"cáil" meaning in Irish

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Noun

IPA: /kɑːlʲ/, /kaːlʲ/
Etymology: From Old Irish cáil, from Latin quālitās. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|cáil}} Old Irish cáil, {{der|ga|la|quālitās}} Latin quālitās Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|cáile|||||||nominative plural|cáileanna|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} cáil f (genitive singular cáile, nominative plural cáileanna), {{ga-noun|f|~e|~eanna}} cáil f (genitive singular cáile, nominative plural cáileanna) Forms: cáile [genitive, singular], cáileanna [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], cáil [indefinite, nominative, singular], cáileanna [indefinite, nominative, plural], a cháil [indefinite, singular, vocative], a cháileanna [indefinite, plural, vocative], cáile [genitive, indefinite, singular], cáileanna [genitive, indefinite, plural], cáil [dative, indefinite, singular], cáileanna [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an cháil [definite, nominative, singular], na cáileanna [definite, nominative, plural], na cáile [definite, genitive, singular], na gcáileanna [definite, genitive, plural], leis an gcáil [dative, definite, singular], don cháil [dative, definite, singular], leis na cáileanna [dative, definite, plural]
  1. reputation Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cáil-ga-noun-VW7HSF22
  2. quality Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cáil-ga-noun-rO8sFbzT Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 2 41 7 29 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 54 15 14 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 74 9 9 5
  3. amount, portion Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cáil-ga-noun-nDVIko0F
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cáiligh (english: qualify) [verb], cáiliúil (english: celebrated, famous) [adjective], cáilmheas (english: goodwill) [masculine], dea-cháil (english: good reputation) [feminine], droch-cháil (english: bad reputation) [feminine]
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /kɑːlʲ/, /kaːlʲ/ Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], cáil [error-unrecognized-form], cháil [error-unrecognized-form], gcáil [error-unrecognized-form]
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|ga|noun form|g=m}} cáil m Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}}
  1. inflection of cál (“kale; cabbage”):
    vocative/genitive singular
    Tags: form-of, masculine Form of: cál (extra: (“kale; cabbage”):)
    Sense id: en-cáil-ga-noun-SGodn7X3
  2. inflection of cál (“kale; cabbage”):
    nominative/dative plural
    Tags: dative, form-of, masculine, nominative, plural Form of: cál (extra: (“kale; cabbage”):)
    Sense id: en-cáil-ga-noun-Q380~Fw5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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    }
  ],
  "word": "cáil"
}

Download raw JSONL data for cáil meaning in Irish (5.2kB)

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: cáil/Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "cáil"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "cáil",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
  "path": [
    "cáil"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "cáil",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'eclipsis'",
  "path": [
    "cáil"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "cáil",
  "trace": ""
}

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