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"descendants": [
{
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"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mga",
"2": "erc",
"t": "speckled; speckled animal"
},
"expansion": "Middle Irish: erc (“speckled; speckled animal”)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle Irish: erc (“speckled; speckled animal”)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "earc",
"t": "lizard"
},
"expansion": "Irish: earc (“lizard”)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Irish: earc (“lizard”)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gd",
"2": "earc",
"t": "speckled animal"
},
"expansion": "Scottish Gaelic: earc (“speckled animal”)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Scottish Gaelic: earc (“speckled animal”)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gv",
"2": "eairkag",
"der": "1",
"t": "newt"
},
"expansion": "⇒ Manx: eairkag (“newt”)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "⇒ Manx: eairkag (“newt”)"
}
],
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{
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"1": "pgl",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*perḱ-",
"id": "colored"
},
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"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pgl",
"2": "cel-pro",
"3": "*ɸerkos",
"t": "speckled"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Celtic *ɸerkos (“speckled”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pgl",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*perḱ-",
"id": "colored",
"t": "colored, speckled"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“colored, speckled”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *ɸerkos (“speckled”), from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“colored, speckled”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "erca",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "ᚓᚏᚉ",
"roman": "erc",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"lang": "Primitive Irish",
"lang_code": "pgl",
"pos": "name",
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{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Primitive Irish entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Primitive Irish given names",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Primitive Irish male given names",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"roman": "ercaviccas",
"word": "ᚓᚏᚉᚐᚃᚔᚉᚉᚐᚄ"
},
{
"roman": "ercagni",
"word": "ᚓᚏᚉᚐᚌᚅᚔ"
},
{
"roman": "ercaidana",
"word": "ᚓᚏᚉᚐᚔᚇᚐᚅᚐ"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a male given name meaning “speckled animal (fish, cow, lizard, salamander etc.)”"
],
"id": "en-ᚓᚏᚉᚐ-pgl-name-ayBRJ6Cn",
"links": [
[
"given name",
"given name"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"wikipedia": [
"Brill Publishers"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈerkah/"
}
],
"word": "ᚓᚏᚉᚐ"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"roman": "ercaviccas",
"word": "ᚓᚏᚉᚐᚃᚔᚉᚉᚐᚄ"
},
{
"roman": "ercagni",
"word": "ᚓᚏᚉᚐᚌᚅᚔ"
},
{
"roman": "ercaidana",
"word": "ᚓᚏᚉᚐᚔᚇᚐᚅᚐ"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mga",
"2": "erc",
"t": "speckled; speckled animal"
},
"expansion": "Middle Irish: erc (“speckled; speckled animal”)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle Irish: erc (“speckled; speckled animal”)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "earc",
"t": "lizard"
},
"expansion": "Irish: earc (“lizard”)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Irish: earc (“lizard”)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gd",
"2": "earc",
"t": "speckled animal"
},
"expansion": "Scottish Gaelic: earc (“speckled animal”)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Scottish Gaelic: earc (“speckled animal”)"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gv",
"2": "eairkag",
"der": "1",
"t": "newt"
},
"expansion": "⇒ Manx: eairkag (“newt”)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "⇒ Manx: eairkag (“newt”)"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pgl",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*perḱ-",
"id": "colored"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pgl",
"2": "cel-pro",
"3": "*ɸerkos",
"t": "speckled"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Celtic *ɸerkos (“speckled”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pgl",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*perḱ-",
"id": "colored",
"t": "colored, speckled"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“colored, speckled”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *ɸerkos (“speckled”), from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“colored, speckled”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "erca",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "ᚓᚏᚉ",
"roman": "erc",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"lang": "Primitive Irish",
"lang_code": "pgl",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Primitive Irish entries with incorrect language header",
"Primitive Irish given names",
"Primitive Irish lemmas",
"Primitive Irish male given names",
"Primitive Irish masculine nouns",
"Primitive Irish proper nouns",
"Primitive Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
"Primitive Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Primitive Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *perḱ- (colored)"
],
"glosses": [
"a male given name meaning “speckled animal (fish, cow, lizard, salamander etc.)”"
],
"links": [
[
"given name",
"given name"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"wikipedia": [
"Brill Publishers"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈerkah/"
}
],
"word": "ᚓᚏᚉᚐ"
}
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