"gearrcach" meaning in Irish

See gearrcach in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɟɑːɾˠkəx/ [Connacht, Munster]
Etymology: From Middle Irish gerrcach, from the root of gearr (“short”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|mga|gerrcach}} Middle Irish gerrcach Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|gearrcaigh|||||||nominative plural|gearrcaigh|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} gearrcach m (genitive singular gearrcaigh, nominative plural gearrcaigh), {{ga-noun|m|gearrcaigh|gearrcaigh}} gearrcach m (genitive singular gearrcaigh, nominative plural gearrcaigh) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: gearrcaigh [genitive, singular], gearrcaigh [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], gearrcach [indefinite, nominative, singular], gearrcaigh [indefinite, nominative, plural], a ghearrcaigh [indefinite, singular, vocative], a ghearrcacha [indefinite, plural, vocative], gearrcaigh [genitive, indefinite, singular], gearrcach [genitive, indefinite, plural], gearrcach [dative, indefinite, singular], gearrcaigh [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an gearrcach [definite, nominative, singular], na gearrcaigh [definite, nominative, plural], an ghearrcaigh [definite, genitive, singular], na ngearrcach [definite, genitive, plural], leis an ngearrcach [dative, definite, singular], don ghearrcach [dative, definite, singular], leis na gearrcaigh [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], gearrcach [error-unrecognized-form], ghearrcach [error-unrecognized-form], ngearrcach [error-unrecognized-form], geárcach [alternative, obsolete], geárrcach [alternative, obsolete]
  1. nestling, fledgling (young bird) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-gearrcach-ga-noun-B-xYHowc Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 48 52
  2. (figurative) infant Tags: figuratively, masculine Synonyms: naíonán, leanbh
    Sense id: en-gearrcach-ga-noun-yBQJiD~e Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Baby animals, Birds, Children Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 79 Disambiguation of Baby animals: 18 82 Disambiguation of Birds: 22 78 Disambiguation of Children: 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gearrcach dearg (english: a very young/unfledged nestling, a very young infant), gearrcach bhéal neide (english: a pet (nestling)), is geal leis an bhfiach dubh a ghearrcach féin (english: beauty is in the eye of the beholder; the raven considers its own fledgling white) [literally] 
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      "english": "a very young/unfledged nestling, a very young infant",
      "word": "gearrcach dearg"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "a pet (nestling)",
      "word": "gearrcach bhéal neide"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "beauty is in the eye of the beholder; the raven considers its own fledgling white",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "is geal leis an bhfiach dubh a ghearrcach féin"
    }
  ],
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish gerrcach, from the root of gearr (“short”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gearrcaigh",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gearrcaigh",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gearrcach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gearrcaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a ghearrcaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gearrcaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gearrcach",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an gearrcach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na gearrcaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an ghearrcaigh",
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      "form": "na ngearrcach",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an ngearrcach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don ghearrcach",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na gearrcaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gearrcach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ghearrcach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ngearrcach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geárcach",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geárrcach",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
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        "10": "",
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        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "gearrcaigh",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
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      },
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    }
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      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nestling, fledgling (young bird)"
      ],
      "id": "en-gearrcach-ga-noun-B-xYHowc",
      "links": [
        [
          "nestling",
          "nestling"
        ],
        [
          "fledgling",
          "fledgling"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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          "_dis": "48 52",
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          "_dis": "21 79",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 82",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Baby animals",
          "orig": "ga:Baby animals",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "22 78",
          "kind": "other",
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          "name": "Birds",
          "orig": "ga:Birds",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 94",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Children",
          "orig": "ga:Children",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "infant"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "infant",
          "infant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) infant"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "naíonán"
        },
        {
          "word": "leanbh"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɟɑːɾˠkəx/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Munster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "gearrcach"
}

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    "Irish first-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish masculine nouns",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Middle Irish",
    "Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ga:Baby animals",
    "ga:Birds",
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  "derived": [
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      "english": "a very young/unfledged nestling, a very young infant",
      "word": "gearrcach dearg"
    },
    {
      "english": "a pet (nestling)",
      "word": "gearrcach bhéal neide"
    },
    {
      "english": "beauty is in the eye of the beholder; the raven considers its own fledgling white",
      "tags": [
        "literally"
      ],
      "word": "is geal leis an bhfiach dubh a ghearrcach féin"
    }
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish gerrcach, from the root of gearr (“short”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gearrcaigh",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gearrcaigh",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "gearrcach",
      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "gearrcaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "a ghearrcaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a ghearrcacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gearrcaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "gearrcach",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gearrcach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gearrcaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an gearrcach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na gearrcaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an ghearrcaigh",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "na ngearrcach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an ngearrcach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don ghearrcach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na gearrcaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "form": "gearrcach",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
      "form": "ngearrcach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "geárcach",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "geárrcach",
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɟɑːɾˠkəx/",
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        "Connacht",
        "Munster"
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}

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