See leithscéal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "gabh mo leithscéal"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "excuse me, I beg your pardon",
"word": "gabhaigí mo leithscéal"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "fond of excuses; apologetic",
"word": "leithscéalach"
}
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},
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"3": "lethscél"
},
"expansion": "Middle Irish lethscél",
"name": "inh"
},
{
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"2": "leath-",
"3": "scéal",
"t1": "half",
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},
"expansion": "By surface analysis, leath- (“half”) + scéal (“story”)",
"name": "surf"
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"etymology_text": "From Middle Irish lethscél. By surface analysis, leath- (“half”) + scéal (“story”).",
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"tags": [
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]
},
{
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"nominative",
"plural"
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},
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},
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"source": "declension",
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"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
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"source": "declension",
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"nominative",
"plural"
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},
{
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"source": "declension",
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"indefinite",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "a leithscéalta",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "leithscéil",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
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},
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"form": "leithscéalta",
"source": "declension",
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"indefinite",
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{
"form": "leithscéal",
"source": "declension",
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"dative",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "leithscéalta",
"source": "declension",
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"dative",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
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"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
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]
},
{
"form": "an leithscéal",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "na leithscéalta",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "an leithscéil",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "na leithscéalta",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "leis an leithscéal",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "don leithscéal",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "leis na leithscéalta",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "leathscéal",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "leath-scéal",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "leath-sceul",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "leathsgéal",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "leath-sgéal",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "leathsgeul",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "leath-sgeul",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "leith-scéal",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "leithsceul",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "leith-sceul",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "leithsgéal",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "leith-sgéal",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "leithsgeul",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
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"form": "leith-sgeul",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
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"13": "",
"14": "",
"15": "",
"16": "",
"2": "noun",
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"4": "leithscéil",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"9": "",
"cat2": "",
"f1request": "1",
"f4request": "1",
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"g2": "",
"g3": "",
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},
"expansion": "leithscéal m (genitive singular leithscéil, nominative plural leithscéalta)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "leithscéil",
"3": "~ta"
},
"expansion": "leithscéal m (genitive singular leithscéil, nominative plural leithscéalta)",
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}
],
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "49 51",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
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},
{
"_dis": "48 52",
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"name": "Irish terms prefixed with leath-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "69 31",
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"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "72 28",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"excuse (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)"
],
"id": "en-leithscéal-ga-noun-bUUXyoa2",
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[
"excuse",
"excuse"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "49 51",
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{
"_dis": "48 52",
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"name": "Irish terms prefixed with leath-",
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}
],
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"apology"
],
"id": "en-leithscéal-ga-noun-4WEgHbAY",
"links": [
[
"apology",
"apology"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/lʲaˈsˠciːa̯l̪ˠ/",
"tags": [
"Munster"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈl̠ʲeʃceːlˠ/",
"tags": [
"Connacht"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈl̠ʲeʃceːlˠ/ ~ /l̠ʲiʃceːlˠ/",
"tags": [
"Ulster"
]
}
],
"word": "leithscéal"
}
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"Irish entries with incorrect language header",
"Irish first-declension nouns",
"Irish lemmas",
"Irish masculine nouns",
"Irish nouns",
"Irish terms derived from Middle Irish",
"Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sekʷ- (say)",
"Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish",
"Irish terms prefixed with leath-",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "gabh mo leithscéal"
},
{
"english": "excuse me, I beg your pardon",
"word": "gabhaigí mo leithscéal"
},
{
"english": "fond of excuses; apologetic",
"word": "leithscéalach"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*sekʷ-",
"id": "say"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "mga",
"3": "lethscél"
},
"expansion": "Middle Irish lethscél",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "leath-",
"3": "scéal",
"t1": "half",
"t2": "story"
},
"expansion": "By surface analysis, leath- (“half”) + scéal (“story”)",
"name": "surf"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle Irish lethscél. By surface analysis, leath- (“half”) + scéal (“story”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "leithscéil",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "leithscéalta",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "leithscéal",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "leithscéalta",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "a leithscéil",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "a leithscéalta",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "leithscéil",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "leithscéalta",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "leithscéal",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "leithscéalta",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "an leithscéal",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "na leithscéalta",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "an leithscéil",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "na leithscéalta",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "leis an leithscéal",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "don leithscéal",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "leis na leithscéalta",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "leathscéal",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "leath-scéal",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "leath-sceul",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "leathsgéal",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "leath-sgéal",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "leathsgeul",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "leath-sgeul",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "leith-scéal",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "leithsceul",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "leith-sceul",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "leithsgéal",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "leith-sgéal",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "leithsgeul",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "leith-sgeul",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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"10": "",
"11": "nominative plural",
"12": "leithscéalta",
"13": "",
"14": "",
"15": "",
"16": "",
"2": "noun",
"3": "genitive singular",
"4": "leithscéil",
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"6": "",
"7": "",
"8": "",
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},
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],
"lang": "Irish",
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"pos": "noun",
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{
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"excuse (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement)"
],
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]
],
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},
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],
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],
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"masculine"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/lʲaˈsˠciːa̯l̪ˠ/",
"tags": [
"Munster"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈl̠ʲeʃceːlˠ/",
"tags": [
"Connacht"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈl̠ʲeʃceːlˠ/ ~ /l̠ʲiʃceːlˠ/",
"tags": [
"Ulster"
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}
],
"word": "leithscéal"
}
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