"cealgach" meaning in Irish

See cealgach in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈcalˠəɡəx/ [Connacht], /ˈcalˠəɡa(x)/ [Ulster]
Etymology: From Middle Irish celgach. By surface analysis, cealg + -ach. Etymology templates: {{der|ga|mga|celgach}} Middle Irish celgach, {{surf|ga|cealg|-ach|pos=adjective}} By surface analysis, cealg + -ach Head templates: {{head|ga|adjective|genitive singular masculine|cealgaigh|genitive singular feminine|cealgaí||{{{gsf2}}}|plural|cealgacha||{{{pl2}}}|comparative|cealgaí|||altform=|head=}} cealgach (genitive singular masculine cealgaigh, genitive singular feminine cealgaí, plural cealgacha, comparative cealgaí), {{ga-adj|comp=cealgaí|gsf=cealgaí|gsm=cealgaigh|pl=~a}} cealgach (genitive singular masculine cealgaigh, genitive singular feminine cealgaí, plural cealgacha, comparative cealgaí) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: cealgaigh [genitive, masculine, singular], cealgaí [feminine, genitive, singular], cealgacha [plural], cealgaí [comparative], no-table-tags [table-tags], cealgach [masculine, nominative, singular], chealgach [feminine, nominative, singular], cealgacha [error-unrecognized-form, nominative, plural], chealgacha [error-unrecognized-form, nominative, plural], chealgaigh [masculine, singular, vocative], chealgach [feminine, singular, vocative], cealgacha [error-unrecognized-form, plural, vocative], chealgaigh [genitive, masculine, singular], cealgaí [feminine, genitive, singular], cealgacha [error-unrecognized-form, genitive, plural], cealgach [error-unrecognized-form, genitive, plural], cealgach [dative, masculine, singular], chealgach [dative, masculine, singular], chealgach [dative, feminine, singular], chealgaigh [archaic, dative, feminine, singular], cealgacha [dative, error-unrecognized-form, plural], chealgacha [dative, error-unrecognized-form, plural], níos cealgaí [comparative, error-unrecognized-form], is cealgaí [error-unrecognized-form, superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], cealgach [error-unrecognized-form], chealgach [error-unrecognized-form], gcealgach [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. treacherous, deceitful, deceptive, insidious Synonyms (treacherous, deceitful, deceptive): fealltach, mealltach
    Sense id: en-cealgach-ga-adj-kLDVOoDw Disambiguation of 'treacherous, deceitful, deceptive': 60 29 11 1
  2. beguiling, guileful, alluring
    Sense id: en-cealgach-ga-adj-GH8eEnYW Categories (other): Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach, Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach: 20 38 20 23 Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 24 59 4 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 90 0 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 96 0 4
  3. wily
    Sense id: en-cealgach-ga-adj-kRKABX7l
  4. alternative form of colgach Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: colgach
    Sense id: en-cealgach-ga-adj-Jc1WYiw-
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cealg",
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        "pos": "adjective"
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      "name": "surf"
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish celgach. By surface analysis, cealg + -ach.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "cealgaigh",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cealgacha",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cealgaí",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cealgach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chealgach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cealgacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chealgacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "chealgaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chealgach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "cealgaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cealgacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cealgach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cealgach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "chealgach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chealgach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "chealgaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cealgacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chealgacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "níos cealgaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is cealgaí",
      "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": "cealgach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chealgach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gcealgach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
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        "15": "",
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    }
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  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "treacherous, deceitful, deceptive, insidious"
      ],
      "id": "en-cealgach-ga-adj-kLDVOoDw",
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        [
          "treacherous",
          "treacherous"
        ],
        [
          "deceitful",
          "deceitful"
        ],
        [
          "deceptive",
          "deceptive"
        ],
        [
          "insidious",
          "insidious"
        ]
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          "_dis1": "60 29 11 1",
          "sense": "treacherous, deceitful, deceptive",
          "word": "fealltach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "60 29 11 1",
          "sense": "treacherous, deceitful, deceptive",
          "word": "mealltach"
        }
      ]
    },
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          "parents": [],
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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        },
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      ],
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        "beguiling, guileful, alluring"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "beguiling",
          "beguiling"
        ],
        [
          "guileful",
          "guileful"
        ],
        [
          "alluring",
          "alluring"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "wily"
      ],
      "id": "en-cealgach-ga-adj-kRKABX7l",
      "links": [
        [
          "wily",
          "wily"
        ]
      ]
    },
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          "word": "colgach"
        }
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        "alternative form of colgach"
      ],
      "id": "en-cealgach-ga-adj-Jc1WYiw-",
      "links": [
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          "colgach",
          "colgach#Irish"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcalˠəɡəx/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcalˠəɡa(x)/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cealgach"
}
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      "form": "cealgaigh",
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      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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      "form": "cealgacha",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "cealgaí",
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        "comparative"
      ]
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
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      "form": "cealgach",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "chealgach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
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      "form": "cealgacha",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "chealgacha",
      "source": "declension",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "chealgaigh",
      "source": "declension",
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    {
      "form": "chealgach",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
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      "form": "cealgacha",
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      "form": "chealgaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cealgaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cealgacha",
      "source": "declension",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "cealgach",
      "source": "declension",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "cealgach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chealgach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "chealgach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "chealgaigh",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "cealgacha",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "chealgacha",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "níos cealgaí",
      "source": "declension",
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        "comparative",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is cealgaí",
      "source": "declension",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ga-mut",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "cealgach",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "chealgach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gcealgach",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    }
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  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "treacherous, deceitful, deceptive, insidious"
      ],
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        [
          "treacherous",
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        ],
        [
          "deceitful",
          "deceitful"
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          "deceptive",
          "deceptive"
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      "glosses": [
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      ],
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          "beguiling",
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          "guileful",
          "guileful"
        ],
        [
          "alluring",
          "alluring"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wily"
      ],
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        [
          "wily",
          "wily"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      ],
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        "alternative form of colgach"
      ],
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        [
          "colgach",
          "colgach#Irish"
        ]
      ],
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        "alt-of",
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcalˠəɡəx/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈcalˠəɡa(x)/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "treacherous, deceitful, deceptive",
      "word": "fealltach"
    },
    {
      "sense": "treacherous, deceitful, deceptive",
      "word": "mealltach"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cealgach"
}

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