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Adjective [Scottish Gaelic]

IPA: /ˈmɔɣal/
Etymology: modh (“good manners, breeding, civility, courtesy”) + -ail. Compare Irish modhúil. Etymology templates: {{suffix|gd|modh|ail|gloss1=good manners, breeding, civility, courtesy}} modh (“good manners, breeding, civility, courtesy”) + -ail, {{cog|ga|modhúil}} Irish modhúil Head templates: {{head|gd|adjective|genitive singular masculine|mhodhail|genitive singular feminine|modhaile|||nominative plural|modhail|comparative|nas modhaile||nas [[]]||nas [[]]|superlative|as modhaile||as [[]]||as [[]]|||||f10accel-form=superlative|f11accel-form=qualitative|f12accel-form=qualitative|f1accel-form=gen|s|m|f2accel-form=gen|s|f|f3accel-form=gen|s|f|f4accel-form=p|f5accel-form=comparative|f6accel-form=comparative|f7accel-form=comparative|f8accel-form=superlative|f9accel-form=superlative|head=}} modhail (genitive singular masculine mhodhail, genitive singular feminine modhaile, nominative plural modhail, comparative nas modhaile, superlative as modhaile), {{gd-adj|comp=modhaile|gsf=modhaile|gsm=mhodhail|pl=modhail}} modhail (genitive singular masculine mhodhail, genitive singular feminine modhaile, nominative plural modhail, comparative nas modhaile, superlative as modhaile) Inflection templates: {{gd-decl-adj-2|m|odhail|poly=-}}, {{gd-decl-adj-table|modhail|mhodhail|modhail|mhodhail|mhodhail|modhaile, modhail|mhodhail|mhodhail|modhail|modhail|modhail|modhail|type=type II adjective}} Forms: mhodhail [genitive, masculine, singular], modhaile [feminine, genitive, singular], modhail [nominative, plural], nas modhaile [comparative], as modhaile [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], modhail [masculine, nominative], mhodhail [feminine, nominative], modhail [nominative, plural], mhodhail [genitive, masculine], modhaile [feminine, genitive], modhail [feminine, genitive], modhail [genitive, plural], modhail [dative, masculine], mhodhail [dative, feminine], modhail [dative, plural], mhodhail [masculine, vocative], mhodhail [feminine, vocative], modhail [plural, vocative], no-table-tags [table-tags], modhail [error-unrecognized-form], mhodhail [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. courteous, mannerly, polite
    Sense id: en-modhail-gd-adj-IBRCME6U Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header, Scottish Gaelic terms suffixed with -ail Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 64 0 36 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 0 55 0 Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 40 6 49 6 Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic terms suffixed with -ail: 40 5 49 5
  2. gracious, civil, complaisant
    Sense id: en-modhail-gd-adj-nB01rG5i
  3. ceremonial
    Sense id: en-modhail-gd-adj-IC5qf1RX Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header, Scottish Gaelic terms suffixed with -ail Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 64 0 36 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 0 55 0 Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 40 6 49 6 Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic terms suffixed with -ail: 40 5 49 5
  4. fashionable, modish
    Sense id: en-modhail-gd-adj-VKDPXXmp
     
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      "name": "suffix"
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        "21": "",
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        "24": "",
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        "6": "modhaile, modhail",
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          "english": "Can we come? You may as long as you are polite.",
          "text": "Am faod sinn a dhol ann? Faodaidh air chòir 's gum bi sibh modhail.",
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɔɣal/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "modhail"
}

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          "english": "Can we come? You may as long as you are polite.",
          "text": "Am faod sinn a dhol ann? Faodaidh air chòir 's gum bi sibh modhail.",
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɔɣal/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "modhail"
}

Download raw JSONL data for modhail meaning in All languages combined (5.1kB)

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: modhail/Scottish Gaelic 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "modhail"
  ],
  "section": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "modhail",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
  "path": [
    "modhail"
  ],
  "section": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "modhail",
  "trace": ""
}

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