Forms: ychen [plural], ychain [plural]
Etymology: From Middle Welsh ychen, from Proto-Brythonic *uxī, from *uxsū (compare Cornish ohen pl, Breton oc’hen pl), from Proto-Celtic *uxsū, from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn. Etymology templates: {{inh|cy|wlm|ychen}} Middle Welsh ychen, {{inh|cy|cel-bry-pro|*uxī}} Proto-Brythonic *uxī, {{cog|kw|ohen|g=p}} Cornish ohen pl, {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*uxsū}} Proto-Celtic *uxsū, {{inh|cy|ine-pro|*uksḗn}} Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn Head templates: {{cy-noun|m|ychen|pl2=ychain}} ych m (plural ychen or ychain)
  1. ox Tags: masculine Derived forms: lluglys yr ychen (english: red campion), Rhydychen [Oxford], tafod yr ych, llysieuyn yr ychen (english: borage)
    Sense id: en-ych-cy-noun-HdFP~Dww
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /iːχ/ [South-Wales] Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], ych [error-unrecognized-form], hych [prothesis-h]
Etymology: Shortened form of ydych. Head templates: {{cy-verb form}} ych Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. (South Wales) alternative spelling of ŷch (“second-person plural and polite present colloquial of bod”) Tags: South-Wales, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: ŷch (extra: second-person plural and polite present colloquial of bod)
    Sense id: en-ych-cy-verb-yj0RHnfa Categories (other): South Wales Welsh, Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 53 0 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "ychen",
      "ychen#Middle_Welsh"
    ],
    [
      "*uxī",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/uxī"
    ],
    [
      "*uxsū",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/uxsū"
    ],
    [
      "ohen",
      "ohen#Cornish"
    ],
    [
      "oc’hen",
      "oc'hen#Breton"
    ],
    [
      "*uxsū",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/uxsū"
    ],
    [
      "*uksḗn",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/uksḗn"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_number": "1",
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "ychen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh ychen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*uxī"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *uxī",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "ohen",
        "g": "p"
      },
      "expansion": "Cornish ohen pl",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*uxsū"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *uxsū",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*uksḗn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh ychen, from Proto-Brythonic *uxī, from *uxsū (compare Cornish ohen pl, Breton oc’hen pl), from Proto-Celtic *uxsū, from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ychen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ychain",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "ychen",
        "pl2": "ychain"
      },
      "expansion": "ych m (plural ychen or ychain)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "red campion",
          "translation": "red campion",
          "word": "lluglys yr ychen"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Oxford"
          ],
          "word": "Rhydychen"
        },
        {
          "word": "tafod yr ych"
        },
        {
          "english": "borage",
          "translation": "borage",
          "word": "llysieuyn yr ychen"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ox"
      ],
      "id": "en-ych-cy-noun-HdFP~Dww",
      "links": [
        [
          "ox",
          "ox"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɨːχ/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iːχ/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ych"
}

{
  "etymology_number": "2",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "ych",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "53 0 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 0 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Cattle",
          "orig": "cy:Cattle",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "ych a fi"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "yuck"
      ],
      "id": "en-ych-cy-intj-L9MNC5-B",
      "links": [
        [
          "yuck",
          "yuck"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əχ/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "eich (“your”) (colloquial)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ych"
}

{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "ydych",
      "ydych#Welsh"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_number": "3",
  "etymology_text": "Shortened form of ydych.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ych",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hych",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "prothesis-h"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ych",
      "name": "cy-verb form"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "second-person plural and polite present colloquial of bod",
          "word": "ŷch"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "South Wales Welsh",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "53 0 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternative spelling of ŷch (“second-person plural and polite present colloquial of bod”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ych-cy-verb-yj0RHnfa",
      "links": [
        [
          "ŷch",
          "ŷch#Welsh"
        ],
        [
          "bod",
          "bod#Welsh"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(South Wales) alternative spelling of ŷch (“second-person plural and polite present colloquial of bod”)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/iːχ/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ych"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Welsh countable nouns",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh masculine nouns",
    "Welsh non-lemma forms",
    "Welsh nouns",
    "Welsh terms derived from Middle Welsh",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Brythonic",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Welsh terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Middle Welsh",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Welsh verb forms",
    "cy:Cattle"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "red campion",
      "translation": "red campion",
      "word": "lluglys yr ychen"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Oxford"
      ],
      "word": "Rhydychen"
    },
    {
      "word": "tafod yr ych"
    },
    {
      "english": "borage",
      "translation": "borage",
      "word": "llysieuyn yr ychen"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "ychen",
      "ychen#Middle_Welsh"
    ],
    [
      "*uxī",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/uxī"
    ],
    [
      "*uxsū",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/uxsū"
    ],
    [
      "ohen",
      "ohen#Cornish"
    ],
    [
      "oc’hen",
      "oc'hen#Breton"
    ],
    [
      "*uxsū",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/uxsū"
    ],
    [
      "*uksḗn",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/uksḗn"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_number": "1",
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "ychen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh ychen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*uxī"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *uxī",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "ohen",
        "g": "p"
      },
      "expansion": "Cornish ohen pl",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*uxsū"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *uxsū",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*uksḗn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh ychen, from Proto-Brythonic *uxī, from *uxsū (compare Cornish ohen pl, Breton oc’hen pl), from Proto-Celtic *uxsū, from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ychen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ychain",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "ychen",
        "pl2": "ychain"
      },
      "expansion": "ych m (plural ychen or ychain)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ox"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ox",
          "ox"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɨːχ/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iːχ/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ych"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh interjections",
    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh non-lemma forms",
    "Welsh terms with homophones",
    "Welsh verb forms",
    "cy:Cattle"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ych a fi"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": "2",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "ych",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "yuck"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "yuck",
          "yuck"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əχ/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "eich (“your”) (colloquial)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ych"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh non-lemma forms",
    "Welsh verb forms",
    "cy:Cattle"
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "ydych",
      "ydych#Welsh"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_number": "3",
  "etymology_text": "Shortened form of ydych.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ych",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hych",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "prothesis-h"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ych",
      "name": "cy-verb form"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "second-person plural and polite present colloquial of bod",
          "word": "ŷch"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "South Wales Welsh",
        "Welsh colloquial verb forms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternative spelling of ŷch (“second-person plural and polite present colloquial of bod”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ŷch",
          "ŷch#Welsh"
        ],
        [
          "bod",
          "bod#Welsh"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(South Wales) alternative spelling of ŷch (“second-person plural and polite present colloquial of bod”)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales",
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/iːχ/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ych"
}

Download raw JSONL data for ych meaning in Welsh (4.3kB)

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

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