"agarbh" meaning in Irish

See agarbh in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From Middle Irish acarb (“very rough, very fierce”), from ad- + garb. Doublet of adhgharbh. Etymology templates: {{der|ga|mga|acarb|t=very rough, very fierce}} Middle Irish acarb (“very rough, very fierce”), {{doublet|ga|adhgharbh}} Doublet of adhgharbh Head templates: {{head|ga|adjective|genitive singular masculine|agairbh|genitive singular feminine|agairbhe||{{{gsf2}}}|plural|agarbha||{{{pl2}}}|comparative|agairbhe|||head=|var=}} agarbh (genitive singular masculine agairbh, genitive singular feminine agairbhe, plural agarbha, comparative agairbhe), {{ga-adj|comp=agairbhe|gsf=agairbhe|gsm=agairbh|pl=agarbha}} agarbh (genitive singular masculine agairbh, genitive singular feminine agairbhe, plural agarbha, comparative agairbhe) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: agairbh [genitive, masculine, singular], agairbhe [feminine, genitive, singular], agarbha [plural], agairbhe [comparative], no-table-tags [table-tags], agarbh [masculine, nominative, singular], agarbh [feminine, nominative, singular], agarbha [error-unrecognized-form, nominative, plural], agairbh [masculine, singular, vocative], agarbh [feminine, singular, vocative], agarbha [error-unrecognized-form, plural, vocative], agairbh [genitive, masculine, singular], agarbhe [feminine, genitive, singular], agarbha [error-unrecognized-form, genitive, plural], agarbh [error-unrecognized-form, genitive, plural], agarbh [dative, masculine, singular], agarbh [dative, feminine, singular], agairbh [archaic, dative, feminine, singular], agarbha [dative, error-unrecognized-form, plural], níos agarbhe [comparative, error-unrecognized-form], is agarbhe [error-unrecognized-form, superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], agarbh [error-unrecognized-form], n-agarbh [eclipsis], hagarbh [error-unrecognized-form], - [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. (literary) harsh, bitter Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-agarbh-ga-adj-ZmmwCJNZ Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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        "singular"
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      "form": "agarbha",
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      ]
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
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      "source": "mutation",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "agarbh",
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      "form": "n-agarbh",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "form": "hagarbh",
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    },
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      "source": "mutation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
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      "glosses": [
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}

Download raw JSONL data for agarbh meaning in Irish (3.9kB)

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  "subsection": "adjective",
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  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'weak noun'",
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  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "agarbh",
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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: agarbh/Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
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  "title": "agarbh",
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{
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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: agarbh/Irish 'with h-prothesis' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form', 'eclipsis'}",
  "path": [
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  ],
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  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "agarbh",
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}

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