dil in Irish

IPA: /ˈdʲilʲ/ [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Old Irish dil (“dear”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|dil|t=dear}} Old Irish dil (“dear”) Head templates: {{head|ga|adjective||{{{gsm}}}|genitive singular feminine|dile||{{{gsf2}}}|plural|dile||{{{pl2}}}|comparative|dile|||head=|var=}} dil (genitive singular feminine dile, plural dile, comparative dile), {{ga-adj|comp=~e|gsf=~e|pl=~e}} dil (genitive singular feminine dile, plural dile, comparative dile) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: dile [feminine, genitive, singular], dile [plural], dile [comparative], no-table-tags [table-tags], dil [masculine, nominative, singular], dhil [feminine, nominative, singular], dile [error-unrecognized-form, nominative, plural], dhile [error-unrecognized-form, nominative, plural], dhil [masculine, singular, vocative], dhil [feminine, singular, vocative], dile [error-unrecognized-form, plural, vocative], dhil [genitive, masculine, singular], dile [feminine, genitive, singular], dile [error-unrecognized-form, genitive, plural], dil [error-unrecognized-form, genitive, plural], dil [dative, masculine, singular], dhil [dative, masculine, singular], dhil [dative, feminine, singular], dile [dative, error-unrecognized-form, plural], dhile [dative, error-unrecognized-form, plural], níos dile [comparative, error-unrecognized-form], is dile [error-unrecognized-form, superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], dil [error-unrecognized-form], dhil [lenition], ndil [eclipsis]

Inflected forms

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{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "dil",
      "dil#Old_Irish"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "dil",
        "t": "dear"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish dil (“dear”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish dil (“dear”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dile",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dile",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dile",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dhil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dile",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dhile",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dhil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dhil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dile",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dhil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dile",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dile",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dhil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dhil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dile",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dhile",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "níos dile",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is dile",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dil",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dhil",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ndil",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "dile",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{pl2}}}",
        "13": "comparative",
        "14": "dile",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "",
        "4": "{{{gsm}}}",
        "5": "genitive singular feminine",
        "6": "dile",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{gsf2}}}",
        "9": "plural",
        "head": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "dil (genitive singular feminine dile, plural dile, comparative dile)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "comp": "~e",
        "gsf": "~e",
        "pl": "~e"
      },
      "expansion": "dil (genitive singular feminine dile, plural dile, comparative dile)",
      "name": "ga-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish terms with collocations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 22 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "dile"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "a dear friend",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "cara dil",
          "translation": "a dear friend",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dear, beloved"
      ],
      "id": "en-dil-ga-adj-yAqM9Hv9",
      "links": [
        [
          "dear",
          "dear"
        ],
        [
          "beloved",
          "beloved"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdʲilʲ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dil"
}

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "dile"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "dil",
      "dil#Old_Irish"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "dil",
        "t": "dear"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish dil (“dear”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish dil (“dear”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dile",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dile",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dile",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dhil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dile",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dhile",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dhil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dhil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dile",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dhil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dile",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dile",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dhil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dhil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dile",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dhile",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "níos dile",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is dile",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dil",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dhil",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ndil",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "dile",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{pl2}}}",
        "13": "comparative",
        "14": "dile",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "",
        "4": "{{{gsm}}}",
        "5": "genitive singular feminine",
        "6": "dile",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{gsf2}}}",
        "9": "plural",
        "head": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "dil (genitive singular feminine dile, plural dile, comparative dile)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "comp": "~e",
        "gsf": "~e",
        "pl": "~e"
      },
      "expansion": "dil (genitive singular feminine dile, plural dile, comparative dile)",
      "name": "ga-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish adjectives",
        "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Irish lemmas",
        "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
        "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
        "Irish terms with collocations",
        "Pages with 22 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "a dear friend",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "cara dil",
          "translation": "a dear friend",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dear, beloved"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dear",
          "dear"
        ],
        [
          "beloved",
          "beloved"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdʲilʲ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dil"
}

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

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

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

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"dil" meaning in Irish

Adjective

Inflected forms