"brocais" meaning in Irish

See brocais in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Middle Irish broclas (“brock-hole”), probably from brocc (“badger, brock”) (modern broc) + clas (“ditch, trench, furrow; pit”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|mga|broclas||brock-hole}} Middle Irish broclas (“brock-hole”) Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|brocaise|||||||nominative plural|brocaisí|||||altform=|cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} brocais f (genitive singular brocaise, nominative plural brocaisí), {{ga-noun|f|~e|~í}} brocais f (genitive singular brocaise, nominative plural brocaisí) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: brocaise [genitive, singular], brocaisí [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], brocais [indefinite, nominative, singular], brocaisí [indefinite, nominative, plural], a bhrocais [indefinite, singular, vocative], a bhrocaisí [indefinite, plural, vocative], brocaise [genitive, indefinite, singular], brocaisí [genitive, indefinite, plural], brocais [dative, indefinite, singular], brocaisí [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an bhrocais [definite, nominative, singular], na brocaisí [definite, nominative, plural], na brocaise [definite, genitive, singular], na mbrocaisí [definite, genitive, plural], leis an mbrocais [dative, definite, singular], don bhrocais [dative, definite, singular], leis na brocaisí [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], brocais [error-unrecognized-form], bhrocais [error-unrecognized-form], mbrocais [error-unrecognized-form], broclas [alternative], broclais [alternative], bruclais [alternative]
  1. den Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-brocais-ga-noun-iooan-hW Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 33 33
  2. pigsty (dirty, smelly, place) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-brocais-ga-noun-llQJ8WaO Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 8 45 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 33 33
  3. dirty-faced person Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-brocais-ga-noun-MRKrClXF Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Animal dwellings Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 8 45 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Animal dwellings: 30 21 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for brocais meaning in Irish (3.8kB)

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