"cleithire" meaning in Irish

See cleithire in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈclʲehəɾʲə/
Etymology: From cleith + -ire Etymology templates: {{af|ga|cleith|-aire|alt2=-ire}} cleith + -ire Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|cleithire|||||||nominative plural|cleithirí|||||altform=|cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} cleithire m (genitive singular cleithire, nominative plural cleithirí), {{ga-noun|m|~|cleithirí}} cleithire m (genitive singular cleithire, nominative plural cleithirí) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: cleithire [genitive, singular], cleithirí [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], cleithire [indefinite, nominative, singular], cleithirí [indefinite, nominative, plural], a chleithire [indefinite, singular, vocative], a chleithirí [indefinite, plural, vocative], cleithire [genitive, indefinite, singular], cleithirí [genitive, indefinite, plural], cleithire [dative, indefinite, singular], cleithirí [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an cleithire [definite, nominative, singular], na cleithirí [definite, nominative, plural], an chleithire [definite, genitive, singular], na gcleithirí [definite, genitive, plural], leis an gcleithire [dative, definite, singular], don chleithire [dative, definite, singular], leis na cleithirí [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], cleithire [error-unrecognized-form], chleithire [error-unrecognized-form], gcleithire [error-unrecognized-form], cleathaire [alternative]
  1. a big, stout, strong person, animal or object (generally followed by the genitive of a word defining who or what is being described) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-cleithire-ga-noun-PXpeEvDT Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Irish terms suffixed with -aire, Irish terms with collocations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
     
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  "etymology_text": "From cleith + -ire",
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      "form": "cleithire",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "cleithirí",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cleithire",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cleithirí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a chleithire",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "a chleithirí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cleithire",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cleithirí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cleithire",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cleithirí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an cleithire",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na cleithirí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "an chleithire",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na gcleithirí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcleithire",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don chleithire",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na cleithirí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "mutation",
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    },
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      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cleithire",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "chleithire",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gcleithire",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cleathaire",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
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        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "cleithire",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "cleithire m (genitive singular cleithire, nominative plural cleithirí)",
      "name": "head"
    },
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        "1": "m",
        "2": "~",
        "3": "cleithirí"
      },
      "expansion": "cleithire m (genitive singular cleithire, nominative plural cleithirí)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish terms suffixed with -aire",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
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              0,
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            ]
          ],
          "english": "big, strong man",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "cleithire fir",
          "translation": "big, strong man",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
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              0,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "english": "big, strong horse",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "cleithire capaill",
          "translation": "big, strong horse",
          "type": "example"
        },
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              0,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "english": "strong, stout stick",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "cleithire maide",
          "translation": "strong, stout stick",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "a big, stout, strong person, animal or object (generally followed by the genitive of a word defining who or what is being described)"
      ],
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        [
          "big",
          "big"
        ],
        [
          "stout",
          "stout"
        ],
        [
          "strong",
          "strong"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈclʲehəɾʲə/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cleithire"
}

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      },
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      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From cleith + -ire",
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    {
      "form": "cleithire",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "cleithirí",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "cleithirí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "a chleithire",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "a chleithirí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "cleithire",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cleithirí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cleithire",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cleithirí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "form": "an cleithire",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "na cleithirí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na gcleithirí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcleithire",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don chleithire",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na cleithirí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cleithire",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chleithire",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gcleithire",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "cleathaire",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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      "expansion": "cleithire m (genitive singular cleithire, nominative plural cleithirí)",
      "name": "head"
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  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Irish lemmas",
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          "english": "big, strong man",
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        },
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            [
              0,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "english": "big, strong horse",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
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          "translation": "big, strong horse",
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        },
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            [
              0,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "english": "strong, stout stick",
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          ],
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          "translation": "strong, stout stick",
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      ],
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        [
          "big",
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        ],
        [
          "stout",
          "stout"
        ],
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        ]
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈclʲehəɾʲə/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cleithire"
}

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

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  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
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  "trace": ""
}

{
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  "path": [
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  ],
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "cleithire",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'eclipsis'",
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