"maen-hir" meaning in Breton

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Noun

IPA: \mɛn.ˈhiːr\ Forms: mein-hir [plural, unmutated], vaen-hir [singular, mutation-soft], vein-hir [plural, mutation-soft]
  1. Menhir.
    Sense id: fr-maen-hir-br-noun-DeuZLaUG Categories (other): Exemples en breton
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: maen-sav, maen-sonn, peulvan

Inflected forms

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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Compositions en breton",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Noms communs en breton",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Breton",
      "orig": "breton",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Composé de maen (« pierre ») et de hir (« longue »)."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mein-hir",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "unmutated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vaen-hir",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "mutation-soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vein-hir",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "mutation-soft"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Breton",
  "lang_code": "br",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en breton",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "roman": "Jakez Riou, Troiou-kamm Alanig al Louarn 1, Gwalarn, 1936, page 70",
          "text": "« Selaouit, roue. N’eo ket echuet ganin displega d’eoc’h. Kavout a reot al lec’h-se evel-hen : e-kichen, ez eus eur maen-hir. […] ».",
          "translation": "« Écoutez, roi. Je n’ai pas fini de vous expliquer. Vous trouverez cet endroit-là comme ceci : à côté, il y a un menhir. […]. »."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Menhir."
      ],
      "id": "fr-maen-hir-br-noun-DeuZLaUG"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\mɛn.ˈhiːr\\"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "maen-sav"
    },
    {
      "word": "maen-sonn"
    },
    {
      "word": "peulvan"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "masculine"
  ],
  "word": "maen-hir"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Compositions en breton",
    "Noms communs en breton",
    "breton"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Composé de maen (« pierre ») et de hir (« longue »)."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mein-hir",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "unmutated"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vaen-hir",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "mutation-soft"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vein-hir",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "mutation-soft"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Breton",
  "lang_code": "br",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en breton"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "roman": "Jakez Riou, Troiou-kamm Alanig al Louarn 1, Gwalarn, 1936, page 70",
          "text": "« Selaouit, roue. N’eo ket echuet ganin displega d’eoc’h. Kavout a reot al lec’h-se evel-hen : e-kichen, ez eus eur maen-hir. […] ».",
          "translation": "« Écoutez, roi. Je n’ai pas fini de vous expliquer. Vous trouverez cet endroit-là comme ceci : à côté, il y a un menhir. […]. »."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Menhir."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\mɛn.ˈhiːr\\"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "maen-sav"
    },
    {
      "word": "maen-sonn"
    },
    {
      "word": "peulvan"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "masculine"
  ],
  "word": "maen-hir"
}

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