"onkos" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: onkoi [plural]
Etymology: Ancient Greek [Term?] Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|}} Ancient Greek [Term?] Head templates: {{en-noun|onkoi}} onkos (plural onkoi)
  1. (historical) A kind of headdress in Ancient Greek theatre. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-onkos-en-noun-xJtahCvC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5
  2. (obsolete) A corpuscle or atom. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-onkos-en-noun-Q2WGVIeY

Noun [Proto-Celtic]

Etymology: If Matasović is right in relating this to *annketi (“to reach”), this would be from Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ-, albeit with the vowel in the wrong spot (analogical to the verb?). Etymology templates: {{der|cel-pro|ine-pro|*h₂neḱ-}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂neḱ- Head templates: {{head|cel-pro|noun|cat2=|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} *onkos m, {{cel-noun|m}} *onkos m Inflection templates: {{cel-decl-noun-o-m|onk}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], onkos [nominative, singular], onkou [dual, nominative], onkoi [nominative, plural], onke [singular, vocative], onkou [dual, vocative], onkoi [plural, vocative], onkom [accusative, singular], onkou [accusative, dual], onkons [accusative, plural], onkī [genitive, singular], onkous [dual, genitive], onkom [genitive, plural], onkūi [dative, singular], onkobom [dative, dual], onkobos [dative, plural], onkei [locative, singular], - [dual, locative], - [locative, plural], onkū [instrumental, singular], onkobim [dual, instrumental], onkūis [instrumental, plural]
  1. reaching Tags: masculine, reconstruction Related terms: önkid, onkīti [causative, verb] Related terms (Middle Welsh): yngu (english: to come near) Related terms (Old Irish): ·uic
    Sense id: en-onkos-cel-pro-noun-anSlcFVp Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-Celtic entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Middle Welsh",
          "lang_code": "wlm",
          "word": "wng"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Middle Welsh",
          "lang_code": "wlm",
          "word": "wg"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Middle Welsh",
          "lang_code": "wlm",
          "word": "ug"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Proto-Brythonic",
      "lang_code": "cel-bry-pro",
      "word": "*unk"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Irish",
              "lang_code": "ga",
              "word": "ag"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Manx",
              "lang_code": "gv",
              "word": "ec"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
              "lang_code": "gd",
              "word": "aig"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Middle Irish",
          "lang_code": "mga",
          "word": "oc"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old Irish",
      "lang_code": "sga",
      "word": "oc"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
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            {
              "lang": "Irish",
              "lang_code": "ga",
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            {
              "lang": "Manx",
              "lang_code": "gv",
              "word": "ec"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
              "lang_code": "gd",
              "word": "aig"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Middle Irish",
          "lang_code": "mga",
          "word": "oc"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old Irish",
      "lang_code": "sga",
      "word": "ac"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "inflection-template"
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Masculine o-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "onkos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "vocative"
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    },
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "onkī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "onkous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "onkom",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "onkūi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "onkobom",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "onkobos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "onkei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "onkū",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "onkobim",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "onkūis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "cat2": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "*onkos m",
      "name": "head"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "*onkos m",
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    }
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    }
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  "lang_code": "cel-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/onkos",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
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          "source": "w"
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          "english": "to come near",
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        },
        {
          "sense": "Old Irish",
          "word": "·uic"
        },
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            "verb"
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        }
      ],
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        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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        "2": "grc",
        "3": ""
      },
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      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        {
          "_dis": "95 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
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        "A kind of headdress in Ancient Greek theatre."
      ],
      "id": "en-onkos-en-noun-xJtahCvC",
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          "headdress"
        ]
      ],
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        "(historical) A kind of headdress in Ancient Greek theatre."
      ],
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        "historical"
      ]
    },
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        "A corpuscle or atom."
      ],
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        "(obsolete) A corpuscle or atom."
      ],
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        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}
{
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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English terms borrowed from Ancient Greek",
    "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
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  "etymology_templates": [
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        "3": ""
      },
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      "name": "bor"
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "onkoi"
      },
      "expansion": "onkos (plural onkoi)",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        "English terms with historical senses"
      ],
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        "A kind of headdress in Ancient Greek theatre."
      ],
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        [
          "headdress",
          "headdress"
        ]
      ],
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        "(historical) A kind of headdress in Ancient Greek theatre."
      ],
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        "historical"
      ]
    },
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        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
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        "A corpuscle or atom."
      ],
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          "corpuscle"
        ],
        [
          "atom",
          "atom"
        ]
      ],
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        "(obsolete) A corpuscle or atom."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Middle Welsh",
          "lang_code": "wlm",
          "word": "wng"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Middle Welsh",
          "lang_code": "wlm",
          "word": "wg"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Middle Welsh",
          "lang_code": "wlm",
          "word": "ug"
        }
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    {
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        {
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            {
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              "lang_code": "ga",
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              "lang_code": "gv",
              "word": "ec"
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            {
              "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
              "lang_code": "gd",
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      "lang_code": "sga",
      "word": "oc"
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        {
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Masculine o-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "onkos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "onkou",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "onke",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
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    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "onkom",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "onkons",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "onkūi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "onkei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "onkū",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "onkobim",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "onkūis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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  "lang_code": "cel-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/onkos",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "to come near",
      "sense": "Middle Welsh",
      "translation": "to come near",
      "word": "yngu"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Old Irish",
      "word": "·uic"
    },
    {
      "word": "önkid"
    },
    {
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        "causative",
        "verb"
      ],
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    }
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    {
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Celtic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-Celtic lemmas",
        "Proto-Celtic masculine nouns",
        "Proto-Celtic nouns",
        "Proto-Celtic o-stem nouns",
        "Proto-Celtic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "reaching"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reach",
          "reach"
        ]
      ],
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        "masculine",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "onkos"
}

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