"cathair" meaning in Irish

See cathair in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɑhəɾʲ/, /ˈkahəɾʲ/, /kaɾʲ/ [Cois-Fharraige], [kaːɾʲ] [Cois-Fharraige], /ˈkahæɾʲ/ [Ulster] (note: as if spelled catháir)
Etymology: From Old Irish cathair, from Proto-Celtic *katrixs (“fortification”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|cathair}} Old Irish cathair, {{inh|ga|cel-pro|*katrixs|t=fortification}} Proto-Celtic *katrixs (“fortification”) Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|cathrach|or|caithreach|||||nominative plural|cathracha|or|caithreacha|||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} cathair f (genitive singular cathrach or caithreach, nominative plural cathracha or caithreacha), {{ga-noun|f|cathrach|cathracha|gen2=caithreach|pl2=caithreacha}} cathair f (genitive singular cathrach or caithreach, nominative plural cathracha or caithreacha) Forms: cathrach [genitive, singular], caithreach [genitive, singular], cathracha [nominative, plural], caithreacha [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], cathair [indefinite, nominative, singular], cathracha [indefinite, nominative, plural], a chathair [indefinite, singular, vocative], a chathracha [indefinite, plural, vocative], cathrach [genitive, indefinite, singular], cathracha [genitive, indefinite, plural], cathair [dative, indefinite, singular], cathraigh [archaic, dative, dialectal, indefinite, singular], cathracha [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an chathair [definite, nominative, singular], na cathracha [definite, nominative, plural], na cathrach [definite, genitive, singular], na gcathracha [definite, genitive, plural], leis an gcathair [dative, definite, singular], leis an gcathraigh [archaic, dative, definite, dialectal, singular], don chathair [dative, definite, singular], don chathraigh [archaic, dative, definite, dialectal, singular], leis na cathracha [dative, definite, plural]
  1. city Tags: feminine Categories (place): Cities
    Sense id: en-cathair-ga-noun-EaYsI0Er Disambiguation of Cities: 46 25 15 7 6
  2. (historical) enclosed church establishment; monastic city Tags: feminine, historical
    Sense id: en-cathair-ga-noun-LUWJR0bK
  3. (archaeology) circular stone fort, a ringfort Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Archaeology
    Sense id: en-cathair-ga-noun-OXkplO8L Categories (other): Pages with entries, Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 20 1 2 16 2 8 2 2 2 2 1 13 9 18 1 2 Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 1 7 51 9 32 Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences
  4. dwelling(-place); bed, lair Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cathair-ga-noun-GXC7cBrl
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: ardchathair (english: capital city; metropolis), Cathair Aidriain (english: Adrianople), Cathair Alastair (english: Alexandria), Cathair an Phápa (english: Vatican City; City of the Pope) [literally], cathair ardeaglaise (english: cathedral city), cathair bhardais (english: municipality), Cathair Chonstaintín (english: Constantinople), cathair ghríobháin (english: labyrinth, maze), Cathair Mheicsiceo (english: Mexico City), Cathair na Mart (english: Westport), Cathair Pheadair [Saint-Petersburg], cathair seileán (english: swarming-place of bees), Cathair Thoirmiscthe (english: Forbidden City), cathróir (english: citizen), príomhchathair [uppercase] [city, cities, region, location]

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɑhəɾʲ/, /ˈkahəɾʲ/, /kaɾʲ/ [Cois-Fharraige], [kaːɾʲ] [Cois-Fharraige], /ˈkahæɾʲ/ [Ulster] (note: as if spelled catháir)
Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|caithre|or|caithreach||||||-|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} cathair f (genitive singular caithre or caithreach), {{ga-noun|f|caithre|-|gen2=caithreach}} cathair f (genitive singular caithre or caithreach) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: caithre [genitive, singular], caithreach [genitive, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], cathair [indefinite, nominative, singular], a chathair [indefinite, singular, vocative], caithre [genitive, indefinite, singular], cathair [dative, indefinite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], an chathair [definite, nominative, singular], na caithre [definite, genitive, singular], leis an gcathair [dative, definite, singular], don chathair [dative, definite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], cathair [error-unrecognized-form], chathair [error-unrecognized-form], gcathair [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. Alternative form of caithir (“down, pubic hair”) Tags: alt-of, alternative, feminine Alternative form of: caithir (extra: down, pubic hair) Categories (topical): Hair
    Sense id: en-cathair-ga-noun-XvBTiVEs Disambiguation of Hair: 2 3 27 8 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "capital city; metropolis",
      "word": "ardchathair"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "Adrianople",
      "word": "Cathair Aidriain"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "Alexandria",
      "word": "Cathair Alastair"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "Vatican City; City of the Pope",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "Cathair an Phápa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "cathedral city",
      "word": "cathair ardeaglaise"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "municipality",
      "word": "cathair bhardais"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "Constantinople",
      "word": "Cathair Chonstaintín"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "labyrinth, maze",
      "word": "cathair ghríobháin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "Mexico City",
      "word": "Cathair Mheicsiceo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "Westport",
      "word": "Cathair na Mart"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Saint-Petersburg"
      ],
      "word": "Cathair Pheadair"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "swarming-place of bees",
      "word": "cathair seileán"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "Forbidden City",
      "word": "Cathair Thoirmiscthe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "citizen",
      "word": "cathróir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "uppercase"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "city",
        "cities",
        "region",
        "location"
      ],
      "word": "príomhchathair"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "cathair"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish cathair",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*katrixs",
        "t": "fortification"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *katrixs (“fortification”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish cathair, from Proto-Celtic *katrixs (“fortification”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cathrach",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caithreach",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cathracha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caithreacha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cathair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cathracha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a chathair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a chathracha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cathrach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cathracha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cathair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cathraigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "dialectal",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cathracha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an chathair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na cathracha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na cathrach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na gcathracha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcathair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcathraigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "dialectal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don chathair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don chathraigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "dialectal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na cathracha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "cathracha",
        "13": "or",
        "14": "caithreacha",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "cathrach",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "caithreach",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "cathair f (genitive singular cathrach or caithreach, nominative plural cathracha or caithreacha)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "cathrach",
        "3": "cathracha",
        "gen2": "caithreach",
        "pl2": "caithreacha"
      },
      "expansion": "cathair f (genitive singular cathrach or caithreach, nominative plural cathracha or caithreacha)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "46 25 15 7 6",
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Cities",
          "orig": "ga:Cities",
          "parents": [
            "Polities",
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "city"
      ],
      "id": "en-cathair-ga-noun-EaYsI0Er",
      "links": [
        [
          "city",
          "city"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "enclosed church establishment; monastic city"
      ],
      "id": "en-cathair-ga-noun-LUWJR0bK",
      "links": [
        [
          "church",
          "church"
        ],
        [
          "monastic",
          "monastic"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) enclosed church establishment; monastic city"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Archaeology",
          "orig": "ga:Archaeology",
          "parents": [
            "Anthropology",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "Zoology",
            "All topics",
            "Society",
            "Biology",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 20 1 2 16 2 8 2 2 2 2 1 13 9 18 1 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 7 51 9 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "circular stone fort, a ringfort"
      ],
      "id": "en-cathair-ga-noun-OXkplO8L",
      "links": [
        [
          "archaeology",
          "archaeology"
        ],
        [
          "fort",
          "fort"
        ],
        [
          "ringfort",
          "ringfort"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaeology) circular stone fort, a ringfort"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "archaeology",
        "history",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dwelling(-place); bed, lair"
      ],
      "id": "en-cathair-ga-noun-GXC7cBrl",
      "links": [
        [
          "dwelling",
          "dwelling"
        ],
        [
          "bed",
          "bed"
        ],
        [
          "lair",
          "lair"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɑhəɾʲ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkahəɾʲ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaɾʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Cois-Fharraige"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kaːɾʲ]",
      "tags": [
        "Cois-Fharraige"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkahæɾʲ/",
      "note": "as if spelled catháir",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cathair"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "caithre",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caithreach",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cathair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a chathair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caithre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cathair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an chathair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na caithre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcathair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don chathair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cathair",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chathair",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gcathair",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "-",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "caithre",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "caithreach",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "cathair f (genitive singular caithre or caithreach)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "caithre",
        "3": "-",
        "gen2": "caithreach"
      },
      "expansion": "cathair f (genitive singular caithre or caithreach)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "down, pubic hair",
          "word": "caithir"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 3 27 8 61",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Hair",
          "orig": "ga:Hair",
          "parents": [
            "Body parts",
            "Body",
            "Anatomy",
            "All topics",
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Fundamental",
            "Sciences",
            "Healthcare",
            "Health"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of caithir (“down, pubic hair”)"
      ],
      "id": "en-cathair-ga-noun-XvBTiVEs",
      "links": [
        [
          "caithir",
          "caithir#Irish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɑhəɾʲ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkahəɾʲ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaɾʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Cois-Fharraige"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kaːɾʲ]",
      "tags": [
        "Cois-Fharraige"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkahæɾʲ/",
      "note": "as if spelled catháir",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cathair"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Irish feminine nouns",
    "Irish fifth-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish second-declension nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ga:Cities",
    "ga:Hair",
    "gd-noun 2",
    "gd:Brassicas",
    "gd:Chairs",
    "gd:Cities",
    "gd:Vegetables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "capital city; metropolis",
      "word": "ardchathair"
    },
    {
      "english": "Adrianople",
      "word": "Cathair Aidriain"
    },
    {
      "english": "Alexandria",
      "word": "Cathair Alastair"
    },
    {
      "english": "Vatican City; City of the Pope",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "Cathair an Phápa"
    },
    {
      "english": "cathedral city",
      "word": "cathair ardeaglaise"
    },
    {
      "english": "municipality",
      "word": "cathair bhardais"
    },
    {
      "english": "Constantinople",
      "word": "Cathair Chonstaintín"
    },
    {
      "english": "labyrinth, maze",
      "word": "cathair ghríobháin"
    },
    {
      "english": "Mexico City",
      "word": "Cathair Mheicsiceo"
    },
    {
      "english": "Westport",
      "word": "Cathair na Mart"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Saint-Petersburg"
      ],
      "word": "Cathair Pheadair"
    },
    {
      "english": "swarming-place of bees",
      "word": "cathair seileán"
    },
    {
      "english": "Forbidden City",
      "word": "Cathair Thoirmiscthe"
    },
    {
      "english": "citizen",
      "word": "cathróir"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "uppercase"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "city",
        "cities",
        "region",
        "location"
      ],
      "word": "príomhchathair"
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "cathair"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*katrixs",
        "t": "fortification"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *katrixs (“fortification”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish cathair, from Proto-Celtic *katrixs (“fortification”).",
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    {
      "form": "cathrach",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caithreach",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cathracha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caithreacha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cathair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cathracha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a chathair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a chathracha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cathrach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cathracha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cathair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cathraigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "dialectal",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cathracha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an chathair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na cathracha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na cathrach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na gcathracha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcathair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcathraigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "dialectal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don chathair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don chathraigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "dialectal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na cathracha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
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        "13": "or",
        "14": "caithreacha",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
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        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "cathrach",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "caithreach",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
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        "g2": "",
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      "expansion": "cathair f (genitive singular cathrach or caithreach, nominative plural cathracha or caithreacha)",
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      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "city"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "city",
          "city"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "enclosed church establishment; monastic city"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "church",
          "church"
        ],
        [
          "monastic",
          "monastic"
        ]
      ],
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        "(historical) enclosed church establishment; monastic city"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "historical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "ga:Archaeology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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        [
          "archaeology",
          "archaeology"
        ],
        [
          "fort",
          "fort"
        ],
        [
          "ringfort",
          "ringfort"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaeology) circular stone fort, a ringfort"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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        "archaeology",
        "history",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dwelling(-place); bed, lair"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dwelling",
          "dwelling"
        ],
        [
          "bed",
          "bed"
        ],
        [
          "lair",
          "lair"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɑhəɾʲ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkahəɾʲ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaɾʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Cois-Fharraige"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kaːɾʲ]",
      "tags": [
        "Cois-Fharraige"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkahæɾʲ/",
      "note": "as if spelled catháir",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cathair"
}

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  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "caithre",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "caithreach",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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      "form": "a chathair",
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        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
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        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cathair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an chathair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na caithre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcathair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don chathair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ga-mut",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "cathair",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "chathair",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gcathair",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
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        "11": "",
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        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
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        "8": "",
        "9": "",
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        "f4request": "1",
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    }
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  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "down, pubic hair",
          "word": "caithir"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of caithir (“down, pubic hair”)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "caithir",
          "caithir#Irish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɑhəɾʲ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkahəɾʲ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaɾʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Cois-Fharraige"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kaːɾʲ]",
      "tags": [
        "Cois-Fharraige"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkahæɾʲ/",
      "note": "as if spelled catháir",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cathair"
}

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

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

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