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{
"etymology_text": "Contraction of cé + an.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "cé na",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "of a following feminine noun",
"tags": [
"triggers-lenition"
]
},
{
"form": "cia an",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "determiner",
"3": "plural",
"4": "cé na",
"cat2": "interrogative determiners"
},
"expansion": "cén (plural cé na)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"pos": "det",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Irish determiners",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Irish interrogative determiners",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 3 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "where?",
"translation": "where?",
"word": "cén áit"
},
{
"english": "how?",
"translation": "how?",
"word": "cén chaoi"
},
{
"english": "how?",
"translation": "how?",
"word": "cén dóigh"
},
{
"english": "why?",
"translation": "why?",
"word": "cén fáth"
},
{
"english": "when?",
"translation": "when?",
"word": "cén uair"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
3
]
],
"english": "What day of the week is it?",
"text": "Cén lá den tseachtain é?",
"translation": "What day of the week is it?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
3
]
],
"english": "Which woman is that?",
"text": "Cén bhean í sin?",
"translation": "Which woman is that?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"what, which"
],
"id": "en-cén-ga-det-Td4Sb7x2",
"links": [
[
"what",
"what"
],
[
"which",
"which"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(interrogative) what, which"
],
"tags": [
"interrogative"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ceːnˠ]"
}
],
"word": "cén"
}
{
"categories": [
"Hanyu Pinyin",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "where?",
"translation": "where?",
"word": "cén áit"
},
{
"english": "how?",
"translation": "how?",
"word": "cén chaoi"
},
{
"english": "how?",
"translation": "how?",
"word": "cén dóigh"
},
{
"english": "why?",
"translation": "why?",
"word": "cén fáth"
},
{
"english": "when?",
"translation": "when?",
"word": "cén uair"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Contraction of cé + an.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "cé na",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "of a following feminine noun",
"tags": [
"triggers-lenition"
]
},
{
"form": "cia an",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "determiner",
"3": "plural",
"4": "cé na",
"cat2": "interrogative determiners"
},
"expansion": "cén (plural cé na)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"pos": "det",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Irish determiners",
"Irish entries with incorrect language header",
"Irish interrogative determiners",
"Irish lemmas",
"Irish terms with usage examples",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
3
]
],
"english": "What day of the week is it?",
"text": "Cén lá den tseachtain é?",
"translation": "What day of the week is it?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
0,
3
]
],
"english": "Which woman is that?",
"text": "Cén bhean í sin?",
"translation": "Which woman is that?",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"what, which"
],
"links": [
[
"what",
"what"
],
[
"which",
"which"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(interrogative) what, which"
],
"tags": [
"interrogative"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ceːnˠ]"
}
],
"word": "cén"
}
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