"gealacán" meaning in Irish

See gealacán in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɟɑl̪ˠəˈxɑ̃ːn̪ˠ/ [Munster] (note: corresponding to the form gealachán), /ˈɟalˠəkɑːnˠ/ [Connacht], /ˈɟal̪ˠəkɑːn̪ˠ/ [Connacht], /ˈdʲalˠəɡanˠ/ [Ulster] (note: corresponding to the form dealgán), /ˈdʲal̪ˠəɡan̪ˠ/ [Ulster] (note: corresponding to the form dealgán)
Etymology: From geal (“white”) + -acán. Compare Scottish Gaelic gealagan. Etymology templates: {{af|ga|geal|-acán|t1=white}} geal (“white”) + -acán, {{cog|gd|gealagan}} Scottish Gaelic gealagan Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|gealacáin|||||||nominative plural|gealacáin|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} gealacán m (genitive singular gealacáin, nominative plural gealacáin), {{ga-noun|m|gealacáin|gealacáin}} gealacán m (genitive singular gealacáin, nominative plural gealacáin) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: gealacáin [genitive, singular], gealacáin [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], gealacán [indefinite, nominative, singular], gealacáin [indefinite, nominative, plural], a ghealacáin [indefinite, singular, vocative], a ghealacána [indefinite, plural, vocative], gealacáin [genitive, indefinite, singular], gealacán [genitive, indefinite, plural], gealacán [dative, indefinite, singular], gealacáin [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an gealacán [definite, nominative, singular], na gealacáin [definite, nominative, plural], an ghealacáin [definite, genitive, singular], na ngealacán [definite, genitive, plural], leis an ngealacán [dative, definite, singular], don ghealacán [dative, definite, singular], leis na gealacáin [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], gealacán [error-unrecognized-form], ghealacán [error-unrecognized-form], ngealacán [error-unrecognized-form], dealgán [alternative], gealachán [alternative], gealcán [alternative]
  1. white (of egg, of eye) Tags: masculine Synonyms (white of egg): gealacán uibhe Synonyms (white of eye): gealacán súile
    Sense id: en-gealacán-ga-noun-RQoLZTdw Disambiguation of 'white of egg': 100 0 Disambiguation of 'white of eye': 100 0
  2. (anatomy) kneecap Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Anatomy, Eye Categories (lifeform): Eggs Synonyms (kneecap): gealacán glúine
    Sense id: en-gealacán-ga-noun-522tvkUB Disambiguation of Eye: 11 89 Disambiguation of Eggs: 19 81 Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Irish terms suffixed with -acán, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of Irish terms suffixed with -acán: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'kneecap': 0 100

Alternative forms

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      "form": "dealgán",
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      "form": "gealachán",
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            "Head and neck",
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            "Biology",
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      "ipa": "/ˈɟalˠəkɑːnˠ/",
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      "form": "gealacáin",
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    {
      "form": "na gealacáin",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "an ghealacáin",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "singular"
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      "form": "dealgán",
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      "form": "gealachán",
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        "white (of egg, of eye)"
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      "note": "corresponding to the form gealachán",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɟalˠəkɑːnˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɟal̪ˠəkɑːn̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdʲalˠəɡanˠ/",
      "note": "corresponding to the form dealgán",
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        "Ulster"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdʲal̪ˠəɡan̪ˠ/",
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        "Ulster"
      ]
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      "sense": "white of egg",
      "word": "gealacán uibhe"
    },
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      "sense": "white of eye",
      "word": "gealacán súile"
    },
    {
      "sense": "kneecap",
      "word": "gealacán glúine"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gealacán"
}

Download raw JSONL data for gealacán meaning in Irish (4.4kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Irish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-02 using wiktextract (db0bec0 and 633533e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.