"caolán" meaning in Irish

See caolán in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /keːˈl̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/ [Munster], /ˈkiːlˠɑːnˠ/ [Connacht], /ˈkiːlˠanˠ/ [Ulster]
Etymology: From caol (“slender, narrow”) + -án. Etymology templates: {{af|ga|caol|-án|t1=slender, narrow}} caol (“slender, narrow”) + -án Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|caoláin|||||||nominative plural|caoláin|||||altform=|cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} caolán m (genitive singular caoláin, nominative plural caoláin), {{ga-noun|m|caoláin|caoláin}} caolán m (genitive singular caoláin, nominative plural caoláin) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: caoláin [genitive, singular], caoláin [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], caolán [indefinite, nominative, singular], caoláin [indefinite, nominative, plural], a chaoláin [indefinite, singular, vocative], a chaolána [indefinite, plural, vocative], caoláin [genitive, indefinite, singular], caolán [genitive, indefinite, plural], caolán [dative, indefinite, singular], caoláin [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an caolán [definite, nominative, singular], na caoláin [definite, nominative, plural], an chaoláin [definite, genitive, singular], na gcaolán [definite, genitive, plural], leis an gcaolán [dative, definite, singular], don chaolán [dative, definite, singular], leis na caoláin [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], caolán [error-unrecognized-form], chaolán [error-unrecognized-form], gcaolán [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. (geography) creek Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-caolán-ga-noun-bo~kcCBI Categories (other): Geography, Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 47 22 5 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 59 16 7 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 70 11 5 14 Topics: geography, natural-sciences
  2. (anatomy) small intestine Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-caolán-ga-noun-oZ~0cIDd Categories (other): Anatomy Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  3. catgut Tags: masculine Synonyms: snáithe caoláin
    Sense id: en-caolán-ga-noun-Q0y02qc3
  4. alternative form of caoladán (“thin person, thing”) Tags: alt-of, alternative, masculine Alternative form of: caoladán (extra: thin person, thing)
    Sense id: en-caolán-ga-noun-CkJ42g63 Categories (other): Irish terms suffixed with -án Disambiguation of Irish terms suffixed with -án: 16 20 5 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: caolán beag, caolán imleacáin (english: umbilical cord)

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "caolán beag"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "umbilical cord",
      "translation": "umbilical cord",
      "word": "caolán imleacáin"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "caol",
        "3": "-án",
        "t1": "slender, narrow"
      },
      "expansion": "caol (“slender, narrow”) + -án",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From caol (“slender, narrow”) + -án.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "caoláin",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caoláin",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caolán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caoláin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a chaoláin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a chaolána",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caoláin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caolán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caolán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caoláin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an caolán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na caoláin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an chaoláin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na gcaolán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcaolán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don chaolán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na caoláin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caolán",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chaolán",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gcaolán",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "caoláin",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "caoláin",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
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        "3": "caoláin"
      },
      "expansion": "caolán m (genitive singular caoláin, nominative plural caoláin)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Geography",
          "orig": "ga:Geography",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "47 22 5 26",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 11 5 14",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "creek"
      ],
      "id": "en-caolán-ga-noun-bo~kcCBI",
      "links": [
        [
          "geography",
          "geography"
        ],
        [
          "creek",
          "creek"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(geography) creek"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "geography",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "ga:Anatomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "small intestine"
      ],
      "id": "en-caolán-ga-noun-oZ~0cIDd",
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "small intestine",
          "small intestine"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) small intestine"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "catgut"
      ],
      "id": "en-caolán-ga-noun-Q0y02qc3",
      "links": [
        [
          "catgut",
          "catgut"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "snáithe caoláin"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "thin person, thing",
          "word": "caoladán"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "16 20 5 58",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish terms suffixed with -án",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternative form of caoladán (“thin person, thing”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-caolán-ga-noun-CkJ42g63",
      "links": [
        [
          "caoladán",
          "caoladán#Irish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/keːˈl̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkiːlˠɑːnˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkiːlˠanˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "caolán"
}

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    "Irish first-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish masculine nouns",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish terms suffixed with -án",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "caolán beag"
    },
    {
      "english": "umbilical cord",
      "translation": "umbilical cord",
      "word": "caolán imleacáin"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From caol (“slender, narrow”) + -án.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "caoláin",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caoláin",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caolán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caoláin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a chaoláin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a chaolána",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caoláin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caolán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caoláin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an caolán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na caoláin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an chaoláin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na gcaolán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcaolán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don chaolán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na caoláin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caolán",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chaolán",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "gcaolán",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
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        "14": "",
        "15": "",
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        "6": "",
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  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "categories": [
        "ga:Geography"
      ],
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        "creek"
      ],
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        [
          "geography",
          "geography"
        ],
        [
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        ]
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        "(geography) creek"
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        "masculine"
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        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
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        {
          "word": "snáithe caoláin"
        }
      ],
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      ]
    },
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        "alternative form of caoladán (“thin person, thing”)"
      ],
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          "caoladán",
          "caoladán#Irish"
        ]
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/keːˈl̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkiːlˠɑːnˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkiːlˠanˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "caolán"
}

Download raw JSONL data for caolán meaning in Irish (4.3kB)

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  "section": "Irish",
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}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'eclipsis'",
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