"cuileann" meaning in Irish

See cuileann in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkilʲən̪ˠ/, /ˈkɞlʲən̪ˠ/
Etymology: From Old Irish cuilenn m (“(wood of the) holly-tree”) (compare Scottish Gaelic cuileann, Manx cullyn), from Proto-Celtic *kolinnos (compare Welsh celyn, Breton kelenn), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to beat, break”) (compare English holly). Etymology templates: {{root|ga|ine-pro|*kelh₂-}}, {{inh|ga|sga|cuilenn|g=m|t=(wood of the) holly-tree}} Old Irish cuilenn m (“(wood of the) holly-tree”), {{cog|gd|cuileann}} Scottish Gaelic cuileann, {{cog|gv|cullyn}} Manx cullyn, {{inh|ga|cel-pro|*kolinnos}} Proto-Celtic *kolinnos, {{cog|cy|celyn}} Welsh celyn, {{cog|br|kelenn}} Breton kelenn, {{der|ga|ine-pro|*kelh₂-|t=to beat, break}} Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to beat, break”), {{cog|en|holly}} English holly Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|cuilinn||||||||-|||||altform=|cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} cuileann m (genitive singular cuilinn), {{ga-noun|m|cuilinn|-}} cuileann m (genitive singular cuilinn) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: cuilinn [genitive, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], cuileann [indefinite, nominative, singular], a chuilinn [indefinite, singular, vocative], cuilinn [genitive, indefinite, singular], cuileann [dative, indefinite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], an cuileann [definite, nominative, singular], an chuilinn [definite, genitive, singular], leis an gcuileann [dative, definite, singular], don chuileann [dative, definite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], cuileann [error-unrecognized-form], chuileann [error-unrecognized-form], gcuileann [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. holly Tags: masculine Derived forms: crann cuilinn (english: holly-tree), cuileann duimhche (english: sea holly), cuileann Muire (english: withered Christmas holly), cuileann trá (english: sea holly)
    Sense id: en-cuileann-ga-noun-hnQX4A3W Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Hollies

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kelh₂-"
      },
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      "name": "root"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "sga",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "cuileann"
      },
      "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic cuileann",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gv",
        "2": "cullyn"
      },
      "expansion": "Manx cullyn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*kolinnos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *kolinnos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "celyn"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh celyn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "kelenn"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton kelenn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kelh₂-",
        "t": "to beat, break"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to beat, break”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "holly"
      },
      "expansion": "English holly",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish cuilenn m (“(wood of the) holly-tree”) (compare Scottish Gaelic cuileann, Manx cullyn), from Proto-Celtic *kolinnos (compare Welsh celyn, Breton kelenn), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to beat, break”) (compare English holly).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cuilinn",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cuileann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a chuilinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cuilinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cuileann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an cuileann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an chuilinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcuileann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don chuileann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cuileann",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chuileann",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gcuileann",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "-",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "cuilinn",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "cuileann m (genitive singular cuilinn)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "cuilinn",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "cuileann m (genitive singular cuilinn)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Hollies",
          "orig": "ga:Hollies",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "holly-tree",
          "translation": "holly-tree",
          "word": "crann cuilinn"
        },
        {
          "english": "sea holly",
          "translation": "sea holly",
          "word": "cuileann duimhche"
        },
        {
          "english": "withered Christmas holly",
          "translation": "withered Christmas holly",
          "word": "cuileann Muire"
        },
        {
          "english": "sea holly",
          "translation": "sea holly",
          "word": "cuileann trá"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "holly"
      ],
      "id": "en-cuileann-ga-noun-hnQX4A3W",
      "links": [
        [
          "holly",
          "holly"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkilʲən̪ˠ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɞlʲən̪ˠ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cuileann"
}
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  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "holly-tree",
      "translation": "holly-tree",
      "word": "crann cuilinn"
    },
    {
      "english": "sea holly",
      "translation": "sea holly",
      "word": "cuileann duimhche"
    },
    {
      "english": "withered Christmas holly",
      "translation": "withered Christmas holly",
      "word": "cuileann Muire"
    },
    {
      "english": "sea holly",
      "translation": "sea holly",
      "word": "cuileann trá"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kelh₂-"
      },
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      "name": "root"
    },
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        "3": "cuilenn",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "cuileann"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gv",
        "2": "cullyn"
      },
      "expansion": "Manx cullyn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*kolinnos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *kolinnos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "celyn"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh celyn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "kelenn"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton kelenn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kelh₂-",
        "t": "to beat, break"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to beat, break”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "holly"
      },
      "expansion": "English holly",
      "name": "cog"
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  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish cuilenn m (“(wood of the) holly-tree”) (compare Scottish Gaelic cuileann, Manx cullyn), from Proto-Celtic *kolinnos (compare Welsh celyn, Breton kelenn), from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to beat, break”) (compare English holly).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cuilinn",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cuileann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a chuilinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cuilinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cuileann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an cuileann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an chuilinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcuileann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don chuileann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cuileann",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chuileann",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gcuileann",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
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        "10": "",
        "11": "",
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        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
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        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
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        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "cuileann m (genitive singular cuilinn)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "cuilinn",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "cuileann m (genitive singular cuilinn)",
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    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Irish first-declension nouns",
        "Irish lemmas",
        "Irish masculine nouns",
        "Irish nouns",
        "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
        "Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
        "Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kelh₂-",
        "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
        "Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "ga:Hollies"
      ],
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      ],
      "links": [
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          "holly"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkilʲən̪ˠ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɞlʲən̪ˠ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cuileann"
}

Download raw JSONL data for cuileann meaning in Irish (4.2kB)

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

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
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  ],
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  "subsection": "noun",
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}

{
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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'eclipsis'",
  "path": [
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