"cloigín" meaning in Irish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈklˠoɡiːnʲ/ [Connacht]
Etymology: From Middle Irish clucín, from Old Irish cluccéne. By surface analysis, clog + -ín. Etymology templates: {{der|ga|mga|clucín}} Middle Irish clucín, {{der|ga|sga|cluccéne}} Old Irish cluccéne, {{surf|ga|clog|-ín}} By surface analysis, clog + -ín Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|cloigín|||||||nominative plural|cloigíní|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|var=}} cloigín m (genitive singular cloigín, nominative plural cloigíní), {{ga-noun|m|~|~í}} cloigín m (genitive singular cloigín, nominative plural cloigíní) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: cloigín [genitive, singular], cloigíní [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an cloigín [definite, nominative, singular], na cloigíní [definite, nominative, plural], an chloigín [definite, genitive, singular], na gcloigíní [definite, genitive, plural], leis an gcloigín [dative, definite, singular], don chloigín [dative, definite, singular], leis na cloigíní [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], cloigín [error-unrecognized-form], chloigín [lenition], gcloigín [eclipsis], cluigín [alternative]
  1. diminutive of clog: a little bell or clock; little blister or bubble Tags: diminutive, form-of, masculine Form of: clog (extra: a little bell or clock; little blister or bubble)
    Sense id: en-cloigín-ga-noun-ctR5IQqd Categories (other): Irish terms with collocations
  2. geotrupid, earth-boring dung beetle, Geotrupidae Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-cloigín-ga-noun-vxTsEamp
  3. pendant (dangling part of an earring) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-cloigín-ga-noun-jceaVUkq Categories (other): Jewelry Disambiguation of Jewelry: 10 12 51 8 11 8
  4. cluster (of houses etc.) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-cloigín-ga-noun-7p~geN7b Categories (other): Irish terms with collocations
  5. dandelion clock (seed head of dandelion) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-cloigín-ga-noun-1mSKk6X- Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Irish terms suffixed with -ín, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Scarabaeoids Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 6 24 5 2 58 6 Disambiguation of Irish terms suffixed with -ín: 13 23 14 8 30 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 27 3 2 63 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 27 2 2 64 2 Disambiguation of Scarabaeoids: 3 37 3 2 51 3
  6. (anatomy) vesicle (small sac or cyst) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-cloigín-ga-noun-etmLpHHi Categories (other): Anatomy, Plant anatomy Disambiguation of Plant anatomy: 5 10 3 2 6 75 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cloigín dorais (english: doorbell), cloigín gorm (english: bluebell), cloigín oíche (english: night bell)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "doorbell",
      "translation": "doorbell",
      "word": "cloigín dorais"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "bluebell",
      "translation": "bluebell",
      "word": "cloigín gorm"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "night bell",
      "translation": "night bell",
      "word": "cloigín oíche"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "mga",
        "3": "clucín"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish clucín",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "cluccéne"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish cluccéne",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "clog",
        "3": "-ín"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, clog + -ín",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish clucín, from Old Irish cluccéne. By surface analysis, clog + -ín.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cloigín",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloigíní",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an cloigín",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na cloigíní",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an chloigín",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na gcloigíní",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcloigín",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don chloigín",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na cloigíní",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloigín",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chloigín",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gcloigín",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cluigín",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
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        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "cloigín",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "cloigín m (genitive singular cloigín, nominative plural cloigíní)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "~",
        "3": "~í"
      },
      "expansion": "cloigín m (genitive singular cloigín, nominative plural cloigíní)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish terms with collocations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "refectory bell",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "cloigín proinntí",
          "translation": "refectory bell",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "a little bell or clock; little blister or bubble",
          "word": "clog"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "diminutive of clog: a little bell or clock; little blister or bubble"
      ],
      "id": "en-cloigín-ga-noun-ctR5IQqd",
      "links": [
        [
          "clog",
          "clog#Irish"
        ],
        [
          "little",
          "little"
        ],
        [
          "bell",
          "bell"
        ],
        [
          "clock",
          "clock"
        ],
        [
          "little",
          "little"
        ],
        [
          "blister",
          "blister"
        ],
        [
          "bubble",
          "bubble"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "form-of",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "geotrupid, earth-boring dung beetle, Geotrupidae"
      ],
      "id": "en-cloigín-ga-noun-vxTsEamp",
      "links": [
        [
          "geotrupid",
          "geotrupid"
        ],
        [
          "Geotrupidae",
          "Geotrupidae#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 12 51 8 11 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Jewelry",
          "orig": "ga:Jewelry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pendant (dangling part of an earring)"
      ],
      "id": "en-cloigín-ga-noun-jceaVUkq",
      "links": [
        [
          "pendant",
          "pendant"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish terms with collocations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "bunch of keys",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "cloigín eochrach",
          "translation": "bunch of keys",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cluster (of houses etc.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-cloigín-ga-noun-7p~geN7b",
      "links": [
        [
          "cluster",
          "cluster"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "6 24 5 2 58 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 23 14 8 30 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish terms suffixed with -ín",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 27 3 2 63 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 27 2 2 64 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 37 3 2 51 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Scarabaeoids",
          "orig": "ga:Scarabaeoids",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dandelion clock (seed head of dandelion)"
      ],
      "id": "en-cloigín-ga-noun-1mSKk6X-",
      "links": [
        [
          "dandelion clock",
          "dandelion clock"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "ga:Anatomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 10 3 2 6 75",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Plant anatomy",
          "orig": "ga:Plant anatomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "vesicle (small sac or cyst)"
      ],
      "id": "en-cloigín-ga-noun-etmLpHHi",
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "vesicle",
          "vesicle#English:_small_blister"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) vesicle (small sac or cyst)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈklˠoɡiːnʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cloigín"
}
{
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    "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Irish fourth-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish masculine nouns",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Middle Irish",
    "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms suffixed with -ín",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ga:Jewelry",
    "ga:Plant anatomy",
    "ga:Scarabaeoids"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "doorbell",
      "translation": "doorbell",
      "word": "cloigín dorais"
    },
    {
      "english": "bluebell",
      "translation": "bluebell",
      "word": "cloigín gorm"
    },
    {
      "english": "night bell",
      "translation": "night bell",
      "word": "cloigín oíche"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "mga",
        "3": "clucín"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish clucín",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "cluccéne"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish cluccéne",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "clog",
        "3": "-ín"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, clog + -ín",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish clucín, from Old Irish cluccéne. By surface analysis, clog + -ín.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cloigín",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloigíní",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an cloigín",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na cloigíní",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an chloigín",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na gcloigíní",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcloigín",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don chloigín",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na cloigíní",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloigín",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chloigín",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gcloigín",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cluigín",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "cloigín",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
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        "f4request": "1",
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        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "cloigín m (genitive singular cloigín, nominative plural cloigíní)",
      "name": "head"
    },
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      "name": "ga-mut"
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  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Irish diminutive nouns",
        "Irish terms with collocations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "refectory bell",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "cloigín proinntí",
          "translation": "refectory bell",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "a little bell or clock; little blister or bubble",
          "word": "clog"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "diminutive of clog: a little bell or clock; little blister or bubble"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "clog",
          "clog#Irish"
        ],
        [
          "little",
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        ],
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        ],
        [
          "clock",
          "clock"
        ],
        [
          "little",
          "little"
        ],
        [
          "blister",
          "blister"
        ],
        [
          "bubble",
          "bubble"
        ]
      ],
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        "diminutive",
        "form-of",
        "masculine"
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "geotrupid, earth-boring dung beetle, Geotrupidae"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "geotrupid",
          "geotrupid"
        ],
        [
          "Geotrupidae",
          "Geotrupidae#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pendant (dangling part of an earring)"
      ],
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        [
          "pendant",
          "pendant"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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        "Irish terms with collocations"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "bunch of keys",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "cloigín eochrach",
          "translation": "bunch of keys",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cluster (of houses etc.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cluster",
          "cluster"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dandelion clock (seed head of dandelion)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dandelion clock",
          "dandelion clock"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "ga:Anatomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "vesicle (small sac or cyst)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "vesicle",
          "vesicle#English:_small_blister"
        ]
      ],
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        "(anatomy) vesicle (small sac or cyst)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈklˠoɡiːnʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cloigín"
}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.