"ynys" meaning in Welsh

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Noun

IPA: /ˈənɨ̞s/ [North-Wales], /ˈənɪs/ [South-Wales] Audio: Cy-ynys.ogg Forms: ynysoedd [plural], ynysig [diminutive], ynysen [diminutive], ynysyn [diminutive], no-table-tags [table-tags], ynys [error-unrecognized-form], hynys [prothesis-h]
Etymology: From Middle Welsh ynys, from Old Welsh inis, from Proto-Brythonic *ɨnɨs, from Proto-Celtic *enistī. Etymology templates: {{der|cy|wlm|ynys}} Middle Welsh ynys, {{inh|cy|owl|inis}} Old Welsh inis, {{inh|cy|cel-bry-pro|*ɨnɨs}} Proto-Brythonic *ɨnɨs, {{inh|cy|cel-pro|*enistī}} Proto-Celtic *enistī Head templates: {{cy-noun|f|ynysoedd|dim=ynysig|dim2=ynysen|dim3=ynysyn}} ynys f (plural ynysoedd, diminutive ynysig or ynysen or ynysyn) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. island Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-ynys-cy-noun-KM0sXBXR Categories (other): Landforms Disambiguation of Landforms: 92 8
  2. piece of land, realm, territory Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-ynys-cy-noun-vBKSdTTQ Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gorynys (english: peninsula), Ynys Afallon (english: the Isle of Avalon), Ynys Môn (english: Anglesey), Ynys Wyth (english: the Isle of Wight), ynysfor (english: archipelago), ynysig, ynysol (english: insular), Ynysoedd Cook (english: Cook Islands), Ynysoedd Dedwydd [Canary-Islands], Ynysoedd Erch (english: Orkney Islands), Ynysoedd Ffaro (english: Faroe islands), Ynysoedd Marshall (english: the Marshall Islands), Ynysoedd Sili (english: the Isles of Scilly), Ynysoedd Solomon (english: the Solomon Islands), Ynysoedd y De (english: the South Sea Islands, Oceania), ynysu (english: to isolate, to insulate), ynyswr, ynysydd (english: islander)

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "peninsula",
      "translation": "peninsula",
      "word": "gorynys"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "the Isle of Avalon",
      "translation": "the Isle of Avalon",
      "word": "Ynys Afallon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Anglesey",
      "translation": "Anglesey",
      "word": "Ynys Môn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "the Isle of Wight",
      "translation": "the Isle of Wight",
      "word": "Ynys Wyth"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "archipelago",
      "translation": "archipelago",
      "word": "ynysfor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ynysig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "insular",
      "translation": "insular",
      "word": "ynysol"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Cook Islands",
      "translation": "Cook Islands",
      "word": "Ynysoedd Cook"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Canary-Islands"
      ],
      "word": "Ynysoedd Dedwydd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Orkney Islands",
      "translation": "Orkney Islands",
      "word": "Ynysoedd Erch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Faroe islands",
      "translation": "Faroe islands",
      "word": "Ynysoedd Ffaro"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "the Marshall Islands",
      "translation": "the Marshall Islands",
      "word": "Ynysoedd Marshall"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "the Isles of Scilly",
      "translation": "the Isles of Scilly",
      "word": "Ynysoedd Sili"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "the Solomon Islands",
      "translation": "the Solomon Islands",
      "word": "Ynysoedd Solomon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "the South Sea Islands, Oceania",
      "translation": "the South Sea Islands, Oceania",
      "word": "Ynysoedd y De"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to isolate, to insulate",
      "translation": "to isolate, to insulate",
      "word": "ynysu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ynyswr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "islander",
      "translation": "islander",
      "word": "ynysydd"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "ynys"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh ynys",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "owl",
        "3": "inis"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Welsh inis",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*ɨnɨs"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *ɨnɨs",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*enistī"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *enistī",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh ynys, from Old Welsh inis, from Proto-Brythonic *ɨnɨs, from Proto-Celtic *enistī.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ynysoedd",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ynysig",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ynysen",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ynysyn",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ynys",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hynys",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "prothesis-h"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "ynysoedd",
        "dim": "ynysig",
        "dim2": "ynysen",
        "dim3": "ynysyn"
      },
      "expansion": "ynys f (plural ynysoedd, diminutive ynysig or ynysen or ynysyn)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "92 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "cy",
          "name": "Landforms",
          "orig": "cy:Landforms",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "island"
      ],
      "id": "en-ynys-cy-noun-KM0sXBXR",
      "links": [
        [
          "island",
          "island"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "15 85",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "piece of land, realm, territory"
      ],
      "id": "en-ynys-cy-noun-vBKSdTTQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "realm",
          "realm"
        ],
        [
          "territory",
          "territory"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈənɨ̞s/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈənɪs/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "Cy-ynys.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/92/Cy-ynys.ogg/Cy-ynys.ogg.mp3",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "ynys"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Welsh countable nouns",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh feminine nouns",
    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh nouns",
    "Welsh nouns with red links in their headword lines",
    "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 Old Welsh",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic",
    "Welsh terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "cy:Landforms"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "peninsula",
      "translation": "peninsula",
      "word": "gorynys"
    },
    {
      "english": "the Isle of Avalon",
      "translation": "the Isle of Avalon",
      "word": "Ynys Afallon"
    },
    {
      "english": "Anglesey",
      "translation": "Anglesey",
      "word": "Ynys Môn"
    },
    {
      "english": "the Isle of Wight",
      "translation": "the Isle of Wight",
      "word": "Ynys Wyth"
    },
    {
      "english": "archipelago",
      "translation": "archipelago",
      "word": "ynysfor"
    },
    {
      "word": "ynysig"
    },
    {
      "english": "insular",
      "translation": "insular",
      "word": "ynysol"
    },
    {
      "english": "Cook Islands",
      "translation": "Cook Islands",
      "word": "Ynysoedd Cook"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Canary-Islands"
      ],
      "word": "Ynysoedd Dedwydd"
    },
    {
      "english": "Orkney Islands",
      "translation": "Orkney Islands",
      "word": "Ynysoedd Erch"
    },
    {
      "english": "Faroe islands",
      "translation": "Faroe islands",
      "word": "Ynysoedd Ffaro"
    },
    {
      "english": "the Marshall Islands",
      "translation": "the Marshall Islands",
      "word": "Ynysoedd Marshall"
    },
    {
      "english": "the Isles of Scilly",
      "translation": "the Isles of Scilly",
      "word": "Ynysoedd Sili"
    },
    {
      "english": "the Solomon Islands",
      "translation": "the Solomon Islands",
      "word": "Ynysoedd Solomon"
    },
    {
      "english": "the South Sea Islands, Oceania",
      "translation": "the South Sea Islands, Oceania",
      "word": "Ynysoedd y De"
    },
    {
      "english": "to isolate, to insulate",
      "translation": "to isolate, to insulate",
      "word": "ynysu"
    },
    {
      "word": "ynyswr"
    },
    {
      "english": "islander",
      "translation": "islander",
      "word": "ynysydd"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wlm",
        "3": "ynys"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Welsh ynys",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "owl",
        "3": "inis"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Welsh inis",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*ɨnɨs"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *ɨnɨs",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "*enistī"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *enistī",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Welsh ynys, from Old Welsh inis, from Proto-Brythonic *ɨnɨs, from Proto-Celtic *enistī.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ynysoedd",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ynysig",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ynysen",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ynysyn",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cy-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ynys",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hynys",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "prothesis-h"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "ynysoedd",
        "dim": "ynysig",
        "dim2": "ynysen",
        "dim3": "ynysyn"
      },
      "expansion": "ynys f (plural ynysoedd, diminutive ynysig or ynysen or ynysyn)",
      "name": "cy-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "cy-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "island"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "island",
          "island"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "piece of land, realm, territory"
      ],
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        [
          "realm",
          "realm"
        ],
        [
          "territory",
          "territory"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈənɨ̞s/",
      "tags": [
        "North-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈənɪs/",
      "tags": [
        "South-Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "Cy-ynys.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/92/Cy-ynys.ogg/Cy-ynys.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Cy-ynys.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ynys"
}

Download raw JSONL data for ynys meaning in Welsh (3.8kB)

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  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Welsh",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ynys",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: ynys/Welsh 'nasal' base_tags={'soft', 'error-unrecognized-form'}",
  "path": [
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  ],
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