"cealf" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Old English]

IPA: /t͡ʃæ͜ɑlf/, [t͡ʃæ͜ɑɫf]
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *kalbaz. Cognate with Old Frisian *kalf, Old Saxon kalf, Old Dutch kalf, Old High German kalb. Also Old Norse kalfr, which was a masculine a-stem, and Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍉 (kalbō), which was a feminine ōn-stem. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*kalbaz}} Proto-Germanic *kalbaz, {{cog|ofs|*kalf}} Old Frisian *kalf, {{cog|osx|kalf}} Old Saxon kalf, {{cog|odt|kalf}} Old Dutch kalf, {{cog|goh|kalb}} Old High German kalb, {{cog|non|kalfr}} Old Norse kalfr, {{cog|got|𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍉}} Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍉 (kalbō) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=n|g2=|g3=|head=ċealf|head2=|sort=}} ċealf n, {{ang-noun|n|head=ċealf}} ċealf n Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-z-n|ċealf}}, {{ang-decl-noun|ċealf|ċealfru|ċealf|ċealfru|ċealfes|ċealfra|ċealfe|ċealfrum|num=|title=|type=strong z-stem}} Forms: ċealf [canonical, neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], ċealf [nominative, singular], ċealfru [nominative, plural], ċealf [accusative, singular], ċealfru [accusative, plural], ċealfes [genitive, singular], ċealfra [genitive, plural], ċealfe [dative, singular], ċealfrum [dative, plural], calf [alternative], celf [alternative], ċelf [alternative], ċielf [alternative], cælf [alternative, Anglian]
  1. calf (young cow)
    Sense id: en-cealf-ang-noun-k3~Dbiy9 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Baby animals, Bovines, Cervids Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 35 31 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 44 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 39 39 Disambiguation of Baby animals: 51 27 22 Disambiguation of Bovines: 31 35 34 Disambiguation of Cervids: 27 36 36
  2. veal
    Sense id: en-cealf-ang-noun-AMfB3T04 Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Bovines, Cervids Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 35 31 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 44 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 39 39 Disambiguation of Bovines: 31 35 34 Disambiguation of Cervids: 27 36 36
  3. fawn
    Sense id: en-cealf-ang-noun-7BdBtq0w Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Bovines, Cervids Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 35 31 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 44 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 39 39 Disambiguation of Bovines: 31 35 34 Disambiguation of Cervids: 27 36 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ċealfian (english: to give birth; of a cow or deer), ċealfra hūs (english: cow barn for calves), cūċealf (english: calf), ġeċealf (english: (of a cow or deer) pregnant), hindċealf (english: fawn)
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "to give birth; of a cow or deer",
      "word": "ċealfian"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "cow barn for calves",
      "word": "ċealfra hūs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "calf",
      "word": "cūċealf"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "(of a cow or deer) pregnant",
      "word": "ġeċealf"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "fawn",
      "word": "hindċealf"
    }
  ],
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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          "args": {
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        }
      ],
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        "1": "got",
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    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "ċealfru",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "ċealfes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċealfra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċealfrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "calf",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "celf",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċelf",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    },
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        "alternative"
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    },
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        "Anglian"
      ]
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        "g3": "",
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      "id": "en-cealf-ang-noun-k3~Dbiy9",
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          "calf"
        ],
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          "young",
          "young"
        ],
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          "cow",
          "cow"
        ]
      ]
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "kind": "other",
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        "veal"
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      "links": [
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          "veal"
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        }
      ],
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        "fawn"
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      "id": "en-cealf-ang-noun-7BdBtq0w",
      "links": [
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          "fawn",
          "fawn"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ʃæ͜ɑlf/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃæ͜ɑɫf]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cealf"
}
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    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English neuter nouns",
    "Old English nouns",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English z-stem nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
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    "ang:Bovines",
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      "english": "to give birth; of a cow or deer",
      "word": "ċealfian"
    },
    {
      "english": "cow barn for calves",
      "word": "ċealfra hūs"
    },
    {
      "english": "calf",
      "word": "cūċealf"
    },
    {
      "english": "(of a cow or deer) pregnant",
      "word": "ġeċealf"
    },
    {
      "english": "fawn",
      "word": "hindċealf"
    }
  ],
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    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "form": "ang-decl-noun-z-n",
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        "nominative",
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    {
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "accusative",
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    },
    {
      "form": "ċealfra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "ċealfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "ċealfrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calf",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "celf",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċelf",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċielf",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
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      "form": "cælf",
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    {
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        "calf (young cow)"
      ],
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        [
          "calf",
          "calf"
        ],
        [
          "young",
          "young"
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          "cow",
          "cow"
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "veal"
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        [
          "veal",
          "veal"
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      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "fawn"
      ],
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        [
          "fawn",
          "fawn"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ʃæ͜ɑlf/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[t͡ʃæ͜ɑɫf]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cealf"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-05-19 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-01 using wiktextract (c3cc510 and 1d3fdbf). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.