"-as" meaning in Irish

See -as in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /əsˠ/
Etymology: From Old Irish -as, from Proto-Celtic *-assus, from Proto-Indo-European *-ad-tus. Etymology templates: {{etymon|ga|:inh|sga:-as}}, {{inh|ga|sga|-as}} Old Irish -as, {{inh|ga|cel-pro|*-assus}} Proto-Celtic *-assus, {{inh|ga|ine-pro|*-ad-tus}} Proto-Indo-European *-ad-tus Head templates: {{head|ga|suffix|cat2=noun-forming suffixes|cat3=|g=m|g2=}} -as m, {{ga-suffix|n|m}} -as m Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], -as [indefinite, nominative, singular], -ais [indefinite, nominative, plural], a -ais [indefinite, singular, vocative], a -asa [indefinite, plural, vocative], -ais [genitive, indefinite, singular], -as [genitive, indefinite, plural], -as [dative, indefinite, singular], -ais [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an -as [definite, nominative, singular], na -ais [definite, nominative, plural], an -ais [definite, genitive, singular], na -as [definite, genitive, plural], leis an -as [dative, definite, singular], don -as [dative, definite, singular], leis na -ais [dative, definite, plural], -eas [alternative]
  1. Nominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or nouns Tags: masculine, morpheme Synonyms: -achas
    Sense id: en--as-ga-suffix-yyIXlGJY Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 59 11 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

IPA: /əsˠ/ Forms: -eas [alternative]
Head templates: {{head|ga|suffix|cat2=inflectional suffixes|cat3=|g=|g2=}} -as, {{ga-suffix|i}} -as
  1. Relative ending of first conjugation verbs in the present tense Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--as-ga-suffix-7QYF4B9j
  2. Synthetic first person singular ending of first conjugation verbs in the past tense Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--as-ga-suffix-PjLOJ6JR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
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      "expansion": "Old Irish -as",
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    {
      "form": "-as",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a -ais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a -asa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-as",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-as",
      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ais",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an -as",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na -ais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an -ais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na -as",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an -as",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don -as",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na -ais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-eas",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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        "g2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "-as m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "-as m",
      "name": "ga-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "suffix",
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    {
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        {
          "_dis": "59 11 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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      ],
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        ]
      ],
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        {
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        }
      ],
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əsˠ/"
    }
  ],
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      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/əsˠ/"
    }
  ],
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "a -asa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-as",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-as",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "an -as",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na -ais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an -ais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na -as",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an -as",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don -as",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na -ais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-eas",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
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    {
      "ipa": "/əsˠ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-as"
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