"alpaire" meaning in Irish

See alpaire in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From alp (“swallow whole, devour; grab”, verb) + -aire (agent suffix). Etymology templates: {{affix|ga|alp|-aire|gloss1=swallow whole, devour; grab|pos1=v|pos2=agent suffix}} alp (“swallow whole, devour; grab”, verb) + -aire (agent suffix) Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|alpaire|||||||nominative plural|alpairí|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} alpaire m (genitive singular alpaire, nominative plural alpairí), {{ga-noun|m|~|alpairí}} alpaire m (genitive singular alpaire, nominative plural alpairí) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut|msn}} Forms: alpaire [genitive, singular], alpairí [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], alpaire [indefinite, nominative, singular], alpairí [indefinite, nominative, plural], a alpaire [indefinite, singular, vocative], a alpairí [indefinite, plural, vocative], alpaire [genitive, indefinite, singular], alpairí [genitive, indefinite, plural], alpaire [dative, indefinite, singular], alpairí [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an t-alpaire [definite, nominative, singular], na halpairí [definite, nominative, plural], an alpaire [definite, genitive, singular], na n-alpairí [definite, genitive, plural], leis an alpaire [dative, definite, singular], don alpaire [dative, definite, singular], leis na halpairí [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], alpaire [error-unrecognized-form], n-alpaire [error-unrecognized-form], halpaire [error-unrecognized-form], t-alpaire [error-unrecognized-form], ailpéir [alternative], alpachán [alternative]
  1. voracious eater Tags: masculine Synonyms: airceachán, gainéan, gionachán, peasánach, slamaire
    Sense id: en-alpaire-ga-noun-fMAryQtt Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Irish terms suffixed with -aire, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 83 9 8 Disambiguation of Irish terms suffixed with -aire: 72 15 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 17 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 9 8
  2. grabber Tags: masculine Categories (topical): People Synonyms: antlachán, cantálaí, cúblálaí, glámaire, grabálaí, scramaire
    Sense id: en-alpaire-ga-noun-azAASwAA Disambiguation of People: 8 92 0
  3. large stone Tags: masculine Synonyms: alpaire cloiche
    Sense id: en-alpaire-ga-noun-1~aGi6cp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: alpaire seangán (english: anteater) [masculine], alpaireacht (english: (act of) bolting food; voracious eating; (act of) grabbing) [feminine] Related terms: alpartha (english: greedy; stout, burly) [adjective]

Alternative forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "anteater",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alpaire seangán"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "(act of) bolting food; voracious eating; (act of) grabbing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alpaireacht"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "alp",
        "3": "-aire",
        "gloss1": "swallow whole, devour; grab",
        "pos1": "v",
        "pos2": "agent suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "alp (“swallow whole, devour; grab”, verb) + -aire (agent suffix)",
      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From alp (“swallow whole, devour; grab”, verb) + -aire (agent suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "alpaire",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alpairí",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alpaire",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alpairí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a alpaire",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a alpairí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alpaire",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alpairí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alpaire",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alpairí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an t-alpaire",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na halpairí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an alpaire",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na n-alpairí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an alpaire",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don alpaire",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na halpairí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alpaire",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "n-alpaire",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "halpaire",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "t-alpaire",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ailpéir",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alpachán",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "alpairí",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "alpaire",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "alpaire m (genitive singular alpaire, nominative plural alpairí)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "~",
        "3": "alpairí"
      },
      "expansion": "alpaire m (genitive singular alpaire, nominative plural alpairí)",
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "msn"
      },
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "greedy; stout, burly",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "alpartha"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "83 9 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Irish terms suffixed with -aire",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "69 17 15",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "83 9 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "voracious eater"
      ],
      "id": "en-alpaire-ga-noun-fMAryQtt",
      "links": [
        [
          "voracious",
          "voracious"
        ],
        [
          "eater",
          "eater"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "airceachán"
        },
        {
          "word": "gainéan"
        },
        {
          "word": "gionachán"
        },
        {
          "word": "peasánach"
        },
        {
          "word": "slamaire"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 92 0",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "ga:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "grabber"
      ],
      "id": "en-alpaire-ga-noun-azAASwAA",
      "links": [
        [
          "grabber",
          "grabber"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "antlachán"
        },
        {
          "word": "cantálaí"
        },
        {
          "word": "cúblálaí"
        },
        {
          "word": "glámaire"
        },
        {
          "word": "grabálaí"
        },
        {
          "word": "scramaire"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "large stone"
      ],
      "id": "en-alpaire-ga-noun-1~aGi6cp",
      "links": [
        [
          "stone",
          "stone"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "alpaire cloiche"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "alpaire"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Irish fourth-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish masculine nouns",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish terms suffixed with -aire",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ga:People"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "anteater",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alpaire seangán"
    },
    {
      "english": "(act of) bolting food; voracious eating; (act of) grabbing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alpaireacht"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "alp",
        "3": "-aire",
        "gloss1": "swallow whole, devour; grab",
        "pos1": "v",
        "pos2": "agent suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "alp (“swallow whole, devour; grab”, verb) + -aire (agent suffix)",
      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From alp (“swallow whole, devour; grab”, verb) + -aire (agent suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "alpaire",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alpairí",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alpaire",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alpairí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a alpaire",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a alpairí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alpaire",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alpairí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alpaire",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alpairí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an t-alpaire",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na halpairí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an alpaire",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na n-alpairí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an alpaire",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don alpaire",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na halpairí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alpaire",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "n-alpaire",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "halpaire",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "t-alpaire",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ailpéir",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alpachán",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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        "10": "",
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        "12": "alpairí",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
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        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
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        "f4request": "1",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "alpaire m (genitive singular alpaire, nominative plural alpairí)",
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    },
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  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "english": "greedy; stout, burly",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "alpartha"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "voracious eater"
      ],
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        [
          "voracious",
          "voracious"
        ],
        [
          "eater",
          "eater"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "airceachán"
        },
        {
          "word": "gainéan"
        },
        {
          "word": "gionachán"
        },
        {
          "word": "peasánach"
        },
        {
          "word": "slamaire"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "grabber"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grabber",
          "grabber"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "antlachán"
        },
        {
          "word": "cantálaí"
        },
        {
          "word": "cúblálaí"
        },
        {
          "word": "glámaire"
        },
        {
          "word": "grabálaí"
        },
        {
          "word": "scramaire"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "large stone"
      ],
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        [
          "stone",
          "stone"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "alpaire cloiche"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "alpaire"
}

Download raw JSONL data for alpaire meaning in Irish (4.4kB)

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  "path": [
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  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
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  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
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  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "alpaire",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: alpaire/Irish 'with h-prothesis' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form'}",
  "path": [
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  ],
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