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bas.

shallow, not deep

3 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

adj/baːs/
  1. shallow, not deep

    Paid â neidio i mewn i ben bas y pwll.
  2. insubstantial, superficial

  3. base, worthless

Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh bas, from Old French bas, from Latin bassus (“short, low”).

noun/baːs/
  1. swoon, rapture, faint

    feminine
  2. fit

    feminine
  3. death

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Cf. Irish bás (“death”).

noun/baːs/
  1. bass

    masculine
    Mae e'n canu bas.
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from English bass or perhaps the same word as the first definition above.

noun/baːs/
  1. base, basis, foundation

    masculine
    Y nod yw taro'r bêl gyda'r bat a rhedeg i gyrraedd cynifer ag sydd modd o'r basau nes cyrraedd yn ôl i'r bas cychwynnol.
  2. base

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin basis (“foundation, base”) and from English base.

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