See cailín in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "woman",
"translation": "woman",
"word": "bean"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "boy, unmarried young man",
"translation": "boy, unmarried young man",
"word": "buachaill"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "man",
"translation": "man",
"word": "fear"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "servant-girl",
"translation": "servant-girl",
"word": "cailín aimsire"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "tomboy",
"translation": "tomboy",
"word": "cailín báire"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "stoat",
"translation": "stoat",
"word": "cailín bán"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "flower-girl",
"translation": "flower-girl",
"word": "cailín bláthanna"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "bridesmaid",
"translation": "bridesmaid",
"word": "cailín coimhdeachta"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "tongue",
"translation": "tongue",
"word": "cailín dearg"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "lazy, well-dressed girl; Sunday girl",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"translation": "lazy, well-dressed girl; Sunday girl",
"word": "cailín Domhnaigh"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "waitress",
"translation": "waitress",
"word": "cailín freastail"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "young girl; bride",
"translation": "young girl; bride",
"word": "cailín óg"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "work-girl",
"translation": "work-girl",
"word": "cailín oibre"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "schoolgirl",
"translation": "schoolgirl",
"word": "cailín scoile"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "shop-girl",
"translation": "shop-girl",
"word": "cailín siopa"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "housemaid",
"translation": "housemaid",
"word": "cailín tí"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "colleen"
},
{
"lang": "Shelta",
"lang_code": "sth",
"word": "lakeen"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "caile",
"3": "-ín",
"pos2": "diminutive suffix",
"t1": "maid"
},
"expansion": "caile (“maid”) + -ín (diminutive suffix)",
"name": "af"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From caile (“maid”) + -ín (diminutive suffix).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "cailín",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "cailíní",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "cailín",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "cailíní",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "a chailín",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "a chailíní",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "cailín",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "cailíní",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "cailín",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "cailíní",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "an cailín",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "na cailíní",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "an chailín",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "na gcailíní",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "leis an gcailín",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "don chailín",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "leis na cailíní",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ga-mut",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "cailín",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "chailín",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "gcailín",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
}
],
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"10": "",
"11": "nominative plural",
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"13": "",
"14": "",
"15": "",
"16": "",
"2": "noun",
"3": "genitive singular",
"4": "cailín",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"9": "",
"altform": "",
"cat2": "",
"f1request": "1",
"f4request": "1",
"g": "m",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "cailín m (genitive singular cailín, nominative plural cailíní)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "m",
"2": "~",
"3": "~í"
},
"expansion": "cailín m (genitive singular cailín, nominative plural cailíní)",
"name": "ga-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "ga-mut"
}
],
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
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"glosses": [
"girl; young, unmarried woman"
],
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"links": [
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"girl",
"girl"
],
[
"young",
"young"
],
[
"unmarried",
"unmarried"
],
[
"woman",
"woman"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "gearrchaile"
},
{
"word": "girseach"
}
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "9 40 31 20",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "6 65 17 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"girlfriend"
],
"id": "en-cailín-ga-noun-6pKmEnvz",
"links": [
[
"girlfriend",
"girlfriend"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "girseach"
}
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
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"name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "8 27 49 17",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Irish terms suffixed with -ín",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "1 3 86 9",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "ga",
"name": "Female children",
"orig": "ga:Female children",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "18 3 72 7",
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "ga",
"name": "Female people",
"orig": "ga:Female people",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"female servant, maid"
],
"id": "en-cailín-ga-noun-6IYt5Ncl",
"links": [
[
"servant",
"servant"
],
[
"maid",
"maid"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
17,
23
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
23,
27
]
],
"english": "The drill is the right tool for the job.",
"text": "Is í an druil an cailín chun na hoibre.",
"translation": "The drill is the right tool for the job.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"useful thing (referring to a feminine noun)"
],
"id": "en-cailín-ga-noun-3gLiGejc",
"links": [
[
"useful",
"useful"
],
[
"thing",
"thing"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kɑˈlʲiːnʲ/",
"tags": [
"Munster"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkalʲiːnʲ/",
"tags": [
"Connacht"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkælʲinʲ/",
"tags": [
"Ulster"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkal̠ʲinʲ/",
"tags": [
"Ulster"
]
}
],
"word": "cailín"
}
{
"categories": [
"Irish entries with incorrect language header",
"Irish fourth-declension nouns",
"Irish lemmas",
"Irish masculine nouns",
"Irish nouns",
"Irish terms suffixed with -ín",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"ga:Female children",
"ga:Female people"
],
"coordinate_terms": [
{
"english": "woman",
"translation": "woman",
"word": "bean"
},
{
"english": "boy, unmarried young man",
"translation": "boy, unmarried young man",
"word": "buachaill"
},
{
"english": "man",
"translation": "man",
"word": "fear"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "servant-girl",
"translation": "servant-girl",
"word": "cailín aimsire"
},
{
"english": "tomboy",
"translation": "tomboy",
"word": "cailín báire"
},
{
"english": "stoat",
"translation": "stoat",
"word": "cailín bán"
},
{
"english": "flower-girl",
"translation": "flower-girl",
"word": "cailín bláthanna"
},
{
"english": "bridesmaid",
"translation": "bridesmaid",
"word": "cailín coimhdeachta"
},
{
"english": "tongue",
"translation": "tongue",
"word": "cailín dearg"
},
{
"english": "lazy, well-dressed girl; Sunday girl",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"translation": "lazy, well-dressed girl; Sunday girl",
"word": "cailín Domhnaigh"
},
{
"english": "waitress",
"translation": "waitress",
"word": "cailín freastail"
},
{
"english": "young girl; bride",
"translation": "young girl; bride",
"word": "cailín óg"
},
{
"english": "work-girl",
"translation": "work-girl",
"word": "cailín oibre"
},
{
"english": "schoolgirl",
"translation": "schoolgirl",
"word": "cailín scoile"
},
{
"english": "shop-girl",
"translation": "shop-girl",
"word": "cailín siopa"
},
{
"english": "housemaid",
"translation": "housemaid",
"word": "cailín tí"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "colleen"
},
{
"lang": "Shelta",
"lang_code": "sth",
"word": "lakeen"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "caile",
"3": "-ín",
"pos2": "diminutive suffix",
"t1": "maid"
},
"expansion": "caile (“maid”) + -ín (diminutive suffix)",
"name": "af"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From caile (“maid”) + -ín (diminutive suffix).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "cailín",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "cailíní",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "cailín",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "cailíní",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "a chailín",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "a chailíní",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "cailín",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "cailíní",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "cailín",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "cailíní",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "an cailín",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "na cailíní",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "an chailín",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "na gcailíní",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "leis an gcailín",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "don chailín",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "leis na cailíní",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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},
{
"form": "cailín",
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"tags": [
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},
{
"form": "chailín",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "gcailín",
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"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
}
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"10": "",
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"name": "head"
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"3": "~í"
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"girl; young, unmarried woman"
],
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],
[
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"unmarried"
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},
{
"word": "girseach"
}
],
"tags": [
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},
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"glosses": [
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"girlfriend",
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],
"tags": [
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},
{
"glosses": [
"female servant, maid"
],
"links": [
[
"servant",
"servant"
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[
"maid",
"maid"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
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},
{
"categories": [
"Irish terms with usage examples"
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{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
17,
23
]
],
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[
23,
27
]
],
"english": "The drill is the right tool for the job.",
"text": "Is í an druil an cailín chun na hoibre.",
"translation": "The drill is the right tool for the job.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"useful thing (referring to a feminine noun)"
],
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[
"useful",
"useful"
],
[
"thing",
"thing"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/kɑˈlʲiːnʲ/",
"tags": [
"Munster"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkalʲiːnʲ/",
"tags": [
"Connacht"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkælʲinʲ/",
"tags": [
"Ulster"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkal̠ʲinʲ/",
"tags": [
"Ulster"
]
}
],
"word": "cailín"
}
Download raw JSONL data for cailín meaning in Irish (5.9kB)
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