"bigil" meaning in Irish

See bigil in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈbʲɪɟɪlʲ/
Etymology: From English vigil, from Middle English vigile (“a devotional watching”), from Old French vigile, from Latin vigilia (“wakefulness, watch”), from vigil (“awake”). Doublet of feighil. Etymology templates: {{root|ga|ine-pro|*weǵ-}}, {{der|ga|en|vigil}} English vigil, {{der|ga|enm|vigile||a devotional watching}} Middle English vigile (“a devotional watching”), {{der|ga|fro|vigile}} Old French vigile, {{der|ga|la|vigilia||wakefulness, watch}} Latin vigilia (“wakefulness, watch”), {{doublet|ga|feighil}} Doublet of feighil Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|bigile|||||||nominative plural|bigilí|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|var=}} bigil f (genitive singular bigile, nominative plural bigilí), {{ga-noun|f|~e|~í}} bigil f (genitive singular bigile, nominative plural bigilí) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: bigile [genitive, singular], bigilí [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an bhigil [definite, nominative, singular], na bigilí [definite, nominative, plural], na bigile [definite, genitive, singular], na mbigilí [definite, genitive, plural], leis an mbigil [dative, definite, singular], don bhigil [dative, definite, singular], leis na bigilí [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], bigil [error-unrecognized-form], bhigil [lenition], mbigil [eclipsis], bhigil [alternative], fighil [alternative], uiccil [alternative, obsolete], uigil [alternative, obsolete], vigil [alternative, obsolete]
  1. (religion) vigil (eve of a religious festival) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-bigil-ga-noun-duP3uuW2 Categories (other): Religion, Pages with entries, Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 4 45 48 Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Topics: lifestyle, religion
  2. (Roman Catholicism) abstinence (from certain foods on days of penitential observance) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-bigil-ga-noun-vpk-0GsK Categories (other): Roman Catholicism, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 6 6 38 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 4 45 48 Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, Roman-Catholicism
     
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Download raw JSONL data for bigil meaning in Irish (4.2kB)

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