"le" meaning in Irish

See le in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Preposition

IPA: /lʲɛ/
Etymology: From a conflation of two Early Modern Irish prepositions: # re (“to”), from Classical Gaelic re, from Middle Irish ri, fri, from Old Irish fri, from Proto-Celtic *writ- (compare Welsh wrth, prefix gwrth-), from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn”) (compare Latin versus (“against”)). # le (“with”), from Old Irish la, from Proto-Celtic *let-, from Proto-Celtic *letos (“side”) (compare leath, Welsh lled). Etymology templates: {{root|ga|ine-pro|*wert-}}, {{der|ga|ghc|re}} Classical Gaelic re, {{der|ga|mga|ri}} Middle Irish ri, {{inh|ga|sga|fri}} Old Irish fri, {{inh|ga|cel-pro|*writ-}} Proto-Celtic *writ-, {{cog|cy|wrth}} Welsh wrth, {{der|ga|ine-pro|*wert-|t=to turn}} Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn”), {{cog|la|versus|t=against}} Latin versus (“against”), {{inh|ga|sga|la}} Old Irish la, {{inh|ga|cel-pro|*let-}} Proto-Celtic *let-, {{der|ga|cel-pro|*letos|t=side}} Proto-Celtic *letos (“side”), {{cog|cy|lled}} Welsh lled Head templates: {{head|ga|preposition|plus dative||triggers h-prothesis||||before the definite article|leis|||altform=|cat2=prepositions governing the dative|head=}} le (plus dative, triggers h-prothesis, before the definite article leis), {{ga-prep|d|h|def=leis}} le (plus dative, triggers h-prothesis, before the definite article leis) Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], liom [first-person, singular], liomsa [emphatic, first-person, singular], leat [second-person, singular], leatsa [emphatic, second-person, singular], leis [masculine, singular, third-person], leis-sean [emphatic, masculine, singular, third-person], léi [feminine, singular, third-person], léise [emphatic, feminine, singular, third-person], linn [first-person, plural], linne [emphatic, first-person, plural], libh [plural, second-person], libhse [emphatic, plural, second-person], leo [plural, third-person], leosan [emphatic, plural, third-person], [alternative]
  1. with Tags: triggers-h-prothesis, with-dative
    Sense id: en-le-ga-prep-BpW1Y6ze
  2. used in conjunction with the copula particle is and a noun to indicate possession Tags: triggers-h-prothesis, with-dative
    Sense id: en-le-ga-prep-9glbGpgF Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Irish prepositions, Irish prepositions governing the dative Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 0 40 2 27 8 16 8 Disambiguation of Irish prepositions: 8 20 11 19 14 11 17 Disambiguation of Irish prepositions governing the dative: 2 19 12 20 14 14 18
  3. (in conjunction with the copula particle is and an adjective) in the opinion of, in the consideration of Tags: triggers-h-prothesis, with-dative
    Sense id: en-le-ga-prep-T6x5EB3E Categories (other): Irish prepositions, Irish prepositions governing the dative Disambiguation of Irish prepositions: 8 20 11 19 14 11 17 Disambiguation of Irish prepositions governing the dative: 2 19 12 20 14 14 18
  4. to (indicating purpose; in this sense triggering eclipsis of vowel-initial verbal nouns) Tags: triggers-h-prothesis, with-dative
    Sense id: en-le-ga-prep-vCx6jBPZ Categories (other): Irish prepositions, Irish prepositions governing the dative Disambiguation of Irish prepositions: 8 20 11 19 14 11 17 Disambiguation of Irish prepositions governing the dative: 2 19 12 20 14 14 18
  5. to (after a verb of speaking) Tags: triggers-h-prothesis, with-dative
    Sense id: en-le-ga-prep-56wL9c5D Categories (other): Irish prepositions, Irish prepositions governing the dative Disambiguation of Irish prepositions: 8 20 11 19 14 11 17 Disambiguation of Irish prepositions governing the dative: 2 19 12 20 14 14 18
  6. by (indicating the creator of a work, e.g. a book) Tags: triggers-h-prothesis, with-dative
    Sense id: en-le-ga-prep-7~cNNZks Categories (other): Irish prepositions, Irish prepositions governing the dative Disambiguation of Irish prepositions: 8 20 11 19 14 11 17 Disambiguation of Irish prepositions governing the dative: 2 19 12 20 14 14 18
  7. in order to Tags: triggers-h-prothesis, with-dative Synonyms: chun, d'fhonn
    Sense id: en-le-ga-prep-TFem5-ve Categories (other): Irish prepositions, Irish prepositions governing the dative Disambiguation of Irish prepositions: 8 20 11 19 14 11 17 Disambiguation of Irish prepositions governing the dative: 2 19 12 20 14 14 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: abair le, ar olca le, dar le, i dtaca le, i mborr le, in éineacht le, le chéile, le thine, maidir le
Related terms: den, de nadesna*, de modem*, de doded*, det*, , dár, dar, darb, darbh, don, do nadosna*, do modom*, do dodod*, dot*, faoin, faoi na, faoi mo, faoi do, faoina, faoinár, faoinar, faoinarb, faoinarbh, sa, san, sna, i moim*, i doid*, it*, ina, inár, inar, inarb, inarbh, leis an, leis na, le molem*, le doled*, let*, lena, lenár, lenar, lenarb, lenarbh, ón, ó naósna*, ó moóm*, ó doód*, ót*, óna, ónár, ónar, ónarb, ónarbh, tríd an, trí na, trí mo, trí do, trína, trínár, trínar, trínarb, trínarbh

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "abair le"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ar olca le"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dar le"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "i dtaca le"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "i mborr le"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "in éineacht le"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "le chéile"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "le thine"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "maidir le"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wert-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ghc",
        "3": "re"
      },
      "expansion": "Classical Gaelic re",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "mga",
        "3": "ri"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish ri",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "fri"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish fri",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*writ-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *writ-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wrth"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh wrth",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wert-",
        "t": "to turn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "versus",
        "t": "against"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin versus (“against”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "la"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish la",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*let-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *let-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*letos",
        "t": "side"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *letos (“side”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "lled"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh lled",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From a conflation of two Early Modern Irish prepositions:\n# re (“to”), from Classical Gaelic re, from Middle Irish ri, fri, from Old Irish fri, from Proto-Celtic *writ- (compare Welsh wrth, prefix gwrth-), from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn”) (compare Latin versus (“against”)).\n# le (“with”), from Old Irish la, from Proto-Celtic *let-, from Proto-Celtic *letos (“side”) (compare leath, Welsh lled).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "liom",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "liomsa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leat",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leatsa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis-sean",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "léi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "léise",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "linn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "linne",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "libh",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "libhse",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leo",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leosan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lé",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "leis",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "2": "preposition",
        "3": "plus dative",
        "4": "",
        "5": "triggers h-prothesis",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "before the definite article",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "prepositions governing the dative",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "le (plus dative, triggers h-prothesis, before the definite article leis)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "d",
        "2": "h",
        "def": "leis"
      },
      "expansion": "le (plus dative, triggers h-prothesis, before the definite article leis)",
      "name": "ga-prep"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "prep",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "den"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "de nadesna*"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "de modem*"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "de doded*"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "det*"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dá"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dár"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "darb"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "darbh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "don"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "do nadosna*"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "do modom*"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "do dodod*"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dot*"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "faoin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "faoi na"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "faoi mo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "faoi do"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "faoina"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "faoinár"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "faoinar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "faoinarb"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "faoinarbh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "san"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sna"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "i moim*"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "i doid*"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "it*"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ina"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "inár"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "inar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "inarb"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "inarbh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "leis an"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "leis na"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "le molem*"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "le doled*"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "let*"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lena"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lenár"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lenar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lenarb"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "lenarbh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ón"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ó naósna*"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ó moóm*"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ó doód*"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ót*"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "óna"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ónár"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ónar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ónarb"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "ónarbh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tríd an"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "trí na"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "trí mo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "trí do"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "trína"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "trínár"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "trínar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "trínarb"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "trínarbh"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "english": "with clothing",
          "text": "le héadach",
          "translation": "with clothing",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "with"
      ],
      "id": "en-le-ga-prep-BpW1Y6ze",
      "links": [
        [
          "with",
          "with"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "triggers-h-prothesis",
        "with-dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 40 2 27 8 16 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 20 11 19 14 11 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish prepositions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 19 12 20 14 14 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish prepositions governing the dative",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              9
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The hat is mine; the hat belongs to me.",
          "text": "Is liomsa an hata.",
          "translation": "The hat is mine; the hat belongs to me.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The pencil is Cáit’s; the pencil belongs to Cáit.",
          "text": "Is le Cáit an peann luaidhe.",
          "translation": "The pencil is Cáit’s; the pencil belongs to Cáit.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used in conjunction with the copula particle is and a noun to indicate possession"
      ],
      "id": "en-le-ga-prep-9glbGpgF",
      "links": [
        [
          "is",
          "is#Irish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "triggers-h-prothesis",
        "with-dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 20 11 19 14 11 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish prepositions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 19 12 20 14 14 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish prepositions governing the dative",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              25,
              30
            ],
            [
              31,
              44
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The issue is unimportant to me/in my opinion.",
          "text": "Is beag liom an cheist.",
          "translation": "The issue is unimportant to me/in my opinion.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in the opinion of, in the consideration of"
      ],
      "id": "en-le-ga-prep-T6x5EB3E",
      "links": [
        [
          "is",
          "is#Irish"
        ],
        [
          "opinion",
          "opinion"
        ],
        [
          "consideration",
          "consideration"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in conjunction with the copula particle is and an adjective) in the opinion of, in the consideration of"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in conjunction with the copula particle is and an adjective"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "triggers-h-prothesis",
        "with-dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 20 11 19 14 11 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish prepositions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 19 12 20 14 14 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish prepositions governing the dative",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "something to eat",
          "text": "rud le n-ithe",
          "translation": "something to eat",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "english": "fit to drink",
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          "english": "too hot to drink",
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              15
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          "english": "How much does it cost?",
          "literal_meaning": "How much is to pay?",
          "text": "Cé mhéad atá le n-íoc?",
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          "english": "in order to do a thing",
          "text": "le rud a dhéanamh",
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      "word": "abair le"
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      "word": "ar olca le"
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      "word": "dar le"
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      "word": "i dtaca le"
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      "word": "i mborr le"
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      "word": "in éineacht le"
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      "word": "le chéile"
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      "form": "leatsa",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "léise",
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        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "linn",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "linne",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "emphatic",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "libh",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "libhse",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "emphatic",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "leo",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "leosan",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "emphatic",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "lé",
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      "word": "den"
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      "word": "de nadesna*"
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    {
      "word": "de modem*"
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    {
      "word": "de doded*"
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    {
      "word": "det*"
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    {
      "word": "dá"
    },
    {
      "word": "dár"
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    {
      "word": "dar"
    },
    {
      "word": "darb"
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    {
      "word": "darbh"
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    {
      "word": "don"
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      "word": "do nadosna*"
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    {
      "word": "do modom*"
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    {
      "word": "do dodod*"
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    {
      "word": "dot*"
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    {
      "word": "faoin"
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    {
      "word": "faoi na"
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    {
      "word": "faoi mo"
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    {
      "word": "faoi do"
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    {
      "word": "faoina"
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    {
      "word": "faoinár"
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    {
      "word": "faoinar"
    },
    {
      "word": "faoinarb"
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    {
      "word": "faoinarbh"
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    {
      "word": "sa"
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    {
      "word": "san"
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    {
      "word": "sna"
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    {
      "word": "i moim*"
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    {
      "word": "i doid*"
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    {
      "word": "it*"
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    {
      "word": "ina"
    },
    {
      "word": "inár"
    },
    {
      "word": "inar"
    },
    {
      "word": "inarb"
    },
    {
      "word": "inarbh"
    },
    {
      "word": "leis an"
    },
    {
      "word": "leis na"
    },
    {
      "word": "le molem*"
    },
    {
      "word": "le doled*"
    },
    {
      "word": "let*"
    },
    {
      "word": "lena"
    },
    {
      "word": "lenár"
    },
    {
      "word": "lenar"
    },
    {
      "word": "lenarb"
    },
    {
      "word": "lenarbh"
    },
    {
      "word": "ón"
    },
    {
      "word": "ó naósna*"
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    {
      "word": "ó moóm*"
    },
    {
      "word": "ó doód*"
    },
    {
      "word": "ót*"
    },
    {
      "word": "óna"
    },
    {
      "word": "ónár"
    },
    {
      "word": "ónar"
    },
    {
      "word": "ónarb"
    },
    {
      "word": "ónarbh"
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    {
      "word": "tríd an"
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    {
      "word": "trí na"
    },
    {
      "word": "trí mo"
    },
    {
      "word": "trí do"
    },
    {
      "word": "trína"
    },
    {
      "word": "trínár"
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    {
      "word": "trínar"
    },
    {
      "word": "trínarb"
    },
    {
      "word": "trínarbh"
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              2
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          "english": "with clothing",
          "text": "le héadach",
          "translation": "with clothing",
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      "glosses": [
        "with"
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        [
          "with",
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          "english": "The hat is mine; the hat belongs to me.",
          "text": "Is liomsa an hata.",
          "translation": "The hat is mine; the hat belongs to me.",
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        },
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              5
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          "english": "The pencil is Cáit’s; the pencil belongs to Cáit.",
          "text": "Is le Cáit an peann luaidhe.",
          "translation": "The pencil is Cáit’s; the pencil belongs to Cáit.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used in conjunction with the copula particle is and a noun to indicate possession"
      ],
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        [
          "is",
          "is#Irish"
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        "triggers-h-prothesis",
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      "categories": [
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          "english": "The issue is unimportant to me/in my opinion.",
          "text": "Is beag liom an cheist.",
          "translation": "The issue is unimportant to me/in my opinion.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in the opinion of, in the consideration of"
      ],
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          "is",
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          "opinion",
          "opinion"
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          "consideration",
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        "(in conjunction with the copula particle is and an adjective) in the opinion of, in the consideration of"
      ],
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        "in conjunction with the copula particle is and an adjective"
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      "categories": [
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              6
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          "english": "something to eat",
          "text": "rud le n-ithe",
          "translation": "something to eat",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
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              10,
              12
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          ],
          "english": "fit to drink",
          "text": "oiriúnach le n-ól",
          "translation": "fit to drink",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
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            [
              7,
              9
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          "english": "too hot to drink",
          "text": "ró-the le n-ól",
          "translation": "too hot to drink",
          "type": "example"
        },
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          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "english": "How much does it cost?",
          "literal_meaning": "How much is to pay?",
          "text": "Cé mhéad atá le n-íoc?",
          "translation": "How much does it cost?",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "to (indicating purpose; in this sense triggering eclipsis of vowel-initial verbal nouns)"
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        [
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          "to"
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        "with-dative"
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      "glosses": [
        "to (after a verb of speaking)"
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        "triggers-h-prothesis",
        "with-dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "by (indicating the creator of a work, e.g. a book)"
      ],
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        "triggers-h-prothesis",
        "with-dative"
      ]
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          "english": "in order to do a thing",
          "text": "le rud a dhéanamh",
          "translation": "in order to do a thing",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "in order to"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "in order to",
          "in order to"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "chun"
        },
        {
          "word": "d'fhonn"
        }
      ],
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      ]
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lʲɛ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "le"
}

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  "msg": "unrecognized head form: before the definite article leis",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "preposition",
  "title": "le",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Person:'",
  "path": [
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  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "preposition",
  "title": "le",
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}

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