"Nollaig" meaning in Irish

See Nollaig in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈn̪ˠɔl̪ˠɪɟ/ [Munster], /ˈn̪ˠolˠəc/ [Connacht], /ˈn̪ˠol̪ˠəc/ [Connacht], /ˈn̪ˠʌl̪ˠic/ [Ulster]
Etymology: From Old Irish Notlaic, from Latin nātālīcia (“a birthday party”), from nātālis (“natal”), from nātus (“born”). Compare Welsh Nadolig, Breton Nedeleg and French Noël. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|Notlaic}} Old Irish Notlaic, {{der|ga|la|nātālīcia|t=a birthday party}} Latin nātālīcia (“a birthday party”), {{cog|cy|Nadolig}} Welsh Nadolig, {{cog|br|Nedeleg}} Breton Nedeleg, {{cog|fr|Noël}} French Noël Head templates: {{head|ga|proper noun|genitive|Nollag|||nominative plural|Nollaigí|||f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} Nollaig f (genitive Nollag, nominative plural Nollaigí), {{ga-proper noun|f|Nollag|~í}} Nollaig f (genitive Nollag, nominative plural Nollaigí) Forms: Nollag [genitive], Nollaigí [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Nollaig [indefinite, nominative, singular], Nollaigí [indefinite, nominative, plural], a Nollaig [indefinite, singular, vocative], a Nollaigí [indefinite, plural, vocative], Nollag [genitive, indefinite, singular], Nollaigí [genitive, indefinite, plural], Nollaig [dative, indefinite, singular], Nollaigí [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an Nollaig [definite, nominative, singular], na Nollaigí [definite, nominative, plural], na Nollag [definite, genitive, singular], na Nollaigí [definite, genitive, plural], leis an Nollaig [dative, definite, singular], don Nollaig [dative, definite, singular], leis na Nollaigí [dative, definite, plural], Nodhlaig [alternative], Nodlaic [alternative], Nodlaig [alternative]
  1. Christmas (festival on 25 December; season from 24 December to 6 January) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Nollaig-ga-name-LOchNN2h
  2. a male given name from Latin or female, equivalent to English Noel or Noelle Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Irish given names, Irish male given names, Christianity, Christmas
    Sense id: en-Nollaig-ga-name-ib0jD~Um Disambiguation of Christianity: 5 95 Disambiguation of Christmas: 35 65 Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bloc Nollag (english: yule log), cárta Nollag (english: Christmas card), Daidí na Nollag (english: Father Christmas, Santa Claus), Mí na Nollag (english: December)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "yule log",
      "word": "bloc Nollag"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Christmas card",
      "word": "cárta Nollag"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Father Christmas, Santa Claus",
      "word": "Daidí na Nollag"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "December",
      "word": "Mí na Nollag"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "Notlaic"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish Notlaic",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "nātālīcia",
        "t": "a birthday party"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin nātālīcia (“a birthday party”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "Nadolig"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh Nadolig",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "Nedeleg"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton Nedeleg",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "Noël"
      },
      "expansion": "French Noël",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish Notlaic, from Latin nātālīcia (“a birthday party”), from nātālis (“natal”), from nātus (“born”). Compare Welsh Nadolig, Breton Nedeleg and French Noël.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Nollag",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Nollaigí",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Nollaig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Nollaigí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a Nollaig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a Nollaigí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Nollag",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Nollaigí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Nollaig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Nollaigí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an Nollaig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na Nollaigí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na Nollag",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na Nollaigí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an Nollaig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don Nollaig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na Nollaigí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Nodhlaig",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Nodlaic",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Nodlaig",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "3": "genitive",
        "4": "Nollag",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "nominative plural",
        "8": "Nollaigí",
        "9": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Nollaig f (genitive Nollag, nominative plural Nollaigí)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "Nollag",
        "3": "~í"
      },
      "expansion": "Nollaig f (genitive Nollag, nominative plural Nollaigí)",
      "name": "ga-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Christmas (festival on 25 December; season from 24 December to 6 January)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Nollaig-ga-name-LOchNN2h",
      "links": [
        [
          "Christmas",
          "Christmas"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "Irish given names",
          "parents": [
            "Given names",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "name": "Irish male given names",
          "parents": [
            "Given names",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 94",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 88",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 91",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 95",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Christianity",
          "orig": "ga:Christianity",
          "parents": [
            "Abrahamism",
            "Religion",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 65",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Christmas",
          "orig": "ga:Christmas",
          "parents": [
            "Christianity",
            "Holidays",
            "Abrahamism",
            "Observances",
            "Religion",
            "Calendar",
            "Culture",
            "Timekeeping",
            "Society",
            "Time",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name from Latin or female, equivalent to English Noel or Noelle"
      ],
      "id": "en-Nollaig-ga-name-ib0jD~Um",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Noel",
          "Noel#English"
        ],
        [
          "Noelle",
          "Noelle#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈn̪ˠɔl̪ˠɪɟ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈn̪ˠolˠəc/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈn̪ˠol̪ˠəc/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈn̪ˠʌl̪ˠic/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Nollaig"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Irish feminine nouns",
    "Irish fifth-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish proper nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Latin",
    "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ga:Christianity",
    "ga:Christmas"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "yule log",
      "word": "bloc Nollag"
    },
    {
      "english": "Christmas card",
      "word": "cárta Nollag"
    },
    {
      "english": "Father Christmas, Santa Claus",
      "word": "Daidí na Nollag"
    },
    {
      "english": "December",
      "word": "Mí na Nollag"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "Notlaic"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish Notlaic",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "nātālīcia",
        "t": "a birthday party"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin nātālīcia (“a birthday party”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "Nadolig"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh Nadolig",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "Nedeleg"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton Nedeleg",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "Noël"
      },
      "expansion": "French Noël",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish Notlaic, from Latin nātālīcia (“a birthday party”), from nātālis (“natal”), from nātus (“born”). Compare Welsh Nadolig, Breton Nedeleg and French Noël.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Nollag",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Nollaigí",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Nollaig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Nollaigí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a Nollaig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a Nollaigí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Nollag",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Nollaigí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Nollaig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Nollaigí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an Nollaig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na Nollaigí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na Nollag",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na Nollaigí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an Nollaig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don Nollaig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na Nollaigí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Nodhlaig",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Nodlaic",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Nodlaig",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "3": "genitive",
        "4": "Nollag",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "nominative plural",
        "8": "Nollaigí",
        "9": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Nollaig f (genitive Nollag, nominative plural Nollaigí)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "Nollag",
        "3": "~í"
      },
      "expansion": "Nollaig f (genitive Nollag, nominative plural Nollaigí)",
      "name": "ga-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Christmas (festival on 25 December; season from 24 December to 6 January)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Christmas",
          "Christmas"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish given names",
        "Irish male given names",
        "Irish male given names from Latin"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name from Latin or female, equivalent to English Noel or Noelle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ],
        [
          "Noel",
          "Noel#English"
        ],
        [
          "Noelle",
          "Noelle#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈn̪ˠɔl̪ˠɪɟ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈn̪ˠolˠəc/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈn̪ˠol̪ˠəc/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈn̪ˠʌl̪ˠic/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Nollaig"
}

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