"lúfar" meaning in Irish

See lúfar in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈl̪ˠuːfˠəɾˠ/, /ˈl̪ˠũːhəɾˠ/ [Ulster]
Etymology: From Middle Irish lúthmar, lúthmur. By surface analysis, lúth + -mhar. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|mga|lúthmar}} Middle Irish lúthmar, {{surf|ga|lúth|-mhar}} By surface analysis, lúth + -mhar Head templates: {{head|ga|adjective|genitive singular masculine|lúfair|genitive singular feminine|lúfaire||{{{gsf2}}}|plural|lúfara||{{{pl2}}}|comparative|lúfaire|||head=}} lúfar (genitive singular masculine lúfair, genitive singular feminine lúfaire, plural lúfara, comparative lúfaire), {{ga-adj|comp=lúfaire|gsf=lúfaire|gsm=lúfair|pl=~a}} lúfar (genitive singular masculine lúfair, genitive singular feminine lúfaire, plural lúfara, comparative lúfaire) Forms: lúfair [genitive, masculine, singular], lúfaire [feminine, genitive, singular], lúfara [plural], lúfaire [comparative], no-table-tags [table-tags], lúfar [masculine, nominative, singular], lúfar [feminine, nominative, singular], lúfara [error-unrecognized-form, nominative, plural], lúfair [masculine, singular, vocative], lúfar [feminine, singular, vocative], lúfara [error-unrecognized-form, plural, vocative], lúfair [genitive, masculine, singular], lúfaire [feminine, genitive, singular], lúfara [error-unrecognized-form, genitive, plural], lúfar [error-unrecognized-form, genitive, plural], lúfar [dative, masculine, singular], lúfar [dative, feminine, singular], lúfair [archaic, dative, feminine, singular], lúfara [dative, error-unrecognized-form, plural], níos lúfaire [comparative, error-unrecognized-form], is lúfaire [error-unrecognized-form, superlative], lúthmhar [alternative]
  1. nimble, agile, athletic, lithe, active
    Sense id: en-lúfar-ga-adj-JDIBJRri Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Irish terms suffixed with -mhar, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
     
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      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "mga",
        "3": "lúthmar"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish lúthmar",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "lúth",
        "3": "-mhar"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, lúth + -mhar",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish lúthmar, lúthmur. By surface analysis, lúth + -mhar.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lúfair",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lúfaire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lúfara",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lúfaire",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lúfar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lúfar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lúfara",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lúfair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lúfar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lúfara",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lúfair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lúfaire",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lúfara",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lúfar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lúfar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lúfar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lúfair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lúfara",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "níos lúfaire",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is lúfaire",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lúthmhar",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "lúfara",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{pl2}}}",
        "13": "comparative",
        "14": "lúfaire",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "genitive singular masculine",
        "4": "lúfair",
        "5": "genitive singular feminine",
        "6": "lúfaire",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{gsf2}}}",
        "9": "plural",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "lúfar (genitive singular masculine lúfair, genitive singular feminine lúfaire, plural lúfara, comparative lúfaire)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "comp": "lúfaire",
        "gsf": "lúfaire",
        "gsm": "lúfair",
        "pl": "~a"
      },
      "expansion": "lúfar (genitive singular masculine lúfair, genitive singular feminine lúfaire, plural lúfara, comparative lúfaire)",
      "name": "ga-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish terms suffixed with -mhar",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nimble, agile, athletic, lithe, active"
      ],
      "id": "en-lúfar-ga-adj-JDIBJRri",
      "links": [
        [
          "nimble",
          "nimble"
        ],
        [
          "agile",
          "agile"
        ],
        [
          "athletic",
          "athletic"
        ],
        [
          "lithe",
          "lithe"
        ],
        [
          "active",
          "active"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈl̪ˠuːfˠəɾˠ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈl̪ˠũːhəɾˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lúfar"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "mga",
        "3": "lúthmar"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish lúthmar",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "lúth",
        "3": "-mhar"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, lúth + -mhar",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish lúthmar, lúthmur. By surface analysis, lúth + -mhar.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lúfair",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lúfaire",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lúfara",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lúfaire",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lúfar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lúfar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lúfara",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lúfair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lúfar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lúfara",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lúfair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lúfaire",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lúfara",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lúfar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lúfar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lúfar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lúfair",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lúfara",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "níos lúfaire",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is lúfaire",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lúthmhar",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "lúfara",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{pl2}}}",
        "13": "comparative",
        "14": "lúfaire",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "genitive singular masculine",
        "4": "lúfair",
        "5": "genitive singular feminine",
        "6": "lúfaire",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{gsf2}}}",
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      },
      "expansion": "lúfar (genitive singular masculine lúfair, genitive singular feminine lúfaire, plural lúfara, comparative lúfaire)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "comp": "lúfaire",
        "gsf": "lúfaire",
        "gsm": "lúfair",
        "pl": "~a"
      },
      "expansion": "lúfar (genitive singular masculine lúfair, genitive singular feminine lúfaire, plural lúfara, comparative lúfaire)",
      "name": "ga-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish adjectives",
        "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Irish lemmas",
        "Irish terms derived from Middle Irish",
        "Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish",
        "Irish terms suffixed with -mhar",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nimble, agile, athletic, lithe, active"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nimble",
          "nimble"
        ],
        [
          "agile",
          "agile"
        ],
        [
          "athletic",
          "athletic"
        ],
        [
          "lithe",
          "lithe"
        ],
        [
          "active",
          "active"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈl̪ˠuːfˠəɾˠ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈl̪ˠũːhəɾˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lúfar"
}

Download raw JSONL data for lúfar meaning in Irish (3.6kB)

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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
  "path": [
    "lúfar"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "lúfar",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
  "path": [
    "lúfar"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "lúfar",
  "trace": ""
}

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

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

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