"caife" meaning in Irish

See caife in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkafʲə/, /ˈkɑfʲə/, /ˈkɑfʲiː/ [Mayo] (note: corresponding to the form caifí)
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian caffè, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee”). Doublet of caifé. Etymology templates: {{bor|ga|it|caffè}} Italian caffè, {{der|ga|ota|قهوه|tr=kahve}} Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve), {{der|ga|ar|قَهْوَة|t=coffee}} Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee”), {{doublet|ga|caifé}} Doublet of caifé Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|caife|||||||nominative plural|caifí|||||altform=|cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} caife m (genitive singular caife, nominative plural caifí), {{ga-noun|m|~|caifí}} caife m (genitive singular caife, nominative plural caifí) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: caife [genitive, singular], caifí [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], caife [indefinite, nominative, singular], caifí [indefinite, nominative, plural], a chaife [indefinite, singular, vocative], a chaifí [indefinite, plural, vocative], caife [genitive, indefinite, singular], caifí [genitive, indefinite, plural], caife [dative, indefinite, singular], caifí [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an caife [definite, nominative, singular], na caifí [definite, nominative, plural], an chaife [definite, genitive, singular], na gcaifí [definite, genitive, plural], leis an gcaife [dative, definite, singular], don chaife [dative, definite, singular], leis na caifí [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], caife [error-unrecognized-form], chaife [error-unrecognized-form], gcaife [error-unrecognized-form], caifí [alternative]
  1. coffee Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-caife-ga-noun-NykNdKxN Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Coffee Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 63 37 Disambiguation of Coffee: 100 0
  2. alternative form of caifé (“café”) Tags: alt-of, alternative, masculine Alternative form of: caifé (extra: café)
    Sense id: en-caife-ga-noun-7I2hydNQ Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: caiféin (english: caffeine) [feminine]
Derived forms: briseadh caife (english: coffee break) [masculine], caife mhoca (english: mocha) [masculine], caife oighrithe (english: iced coffee) [masculine], caifechupán (english: coffee cup) [masculine], cupán caife (english: coffee cup) [masculine], dríodar caife (english: coffee-grounds) [masculine], meilteoir caife (english: coffee-grinder) [masculine], muileann caife (english: coffee-mill) [masculine], pónaire chaife (english: coffee bean) [feminine], pota caife (english: coffee-pot) [masculine], síol caife (english: coffee bean) [masculine], siopa caife (english: coffee shop) [masculine], síothlán caife (english: percolator) [masculine], sos caife (english: coffee break) [masculine], tábla caife (english: coffee table) [masculine]

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "coffee break",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "coffee break",
      "word": "briseadh caife"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "mocha",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "mocha",
      "word": "caife mhoca"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "iced coffee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "iced coffee",
      "word": "caife oighrithe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "coffee cup",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "coffee cup",
      "word": "caifechupán"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "coffee cup",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "coffee cup",
      "word": "cupán caife"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "coffee-grounds",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "coffee-grounds",
      "word": "dríodar caife"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "coffee-grinder",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "coffee-grinder",
      "word": "meilteoir caife"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "coffee-mill",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "coffee-mill",
      "word": "muileann caife"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "coffee bean",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "translation": "coffee bean",
      "word": "pónaire chaife"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "coffee-pot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "coffee-pot",
      "word": "pota caife"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "coffee bean",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "coffee bean",
      "word": "síol caife"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "coffee shop",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "coffee shop",
      "word": "siopa caife"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "percolator",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "percolator",
      "word": "síothlán caife"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "coffee break",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "coffee break",
      "word": "sos caife"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "coffee table",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "coffee table",
      "word": "tábla caife"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "caffè"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian caffè",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ota",
        "3": "قهوه",
        "tr": "kahve"
      },
      "expansion": "Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "قَهْوَة",
        "t": "coffee"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "caifé"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of caifé",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Italian caffè, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee”). Doublet of caifé.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "caife",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caifí",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caife",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caifí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a chaife",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a chaifí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caife",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caifí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caife",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caifí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an caife",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na caifí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an chaife",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na gcaifí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcaife",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don chaife",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na caifí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caife",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chaife",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gcaife",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caifí",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "caifí",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "caife",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "caife m (genitive singular caife, nominative plural caifí)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "~",
        "3": "caifí"
      },
      "expansion": "caife m (genitive singular caife, nominative plural caifí)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "caffeine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "translation": "caffeine",
      "word": "caiféin"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "63 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Coffee",
          "orig": "ga:Coffee",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "coffee"
      ],
      "id": "en-caife-ga-noun-NykNdKxN",
      "links": [
        [
          "coffee",
          "coffee"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "café",
          "word": "caifé"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "28 72",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternative form of caifé (“café”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-caife-ga-noun-7I2hydNQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "caifé",
          "caifé#Irish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkafʲə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɑfʲə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɑfʲiː/",
      "note": "corresponding to the form caifí",
      "tags": [
        "Mayo"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "caife"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Irish doublets",
    "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Irish fourth-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish masculine nouns",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish terms borrowed from Italian",
    "Irish terms derived from Arabic",
    "Irish terms derived from Italian",
    "Irish terms derived from Ottoman Turkish",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ga:Coffee"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "coffee break",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "coffee break",
      "word": "briseadh caife"
    },
    {
      "english": "mocha",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "mocha",
      "word": "caife mhoca"
    },
    {
      "english": "iced coffee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "iced coffee",
      "word": "caife oighrithe"
    },
    {
      "english": "coffee cup",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "coffee cup",
      "word": "caifechupán"
    },
    {
      "english": "coffee cup",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "coffee cup",
      "word": "cupán caife"
    },
    {
      "english": "coffee-grounds",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "coffee-grounds",
      "word": "dríodar caife"
    },
    {
      "english": "coffee-grinder",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "coffee-grinder",
      "word": "meilteoir caife"
    },
    {
      "english": "coffee-mill",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "coffee-mill",
      "word": "muileann caife"
    },
    {
      "english": "coffee bean",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "translation": "coffee bean",
      "word": "pónaire chaife"
    },
    {
      "english": "coffee-pot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "coffee-pot",
      "word": "pota caife"
    },
    {
      "english": "coffee bean",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "coffee bean",
      "word": "síol caife"
    },
    {
      "english": "coffee shop",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "coffee shop",
      "word": "siopa caife"
    },
    {
      "english": "percolator",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "percolator",
      "word": "síothlán caife"
    },
    {
      "english": "coffee break",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "coffee break",
      "word": "sos caife"
    },
    {
      "english": "coffee table",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "coffee table",
      "word": "tábla caife"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "caffè"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian caffè",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ota",
        "3": "قهوه",
        "tr": "kahve"
      },
      "expansion": "Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "قَهْوَة",
        "t": "coffee"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "caifé"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of caifé",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Italian caffè, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee”). Doublet of caifé.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "caife",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caifí",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caife",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caifí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a chaife",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a chaifí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caife",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caifí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caife",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caifí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an caife",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na caifí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an chaife",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na gcaifí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcaife",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don chaife",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na caifí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caife",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chaife",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gcaife",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caifí",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "caifí",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "caife",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "caife m (genitive singular caife, nominative plural caifí)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "~",
        "3": "caifí"
      },
      "expansion": "caife m (genitive singular caife, nominative plural caifí)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "caffeine",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "translation": "caffeine",
      "word": "caiféin"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "coffee"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "coffee",
          "coffee"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "café",
          "word": "caifé"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternative form of caifé (“café”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "caifé",
          "caifé#Irish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkafʲə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɑfʲə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɑfʲiː/",
      "note": "corresponding to the form caifí",
      "tags": [
        "Mayo"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "caife"
}

Download raw JSONL data for caife meaning in Irish (5.8kB)

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

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

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

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