"cancrach" meaning in Irish

See cancrach in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈkauŋkəɾˠəx/ [Munster]
Etymology: From cancar (“cantankerousness”) + -ach. Etymology templates: {{af|ga|cancar|-ach|pos=adjective|t1=cantankerousness}} cancar (“cantankerousness”) + -ach Head templates: {{head|ga|adjective|genitive singular masculine|cancraigh|genitive singular feminine|cancraí||{{{gsf2}}}|plural|cancracha||{{{pl2}}}|comparative|cancraí|||head=|var=}} cancrach (genitive singular masculine cancraigh, genitive singular feminine cancraí, plural cancracha, comparative cancraí), {{ga-adj|comp=cancraí|gsf=cancraí|gsm=cancraigh|pl=~a}} cancrach (genitive singular masculine cancraigh, genitive singular feminine cancraí, plural cancracha, comparative cancraí) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: cancraigh [genitive, masculine, singular], cancraí [feminine, genitive, singular], cancracha [plural], cancraí [comparative], no-table-tags [table-tags], cancrach [masculine, nominative, singular], chancrach [feminine, nominative, singular], cancracha [error-unrecognized-form, nominative, plural], chancracha [error-unrecognized-form, nominative, plural], chancraigh [masculine, singular, vocative], chancrach [feminine, singular, vocative], cancracha [error-unrecognized-form, plural, vocative], chancraigh [genitive, masculine, singular], cancraí [feminine, genitive, singular], cancracha [error-unrecognized-form, genitive, plural], cancrach [error-unrecognized-form, genitive, plural], cancrach [dative, masculine, singular], chancrach [dative, masculine, singular], chancrach [dative, feminine, singular], chancraigh [archaic, dative, feminine, singular], cancracha [dative, error-unrecognized-form, plural], chancracha [dative, error-unrecognized-form, plural], níos cancraí [comparative, error-unrecognized-form], is cancraí [error-unrecognized-form, superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], cancrach [error-unrecognized-form], chancrach [lenition], gcancrach [eclipsis], cancarach [alternative], cangcarach [alternative, obsolete]
  1. cankerous
    Sense id: en-cancrach-ga-adj-Cv3S1xxb Categories (other): Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach, Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Emotions Disambiguation of Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach: 54 46 Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 45 Disambiguation of Emotions: 55 45
  2. cantankerous, peevish Synonyms (peevish): cantalach
    Sense id: en-cancrach-ga-adj-gvuTwkY0 Categories (other): Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach, Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Emotions Disambiguation of Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach: 54 46 Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 45 Disambiguation of Emotions: 55 45 Disambiguation of 'peevish': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cancracht (english: cantankerousness) [feminine] Related terms: cancraigh (english: to vex, annoy), cancrán (english: cantankerous person; crank) [masculine], cancracht (english: cantankerousness) [feminine]
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "cantankerousness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "translation": "cantankerousness",
      "word": "cancracht"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cancar",
        "3": "-ach",
        "pos": "adjective",
        "t1": "cantankerousness"
      },
      "expansion": "cancar (“cantankerousness”) + -ach",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From cancar (“cantankerousness”) + -ach.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cancraigh",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cancraí",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cancracha",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cancraí",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cancrach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chancrach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cancracha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chancracha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chancraigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chancrach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cancracha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chancraigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cancraí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cancracha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cancrach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cancrach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chancrach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chancrach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chancraigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cancracha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chancracha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "níos cancraí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is cancraí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cancrach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chancrach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gcancrach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cancarach",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cangcarach",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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        "7": "",
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        "var": ""
      },
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    },
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  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to vex, annoy",
      "translation": "to vex, annoy",
      "word": "cancraigh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "cantankerous person; crank",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "cantankerous person; crank",
      "word": "cancrán"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "cantankerousness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "translation": "cantankerousness",
      "word": "cancracht"
    }
  ],
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        "cankerous"
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      ],
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        [
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          "peevish"
        ]
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "sense": "peevish",
          "word": "cantalach"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkauŋkəɾˠəx/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cancrach"
}
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  "derived": [
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      "english": "cantankerousness",
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      ],
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From cancar (“cantankerousness”) + -ach.",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "cancracha",
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      ]
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      "form": "cancraí",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "chancrach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cancracha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "chancracha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "chancraigh",
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        "masculine",
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    {
      "form": "chancrach",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cancracha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chancraigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cancraí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cancracha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "cancrach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cancrach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chancrach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chancrach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chancraigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cancracha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chancracha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "níos cancraí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is cancraí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ga-mut",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cancrach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chancrach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gcancrach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cancarach",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cangcarach",
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        "obsolete"
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  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
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    {
      "english": "to vex, annoy",
      "translation": "to vex, annoy",
      "word": "cancraigh"
    },
    {
      "english": "cantankerous person; crank",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "translation": "cantankerous person; crank",
      "word": "cancrán"
    },
    {
      "english": "cantankerousness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    }
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "cankerous"
      ],
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        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        "cantankerous, peevish"
      ],
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        [
          "cantankerous",
          "cantankerous"
        ],
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          "peevish",
          "peevish"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkauŋkəɾˠəx/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "peevish",
      "word": "cantalach"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cancrach"
}

Download raw JSONL data for cancrach meaning in Irish (4.7kB)

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'strong noun'",
  "path": [
    "cancrach"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "cancrach",
  "trace": ""
}

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

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

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