"céir" meaning in Irish

See céir in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ceːɾʲ/
Etymology: From Old Irish céir (compare Manx kere and Scottish Gaelic cèir), from Latin cēra. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|céir}} Old Irish céir, {{cog|gv|kere}} Manx kere, {{cog|gd|cèir}} Scottish Gaelic cèir, {{der|ga|la|cēra}} Latin cēra Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|céarach|||||||nominative plural|céaracha|||||altform=|cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} céir f (genitive singular céarach, nominative plural céaracha), {{ga-noun|f|céarach|céaracha}} céir f (genitive singular céarach, nominative plural céaracha) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: céarach [genitive, singular], céaracha [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], céir [indefinite, nominative, singular], céaracha [indefinite, nominative, plural], a chéir [indefinite, singular, vocative], a chéaracha [indefinite, plural, vocative], céarach [genitive, indefinite, singular], céaracha [genitive, indefinite, plural], céir [dative, indefinite, singular], céaracha [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an chéir [definite, nominative, singular], na céaracha [definite, nominative, plural], na céarach [definite, genitive, singular], na gcéaracha [definite, genitive, plural], leis an gcéir [dative, definite, singular], don chéir [dative, definite, singular], leis na céaracha [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], céir [error-unrecognized-form], chéir [error-unrecognized-form], gcéir [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. wax Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-céir-ga-noun-V6v6-jVA
  2. coating, stain Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-céir-ga-noun-koxB9qHg Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Natural materials Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 11 36 12 6 25 9 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 35 13 6 25 10 0 Disambiguation of Natural materials: 21 79

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "céir"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish céir",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gv",
        "2": "kere"
      },
      "expansion": "Manx kere",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "cèir"
      },
      "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic cèir",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "cēra"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin cēra",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish céir (compare Manx kere and Scottish Gaelic cèir), from Latin cēra.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "céarach",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céaracha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céaracha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a chéir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a chéaracha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céarach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céaracha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céaracha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an chéir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na céaracha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na céarach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na gcéaracha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcéir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don chéir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na céaracha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céir",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chéir",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gcéir",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "céaracha",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "céarach",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "céir f (genitive singular céarach, nominative plural céaracha)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "céarach",
        "3": "céaracha"
      },
      "expansion": "céir f (genitive singular céarach, nominative plural céaracha)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "wax"
      ],
      "id": "en-céir-ga-noun-V6v6-jVA",
      "links": [
        [
          "wax",
          "wax"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 36 12 6 25 9 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 35 13 6 25 10 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 79",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Natural materials",
          "orig": "ga:Natural materials",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "coating, stain"
      ],
      "id": "en-céir-ga-noun-koxB9qHg",
      "links": [
        [
          "coating",
          "coating"
        ],
        [
          "stain",
          "stain"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ceːɾʲ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "céir"
}

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    "Irish feminine nouns",
    "Irish fifth-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Latin",
    "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "Old Irish adjective forms",
    "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old Irish non-lemma forms",
    "Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ga:Natural materials",
    "sga:Natural materials"
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        "1": "ga",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gv",
        "2": "kere"
      },
      "expansion": "Manx kere",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "cèir"
      },
      "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic cèir",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "cēra"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin cēra",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish céir (compare Manx kere and Scottish Gaelic cèir), from Latin cēra.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "céarach",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céaracha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céaracha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a chéir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a chéaracha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céarach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céaracha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céaracha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an chéir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na céaracha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na céarach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na gcéaracha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcéir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don chéir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na céaracha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "céir",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chéir",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gcéir",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
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        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
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        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
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        "cat2": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "céir f (genitive singular céarach, nominative plural céaracha)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "céarach",
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      },
      "expansion": "céir f (genitive singular céarach, nominative plural céaracha)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "wax"
      ],
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        [
          "wax",
          "wax"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "coating, stain"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "coating",
          "coating"
        ],
        [
          "stain",
          "stain"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ceːɾʲ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "céir"
}

Download raw JSONL data for céir meaning in Irish (3.9kB)

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

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

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

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