"cacht" meaning in Irish

See cacht in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kaxt̪ˠ/
Etymology: From Old Irish cacht, from Proto-Celtic *kaxtos, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ptós. Etymology templates: {{root|ga|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{inh|ga|sga|cacht}} Old Irish cacht, {{inh|ga|cel-pro|*kaxtos}} Proto-Celtic *kaxtos, {{inh|ga|ine-pro|*kh₂ptós}} Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ptós Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|cachta||||||||-|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|var=}} cacht m (genitive singular cachta), {{ga-noun|m|~a|-}} cacht m (genitive singular cachta) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: cachta [genitive, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], an cacht [definite, nominative, singular], an chachta [definite, genitive, singular], leis an gcacht [dative, definite, singular], don chacht [dative, definite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], cacht [error-unrecognized-form], chacht [lenition], gcacht [eclipsis]
  1. (literary) confinement, bondage Tags: literary, masculine
    Sense id: en-cacht-ga-noun-slMQh4TV
  2. (literary) duress, hardship; privation Tags: literary, masculine
    Sense id: en-cacht-ga-noun-C57a-DYa Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 16 16 14 5 12 5 12 6 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 16 14 5 12 5 12 6 15 Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: faoi chacht (english: enslaved), cléir cachta (english: band of bondsmen) [masculine]
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "enslaved",
      "translation": "enslaved",
      "word": "faoi chacht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "band of bondsmen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "band of bondsmen",
      "word": "cléir cachta"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "cacht",
      "cacht#Old_Irish"
    ],
    [
      "*kaxtos",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kaxtos"
    ],
    [
      "*kh₂ptós",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kh₂ptós"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*keh₂p-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "cacht"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish cacht",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*kaxtos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *kaxtos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kh₂ptós"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ptós",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish cacht, from Proto-Celtic *kaxtos, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ptós.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cachta",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an cacht",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an chachta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcacht",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don chacht",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cacht",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chacht",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gcacht",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "-",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "cachta",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "cacht m (genitive singular cachta)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "~a",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "cacht m (genitive singular cachta)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "confinement, bondage"
      ],
      "id": "en-cacht-ga-noun-slMQh4TV",
      "links": [
        [
          "confinement",
          "confinement"
        ],
        [
          "bondage",
          "bondage"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) confinement, bondage"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "16 16 14 5 12 5 12 6 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 16 14 5 12 5 12 6 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "duress, hardship; privation"
      ],
      "id": "en-cacht-ga-noun-C57a-DYa",
      "links": [
        [
          "duress",
          "duress"
        ],
        [
          "hardship",
          "hardship"
        ],
        [
          "privation",
          "privation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) duress, hardship; privation"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaxt̪ˠ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cacht"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish masculine nouns",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *keh₂p-",
    "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "Irish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Irish third-declension nouns",
    "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old Irish lemmas",
    "Old Irish masculine nouns",
    "Old Irish masculine u-stem nouns",
    "Old Irish nouns",
    "Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *keh₂p-",
    "Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "enslaved",
      "translation": "enslaved",
      "word": "faoi chacht"
    },
    {
      "english": "band of bondsmen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "band of bondsmen",
      "word": "cléir cachta"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "cacht",
      "cacht#Old_Irish"
    ],
    [
      "*kaxtos",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/kaxtos"
    ],
    [
      "*kh₂ptós",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/kh₂ptós"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*keh₂p-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "cacht"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish cacht",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*kaxtos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *kaxtos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kh₂ptós"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ptós",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish cacht, from Proto-Celtic *kaxtos, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ptós.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cachta",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an cacht",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an chachta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcacht",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don chacht",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cacht",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chacht",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gcacht",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "-",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "cachta",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "cacht m (genitive singular cachta)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "~a",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "cacht m (genitive singular cachta)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish literary terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "confinement, bondage"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "confinement",
          "confinement"
        ],
        [
          "bondage",
          "bondage"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) confinement, bondage"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish literary terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "duress, hardship; privation"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "duress",
          "duress"
        ],
        [
          "hardship",
          "hardship"
        ],
        [
          "privation",
          "privation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) duress, hardship; privation"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaxt̪ˠ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cacht"
}

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

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  "path": [
    "cacht"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "cacht",
  "trace": ""
}

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

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  "called_from": "page/20250114",
  "msg": "Negatively nested table braces, couldn't split inflection section, cacht/Irish section declension",
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