"ceann" meaning in Irish

See ceann in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /cɑun̪ˠ/ [Munster], /cɑːn̪ˠ/ [Galway], /can̪ˠ/ [Mayo], /cɨn̪ˠ/ [Ulster] (note: corresponding to the archaic dative cionn)
Etymology: From Middle Irish cenn, from Old Irish cenn (compare Manx kione), from Primitive Irish (attested in the personal names ᚉᚒᚅᚐ-ᚉᚓᚅᚅᚔ (cuna-cenni, literally “dog's head”) and ᚊᚓᚅᚑ-ᚃᚓᚅᚇᚐᚌᚅᚔ (qeno-vendagni, literally “little fair-headed one”)), from Proto-Celtic *kʷennom; compare Welsh pen, Breton penn. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|mga|cenn}} Middle Irish cenn, {{inh|ga|sga|cenn|id=head}} Old Irish cenn, {{cog|gv|kione}} Manx kione, {{inh|ga|pgl|-}} Primitive Irish, {{inh|ga|cel-pro|*kʷennom}} Proto-Celtic *kʷennom, {{cog|cy|pen}} Welsh pen, {{cog|br|penn}} Breton penn Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|cinn|||||||nominative plural|cinn|||||altform=|cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} ceann m (genitive singular cinn, nominative plural cinn), {{ga-noun|m|cinn|cinn}} ceann m (genitive singular cinn, nominative plural cinn) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: cinn [genitive, singular], cinn [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], ceann [indefinite, nominative, singular], cinn [indefinite, nominative, plural], a chinn [indefinite, singular, vocative], a cheanna [indefinite, plural, vocative], cinn [genitive, indefinite, singular], ceann [genitive, indefinite, plural], ceann [dative, indefinite, singular], cinn [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an ceann [definite, nominative, singular], na cinn [definite, nominative, plural], an chinn [definite, genitive, singular], na gceann [definite, genitive, plural], leis an gceann [dative, definite, singular], don cheann [dative, definite, singular], leis na cinn [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], ceann [error-unrecognized-form], cheann [error-unrecognized-form], gceann [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. head Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-ceann-ga-noun-ny5tM6Nx Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Head and neck Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 40 39 2 2 11 6 Disambiguation of Head and neck: 73 27 0 0 0 0
  2. head of cabbage, capitulum Tags: masculine Synonyms (head of cabbage): tor
    Sense id: en-ceann-ga-noun-3eebLE10 Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Anatomy Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 40 39 2 2 11 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 7 39 7 7 13 14 7 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 63 4 4 8 8 4 4 Disambiguation of Anatomy: 8 61 8 8 8 8 Disambiguation of 'head of cabbage': 28 72 0 0 0 0
  3. end, extremity Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-ceann-ga-noun-0t3Dhw~7
  4. roof Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-ceann-ga-noun-0aDW9HB0
  5. one (modified by an adjective or demonstrative, referring to an object or animal) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-ceann-ga-noun-Onk4W4tQ Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, One Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 40 39 2 2 11 6 Disambiguation of One: 2 32 2 2 59 2
  6. used as a dummy noun to support a number, referring to an object or animal Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-ceann-ga-noun-soA0pnLZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (head, roof): cloigeann [Ulster]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ar ceann"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ardcheannach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "blaosc an chinn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "brat cinn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ceann cait"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ceann tíre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ceannadhairt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ceannaigh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ceannaimsir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ceannairgead"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ceannas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ceannbhalla"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ceannbheart"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ceanncheathrú"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ceannlampa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "chun cinn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cró an chinn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "croscheann"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "éadach cinn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "faoi cheann"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "focheann"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "foirceann"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "go ceann"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "at the end of; engaged in",
      "translation": "at the end of; engaged in",
      "word": "i gceann"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "i ndiaidh do chinn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "iomaire cinn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "Newry",
      "translation": "Newry",
      "word": "Iúr Cinn Trá"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Maolcheann"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mírcheann"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mórcheannach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "néarcheann"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "os cionn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rópa cinn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "siorc ceann casúir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "headache",
      "translation": "headache",
      "word": "tinneas cinn"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "mga",
        "3": "cenn"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish cenn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "cenn",
        "id": "head"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish cenn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gv",
        "2": "kione"
      },
      "expansion": "Manx kione",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "pgl",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Primitive Irish",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*kʷennom"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *kʷennom",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "pen"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh pen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "penn"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton penn",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish cenn, from Old Irish cenn (compare Manx kione), from Primitive Irish (attested in the personal names ᚉᚒᚅᚐ-ᚉᚓᚅᚅᚔ (cuna-cenni, literally “dog's head”) and ᚊᚓᚅᚑ-ᚃᚓᚅᚇᚐᚌᚅᚔ (qeno-vendagni, literally “little fair-headed one”)), from Proto-Celtic *kʷennom; compare Welsh pen, Breton penn.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cinn",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cinn",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ceann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a chinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a cheanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ceann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ceann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an ceann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na cinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an chinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na gceann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gceann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don cheann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na cinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ceann",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cheann",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gceann",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "cinn",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "cinn",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ceann m (genitive singular cinn, nominative plural cinn)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "cinn",
        "3": "cinn"
      },
      "expansion": "ceann m (genitive singular cinn, nominative plural cinn)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "40 39 2 2 11 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "73 27 0 0 0 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Head and neck",
          "orig": "ga:Head and neck",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "head"
      ],
      "id": "en-ceann-ga-noun-ny5tM6Nx",
      "links": [
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "40 39 2 2 11 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 39 7 7 13 14 7 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 63 4 4 8 8 4 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 61 8 8 8 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "ga:Anatomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "head of cabbage, capitulum"
      ],
      "id": "en-ceann-ga-noun-3eebLE10",
      "links": [
        [
          "capitulum",
          "capitulum"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "28 72 0 0 0 0",
          "sense": "head of cabbage",
          "word": "tor"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "end, extremity"
      ],
      "id": "en-ceann-ga-noun-0t3Dhw~7",
      "links": [
        [
          "end",
          "end"
        ],
        [
          "extremity",
          "extremity"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "roof"
      ],
      "id": "en-ceann-ga-noun-0aDW9HB0",
      "links": [
        [
          "roof",
          "roof"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "40 39 2 2 11 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 32 2 2 59 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "One",
          "orig": "ga:One",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I have a red one [e.g. chair].",
          "text": "Tá ceann dearg agam.",
          "translation": "I have a red one [e.g. chair].",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I see three green ones [e.g. birds].",
          "text": "Feicim trí cinn ghlasa.",
          "translation": "I see three green ones [e.g. birds].",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              16,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I want that one [e.g. toy].",
          "text": "Is mian liom an ceann sin.",
          "translation": "I want that one [e.g. toy].",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "one (modified by an adjective or demonstrative, referring to an object or animal)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ceann-ga-noun-Onk4W4tQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "one",
          "one"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I have one [e.g. chair].",
          "text": "Tá ceann amháin agam.",
          "translation": "I have one [e.g. chair].",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I see three [e.g. birds].",
          "text": "Feicim trí cinn.",
          "translation": "I see three [e.g. birds].",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used as a dummy noun to support a number, referring to an object or animal"
      ],
      "id": "en-ceann-ga-noun-soA0pnLZ",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/cɑun̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/cɑːn̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Galway"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/can̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Mayo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/cɨn̪ˠ/",
      "note": "corresponding to the archaic dative cionn",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "47 11 0 42 0 0",
      "sense": "head, roof",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ],
      "word": "cloigeann"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ceann"
}
{
  "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 Old Irish",
    "Irish terms derived from Primitive Irish",
    "Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish",
    "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms inherited from Primitive Irish",
    "Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ga:Anatomy",
    "ga:Head and neck",
    "ga:One",
    "gd-noun 2",
    "gd:Anatomy",
    "gd:Body"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ar ceann"
    },
    {
      "word": "ardcheannach"
    },
    {
      "word": "blaosc an chinn"
    },
    {
      "word": "brat cinn"
    },
    {
      "word": "ceann cait"
    },
    {
      "word": "ceann tíre"
    },
    {
      "word": "ceannadhairt"
    },
    {
      "word": "ceannaigh"
    },
    {
      "word": "ceannaimsir"
    },
    {
      "word": "ceannairgead"
    },
    {
      "word": "ceannas"
    },
    {
      "word": "ceannbhalla"
    },
    {
      "word": "ceannbheart"
    },
    {
      "word": "ceanncheathrú"
    },
    {
      "word": "ceannlampa"
    },
    {
      "word": "chun cinn"
    },
    {
      "word": "cró an chinn"
    },
    {
      "word": "croscheann"
    },
    {
      "word": "éadach cinn"
    },
    {
      "word": "faoi cheann"
    },
    {
      "word": "focheann"
    },
    {
      "word": "foirceann"
    },
    {
      "word": "go ceann"
    },
    {
      "english": "at the end of; engaged in",
      "translation": "at the end of; engaged in",
      "word": "i gceann"
    },
    {
      "word": "i ndiaidh do chinn"
    },
    {
      "word": "iomaire cinn"
    },
    {
      "english": "Newry",
      "translation": "Newry",
      "word": "Iúr Cinn Trá"
    },
    {
      "word": "Maolcheann"
    },
    {
      "word": "mírcheann"
    },
    {
      "word": "mórcheannach"
    },
    {
      "word": "néarcheann"
    },
    {
      "word": "os cionn"
    },
    {
      "word": "rópa cinn"
    },
    {
      "word": "siorc ceann casúir"
    },
    {
      "english": "headache",
      "translation": "headache",
      "word": "tinneas cinn"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "mga",
        "3": "cenn"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish cenn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "cenn",
        "id": "head"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish cenn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gv",
        "2": "kione"
      },
      "expansion": "Manx kione",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "pgl",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Primitive Irish",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*kʷennom"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *kʷennom",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "pen"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh pen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "penn"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton penn",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish cenn, from Old Irish cenn (compare Manx kione), from Primitive Irish (attested in the personal names ᚉᚒᚅᚐ-ᚉᚓᚅᚅᚔ (cuna-cenni, literally “dog's head”) and ᚊᚓᚅᚑ-ᚃᚓᚅᚇᚐᚌᚅᚔ (qeno-vendagni, literally “little fair-headed one”)), from Proto-Celtic *kʷennom; compare Welsh pen, Breton penn.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cinn",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cinn",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ceann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a chinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a cheanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ceann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ceann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an ceann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na cinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an chinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na gceann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gceann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don cheann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na cinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ceann",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cheann",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gceann",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "cinn",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "cinn",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ceann m (genitive singular cinn, nominative plural cinn)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "cinn",
        "3": "cinn"
      },
      "expansion": "ceann m (genitive singular cinn, nominative plural cinn)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "head"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "head of cabbage, capitulum"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "capitulum",
          "capitulum"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "end, extremity"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "end",
          "end"
        ],
        [
          "extremity",
          "extremity"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "roof"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "roof",
          "roof"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I have a red one [e.g. chair].",
          "text": "Tá ceann dearg agam.",
          "translation": "I have a red one [e.g. chair].",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I see three green ones [e.g. birds].",
          "text": "Feicim trí cinn ghlasa.",
          "translation": "I see three green ones [e.g. birds].",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              16,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I want that one [e.g. toy].",
          "text": "Is mian liom an ceann sin.",
          "translation": "I want that one [e.g. toy].",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "one (modified by an adjective or demonstrative, referring to an object or animal)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "one",
          "one"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I have one [e.g. chair].",
          "text": "Tá ceann amháin agam.",
          "translation": "I have one [e.g. chair].",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I see three [e.g. birds].",
          "text": "Feicim trí cinn.",
          "translation": "I see three [e.g. birds].",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used as a dummy noun to support a number, referring to an object or animal"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/cɑun̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/cɑːn̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Galway"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/can̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Mayo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/cɨn̪ˠ/",
      "note": "corresponding to the archaic dative cionn",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "head of cabbage",
      "word": "tor"
    },
    {
      "sense": "head, roof",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ],
      "word": "cloigeann"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ceann"
}

Download raw JSONL data for ceann meaning in Irish (7.3kB)

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

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

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

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