"comharba" meaning in Irish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkoːɾˠbˠə/
Etymology: From Middle Irish comarba, from Old Irish comarbbae. Etymology templates: {{root|ga|ine-pro|*h₃erbʰ-}}, {{inh|ga|mga|comarba}} Middle Irish comarba, {{inh|ga|sga|comarbbae}} Old Irish comarbbae Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|comharba|||||||nominative plural|comharbaí|||||altform=|cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} comharba m (genitive singular comharba, nominative plural comharbaí), {{ga-noun|m|~|~í}} comharba m (genitive singular comharba, nominative plural comharbaí) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: comharba [genitive, singular], comharbaí [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], comharba [indefinite, nominative, singular], comharbaí [indefinite, nominative, plural], a chomharba [indefinite, singular, vocative], a chomharbaí [indefinite, plural, vocative], comharba [genitive, indefinite, singular], comharbaí [genitive, indefinite, plural], comharba [dative, indefinite, singular], comharbaí [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an comharba [definite, nominative, singular], na comharbaí [definite, nominative, plural], an chomharba [definite, genitive, singular], na gcomharbaí [definite, genitive, plural], leis an gcomharba [dative, definite, singular], don chomharba [dative, definite, singular], leis na comharbaí [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], comharba [error-unrecognized-form], chomharba [error-unrecognized-form], gcomharba [error-unrecognized-form], cómharba [alternative]
  1. (Christianity, historical) A title given to the designated successor of the founder of a religious institution. Tags: historical, masculine
    Sense id: en-comharba-ga-noun-c4jfFLdj Categories (other): Christianity, Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 98 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3 Topics: Christianity
  2. successor; inheritor Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-comharba-ga-noun-LChCGRM9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0
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      "orig": "ga:People",
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      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
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        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "coarb"
    }
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      },
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "comharbaí",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "comharba",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a chomharba",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
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        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don chomharba",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "comharba",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chomharba",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gcomharba",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cómharba",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
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        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
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      },
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        "3": "~í"
      },
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    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Christianity",
          "orig": "ga:Christianity",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "77 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "98 2",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "97 3",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A title given to the designated successor of the founder of a religious institution."
      ],
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        "(Christianity, historical) A title given to the designated successor of the founder of a religious institution."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Christianity"
      ]
    },
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        "successor; inheritor"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "successor",
          "successor"
        ],
        [
          "inheritor",
          "inheritor"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkoːɾˠbˠə/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "comharba"
}

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    "Irish fourth-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
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    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Middle Irish",
    "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃erbʰ-",
    "Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish",
    "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
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        "singular"
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      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "an comharba",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
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        "definite",
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        "plural"
      ]
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcomharba",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don chomharba",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
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        ]
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈkoːɾˠbˠə/"
    }
  ],
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}

Download raw JSONL data for comharba meaning in Irish (4.4kB)

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

{
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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
  "path": [
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  ],
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  "subsection": "noun",
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  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'eclipsis'",
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