"cuaille" meaning in Irish

See cuaille in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkuəlʲə/ [Munster], /ˈkuəl̠ʲə/ [Connacht, Ulster]
Etymology: From Middle Irish cúalle, cúalne, from Old Irish cúal (“bundle”). Cognate with Welsh cofl. Etymology templates: {{der|ga|mga|cúalle}} Middle Irish cúalle, {{der|ga|sga|cúal|t=bundle}} Old Irish cúal (“bundle”), {{cog|cy|cofl}} Welsh cofl Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|cuaille|||||||nominative plural|cuaillí|||||altform=|cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} cuaille m (genitive singular cuaille, nominative plural cuaillí), {{ga-noun|m|~|cuaillí}} cuaille m (genitive singular cuaille, nominative plural cuaillí) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: cuaille [genitive, singular], cuaillí [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], cuaille [indefinite, nominative, singular], cuaillí [indefinite, nominative, plural], a chuaille [indefinite, singular, vocative], a chuaillí [indefinite, plural, vocative], cuaille [genitive, indefinite, singular], cuaillí [genitive, indefinite, plural], cuaille [dative, indefinite, singular], cuaillí [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an cuaille [definite, nominative, singular], na cuaillí [definite, nominative, plural], an chuaille [definite, genitive, singular], na gcuaillí [definite, genitive, plural], leis an gcuaille [dative, definite, singular], don chuaille [dative, definite, singular], leis na cuaillí [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], cuaille [error-unrecognized-form], chuaille [error-unrecognized-form], gcuaille [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. pole; stake, post Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-cuaille-ga-noun-MmsG9gWC
  2. (heraldry) pale Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-cuaille-ga-noun-PmgF2eb3 Categories (other): Heraldry, Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 14 56 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 44 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 77 13 Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
  3. beanpole (tall, thin person) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-cuaille-ga-noun--s9kDtEK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: coinnleoir [masculine]
Derived forms: cleas an chuaille (english: somersault; using pole, stick), cuaille báire (english: goal-post), cuaille comhraic (english: challenge pole), cuaille críche, cuaille teorann (english: boundary post), cuaille eolais (english: signpost), cuaille feistithe (english: mooring-post), cuaille geata (english: gate post), cuaille lampa (english: lamp-post), cuaille teileagraif (english: telegraph pole), cuaille tosaithe (english: starting-post), cuaille treo (english: direction post), cuaille treorach (english: alignment picket), cuailleach (english: impaled) [adjective], cuailligh (english: stud) [transitive], fál cuaillí (english: picket-fence, stake fence), lampa cuaille (english: standard lamp), léim chuaille (english: pole vault), sá cuaillí (english: pole-planting), sáiteoir cuaillí (english: pole-sinker)

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "somersault; using pole, stick",
      "translation": "somersault; using pole, stick",
      "word": "cleas an chuaille"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "goal-post",
      "translation": "goal-post",
      "word": "cuaille báire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "challenge pole",
      "translation": "challenge pole",
      "word": "cuaille comhraic"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "cuaille críche"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "boundary post",
      "translation": "boundary post",
      "word": "cuaille teorann"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "signpost",
      "translation": "signpost",
      "word": "cuaille eolais"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "mooring-post",
      "translation": "mooring-post",
      "word": "cuaille feistithe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "gate post",
      "translation": "gate post",
      "word": "cuaille geata"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "lamp-post",
      "translation": "lamp-post",
      "word": "cuaille lampa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "telegraph pole",
      "translation": "telegraph pole",
      "word": "cuaille teileagraif"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "starting-post",
      "translation": "starting-post",
      "word": "cuaille tosaithe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "direction post",
      "translation": "direction post",
      "word": "cuaille treo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "alignment picket",
      "translation": "alignment picket",
      "word": "cuaille treorach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "impaled",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "translation": "impaled",
      "word": "cuailleach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "stud",
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translation": "stud",
      "word": "cuailligh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "picket-fence, stake fence",
      "translation": "picket-fence, stake fence",
      "word": "fál cuaillí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "standard lamp",
      "translation": "standard lamp",
      "word": "lampa cuaille"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "pole vault",
      "translation": "pole vault",
      "word": "léim chuaille"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "pole-planting",
      "translation": "pole-planting",
      "word": "sá cuaillí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "pole-sinker",
      "translation": "pole-sinker",
      "word": "sáiteoir cuaillí"
    }
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      "name": "der"
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      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "cuaillí",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "cuaille",
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      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "a chuaille",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
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    },
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      "form": "cuaille",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cuaille",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cuaillí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an cuaille",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na cuaillí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an chuaille",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na gcuaillí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcuaille",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don chuaille",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na cuaillí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
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      "form": "cuaille",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
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      "form": "chuaille",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "gcuaille",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
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        "15": "",
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        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
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  "lang": "Irish",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "pole; stake, post"
      ],
      "id": "en-cuaille-ga-noun-MmsG9gWC",
      "links": [
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          "pole",
          "pole"
        ],
        [
          "stake",
          "stake"
        ],
        [
          "post",
          "post"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
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          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Heraldry",
          "orig": "ga:Heraldry",
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          "_dis": "14 56 30",
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          "_dis": "10 77 13",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pale"
      ],
      "id": "en-cuaille-ga-noun-PmgF2eb3",
      "links": [
        [
          "heraldry",
          "heraldry"
        ],
        [
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          "pale"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(heraldry) pale"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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        "government",
        "heraldry",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "monarchy",
        "nobility",
        "politics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "beanpole (tall, thin person)"
      ],
      "id": "en-cuaille-ga-noun--s9kDtEK",
      "links": [
        [
          "beanpole",
          "beanpole"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkuəlʲə/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkuəl̠ʲə/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "coinnleoir"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cuaille"
}
{
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    "Irish fourth-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish masculine nouns",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Middle Irish",
    "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "somersault; using pole, stick",
      "translation": "somersault; using pole, stick",
      "word": "cleas an chuaille"
    },
    {
      "english": "goal-post",
      "translation": "goal-post",
      "word": "cuaille báire"
    },
    {
      "english": "challenge pole",
      "translation": "challenge pole",
      "word": "cuaille comhraic"
    },
    {
      "word": "cuaille críche"
    },
    {
      "english": "boundary post",
      "translation": "boundary post",
      "word": "cuaille teorann"
    },
    {
      "english": "signpost",
      "translation": "signpost",
      "word": "cuaille eolais"
    },
    {
      "english": "mooring-post",
      "translation": "mooring-post",
      "word": "cuaille feistithe"
    },
    {
      "english": "gate post",
      "translation": "gate post",
      "word": "cuaille geata"
    },
    {
      "english": "lamp-post",
      "translation": "lamp-post",
      "word": "cuaille lampa"
    },
    {
      "english": "telegraph pole",
      "translation": "telegraph pole",
      "word": "cuaille teileagraif"
    },
    {
      "english": "starting-post",
      "translation": "starting-post",
      "word": "cuaille tosaithe"
    },
    {
      "english": "direction post",
      "translation": "direction post",
      "word": "cuaille treo"
    },
    {
      "english": "alignment picket",
      "translation": "alignment picket",
      "word": "cuaille treorach"
    },
    {
      "english": "impaled",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "translation": "impaled",
      "word": "cuailleach"
    },
    {
      "english": "stud",
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translation": "stud",
      "word": "cuailligh"
    },
    {
      "english": "picket-fence, stake fence",
      "translation": "picket-fence, stake fence",
      "word": "fál cuaillí"
    },
    {
      "english": "standard lamp",
      "translation": "standard lamp",
      "word": "lampa cuaille"
    },
    {
      "english": "pole vault",
      "translation": "pole vault",
      "word": "léim chuaille"
    },
    {
      "english": "pole-planting",
      "translation": "pole-planting",
      "word": "sá cuaillí"
    },
    {
      "english": "pole-sinker",
      "translation": "pole-sinker",
      "word": "sáiteoir cuaillí"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "cuaillí",
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        "nominative",
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      "form": "a chuaille",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
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    {
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "~",
        "3": "cuaillí"
      },
      "expansion": "cuaille m (genitive singular cuaille, nominative plural cuaillí)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pole; stake, post"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pole",
          "pole"
        ],
        [
          "stake",
          "stake"
        ],
        [
          "post",
          "post"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "ga:Heraldry"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pale"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "heraldry",
          "heraldry"
        ],
        [
          "pale",
          "pale"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(heraldry) pale"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "heraldry",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "monarchy",
        "nobility",
        "politics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "beanpole (tall, thin person)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beanpole",
          "beanpole"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkuəlʲə/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkuəl̠ʲə/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "coinnleoir"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cuaille"
}

Download raw JSONL data for cuaille meaning in Irish (5.8kB)

{
  "called_from": "linkages/371",
  "msg": "unrecognized linkage prefix: (beanpole): coinnleoir m desc=beanpole rest=coinnleoir m cls=romanization cls2=romanization e1=True e2=False",
  "path": [
    "cuaille"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "cuaille",
  "trace": ""
}

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

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

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

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