"gwevn" meaning in Breton

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Adjective

IPA: \ˈɡɥẽwn\, \ˈɡwẽwn\ Forms: gwevnocʼh [comparative], gwevnañ [superlative], gwevnat, wevn [mutation-soft]
  1. Flexible, souple, agile.
    Sense id: fr-gwevn-br-adj-ml4Lonbk Categories (other): Exemples en breton
  2. Résistant.
    Sense id: fr-gwevn-br-adj-6Mr19uko
  3. Fort, capable. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: fr-gwevn-br-adj-swxWe-w~
  4. Adroit, fin, rusé. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: fr-gwevn-br-adj-MgV8fCV4 Categories (other): Métaphores en breton
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: diwevn, gwevnaat, gwevnadur, gwevnded, gwevnder

Inflected forms

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Adjectifs en breton",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Mots en breton issus d’un mot en moyen breton",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Breton",
      "orig": "breton",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "diwevn"
    },
    {
      "word": "gwevnaat"
    },
    {
      "word": "gwevnadur"
    },
    {
      "word": "gwevnded"
    },
    {
      "word": "gwevnder"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Du moyen breton guezn.",
    "À comparer avec les mots gwydn en gallois, gwedhyn en cornique (sens voisin)."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gwevnocʼh",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gwevnañ",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gwevnat",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Exclamatif"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wevn",
      "tags": [
        "mutation-soft"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Breton",
  "lang_code": "br",
  "pos": "adj",
  "pos_title": "Adjectif",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en breton",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Jules Gros, Le trésor du breton parlé - Deuxième partie - Dictionnaire breton-français des expressions figurées, 1ère ed. 1970, page 199",
          "text": "Al lañsadennou elo a vez gwevn hag a we êz.",
          "translation": "Les jeunes tiges de peuplier sont flexibles et se tordent aisément."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Flexible, souple, agile."
      ],
      "id": "fr-gwevn-br-adj-ml4Lonbk"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Résistant."
      ],
      "id": "fr-gwevn-br-adj-6Mr19uko"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Fort, capable."
      ],
      "id": "fr-gwevn-br-adj-swxWe-w~",
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Métaphores en breton",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Adroit, fin, rusé."
      ],
      "id": "fr-gwevn-br-adj-MgV8fCV4",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈɡɥẽwn\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈɡwẽwn\\"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gwevn"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Adjectifs en breton",
    "Mots en breton issus d’un mot en moyen breton",
    "breton"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "diwevn"
    },
    {
      "word": "gwevnaat"
    },
    {
      "word": "gwevnadur"
    },
    {
      "word": "gwevnded"
    },
    {
      "word": "gwevnder"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Du moyen breton guezn.",
    "À comparer avec les mots gwydn en gallois, gwedhyn en cornique (sens voisin)."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gwevnocʼh",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gwevnañ",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gwevnat",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Exclamatif"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wevn",
      "tags": [
        "mutation-soft"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Breton",
  "lang_code": "br",
  "pos": "adj",
  "pos_title": "Adjectif",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en breton"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "Jules Gros, Le trésor du breton parlé - Deuxième partie - Dictionnaire breton-français des expressions figurées, 1ère ed. 1970, page 199",
          "text": "Al lañsadennou elo a vez gwevn hag a we êz.",
          "translation": "Les jeunes tiges de peuplier sont flexibles et se tordent aisément."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Flexible, souple, agile."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Résistant."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Fort, capable."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Métaphores en breton"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Adroit, fin, rusé."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈɡɥẽwn\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈɡwẽwn\\"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gwevn"
}

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