"carn" meaning in Irish

See carn in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kɑːɾˠn̪ˠ/, /kaːɾˠn̪ˠ/
Etymology: From Middle Irish carn, from Proto-Celtic *karnom. Etymology templates: {{root|ga|ine-pro|*ḱerh₂-}}, {{der|ga|mga|carn}} Middle Irish carn, {{ref|<span class="cited-source">Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (<span class="None" lang="und">2019), “carn”, in <cite>eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language</cite></span></span>}}, {{der|ga|cel-pro|*karnom}} Proto-Celtic *karnom Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|cairn|||||||nominative plural|cairn|||||altform=|cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} carn m (genitive singular cairn, nominative plural cairn), {{ga-noun|m|cairn|cairn}} carn m (genitive singular cairn, nominative plural cairn) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: cairn [genitive, singular], cairn [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], carn [indefinite, nominative, singular], cairn [indefinite, nominative, plural], a chairn [indefinite, singular, vocative], a charna [indefinite, plural, vocative], cairn [genitive, indefinite, singular], carn [genitive, indefinite, plural], carn [dative, indefinite, singular], cairn [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an carn [definite, nominative, singular], na cairn [definite, nominative, plural], an chairn [definite, genitive, singular], na gcarn [definite, genitive, plural], leis an gcarn [dative, definite, singular], don charn [dative, definite, singular], leis na cairn [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], carn [error-unrecognized-form], charn [lenition], gcarn [eclipsis], cárn [alternative]
  1. heap, pile Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-carn-ga-noun-~wJUDqAI Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 46 54
  2. cairn Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-carn-ga-noun-SpkJqVFt Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: carn aoiligh, carn consan, carnán

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "carn aoiligh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "carn consan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "carnán"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ḱerh₂-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "mga",
        "3": "carn"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish carn",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<span class=\"cited-source\">Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (<span class=\"None\" lang=\"und\">2019), “carn”, in <cite>eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language</cite></span></span>"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "ref"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*karnom"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *karnom",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish carn, from Proto-Celtic *karnom.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cairn",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cairn",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cairn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a chairn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a charna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cairn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cairn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an carn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na cairn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an chairn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na gcarn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcarn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don charn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na cairn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gcarn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cárn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "cairn",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "cairn",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "carn m (genitive singular cairn, nominative plural cairn)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "cairn",
        "3": "cairn"
      },
      "expansion": "carn m (genitive singular cairn, nominative plural cairn)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "heap, pile"
      ],
      "id": "en-carn-ga-noun-~wJUDqAI",
      "links": [
        [
          "heap",
          "heap"
        ],
        [
          "pile",
          "pile"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cairn"
      ],
      "id": "en-carn-ga-noun-SpkJqVFt",
      "links": [
        [
          "cairn",
          "cairn"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɑːɾˠn̪ˠ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaːɾˠn̪ˠ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "carn"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Irish first-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish masculine nouns",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Middle Irish",
    "Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱerh₂-",
    "Pages with 9 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "carn aoiligh"
    },
    {
      "word": "carn consan"
    },
    {
      "word": "carnán"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ḱerh₂-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "mga",
        "3": "carn"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish carn",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<span class=\"cited-source\">Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (<span class=\"None\" lang=\"und\">2019), “carn”, in <cite>eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language</cite></span></span>"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "ref"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*karnom"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *karnom",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish carn, from Proto-Celtic *karnom.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cairn",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cairn",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cairn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a chairn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a charna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cairn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cairn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an carn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na cairn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an chairn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na gcarn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcarn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don charn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na cairn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gcarn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cárn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "cairn",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "cairn",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
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        "cat2": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "carn m (genitive singular cairn, nominative plural cairn)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "cairn",
        "3": "cairn"
      },
      "expansion": "carn m (genitive singular cairn, nominative plural cairn)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "heap, pile"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "heap",
          "heap"
        ],
        [
          "pile",
          "pile"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cairn"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cairn",
          "cairn"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɑːɾˠn̪ˠ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaːɾˠn̪ˠ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "carn"
}

Download raw JSONL data for carn meaning in Irish (4.1kB)

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

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/match_links_to_form",
  "msg": "form='cairn' has many different link candidates `{link_dict[form]}`, which can't be disambiguated.",
  "path": [
    "carn"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "carn",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/match_links_to_form",
  "msg": "form='cairn' has many different link candidates `{link_dict[form]}`, which can't be disambiguated.",
  "path": [
    "carn"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "carn",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/match_links_to_form",
  "msg": "form='cairn' has many different link candidates `{link_dict[form]}`, which can't be disambiguated.",
  "path": [
    "carn"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "carn",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/match_links_to_form",
  "msg": "form='cairn' has many different link candidates `{link_dict[form]}`, which can't be disambiguated.",
  "path": [
    "carn"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "carn",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/match_links_to_form",
  "msg": "form='cairn' has many different link candidates `{link_dict[form]}`, which can't be disambiguated.",
  "path": [
    "carn"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "carn",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/match_links_to_form",
  "msg": "form='cairn' has many different link candidates `{link_dict[form]}`, which can't be disambiguated.",
  "path": [
    "carn"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "carn",
  "trace": ""
}

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