"litir" meaning in Irish

See litir in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈlʲɪtʲəɾʲ/ [Munster], /ˈl̠ʲɪtʲəɾʲ/ [Connacht, Ulster]
Etymology: From Old Irish liter, from Latin littera. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|liter}} Old Irish liter, {{der|ga|la|littera}} Latin littera Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|litreach|or|litre|||||nominative plural|litreacha|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} litir f (genitive singular litreach or litre, nominative plural litreacha), {{ga-noun|f|litreach|litreacha|gen2=litre}} litir f (genitive singular litreach or litre, nominative plural litreacha) Inflection templates: {{ga-decl-f5|l|itir|itreach|itreacha}} Forms: litreach [genitive, singular], litre [genitive, singular], litreacha [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], litir [indefinite, nominative, singular], litreacha [indefinite, nominative, plural], a litir [indefinite, singular, vocative], a litreacha [indefinite, plural, vocative], litreach [genitive, indefinite, singular], litreacha [genitive, indefinite, plural], litir [dative, indefinite, singular], litreacha [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an litir [definite, nominative, singular], na litreacha [definite, nominative, plural], na litreach [definite, genitive, singular], na litreacha [definite, genitive, plural], leis an litir [dative, definite, singular], don litir [dative, definite, singular], leis na litreacha [dative, definite, plural]
  1. letter (of the alphabet) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Post
    Sense id: en-litir-ga-noun-EHVdiBSM Disambiguation of Post: 50 50
  2. letter (missive, epistle) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Orthography, Post
    Sense id: en-litir-ga-noun-NGpjrNke Disambiguation of Orthography: 28 72 Disambiguation of Post: 50 50 Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: leitir [Cois-Fharraige, Kerry] Related terms: liteartha (english: literary; literal), litearthacht (english: literariness; literacy) [feminine], litrí (english: man of letters) [masculine], litritheoir (english: speller) [masculine], litriú (english: spelling, orthography) [masculine]
Derived forms: bloclitir (english: block letter) [feminine], ceannlitir [feminine, letter, uppercase], códlitir (english: code letter) [feminine], délitir (english: digraph) [feminine], fuarlitir an dlí [feminine, letter], imlitir (english: circular) [feminine], litirchárta (english: letter-card) [masculine], litirmheá (english: letter-scales) [feminine], litirphreas (english: letterpress) [masculine], litreoireacht (english: lettering) [feminine], litrigh (english: spell) [verb], litriúil (english: literal), nasclitir (english: ligature) [feminine], tréadlitir (english: pastoral) [feminine], túslitir (english: initial) [feminine]

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "block letter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bloclitir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "letter",
        "uppercase"
      ],
      "word": "ceannlitir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "code letter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "códlitir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "digraph",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "délitir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "raw_tags": [
        "of the law"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "fuarlitir an dlí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "circular",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "imlitir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "letter-card",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "litirchárta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "letter-scales",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "litirmheá"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "letterpress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "litirphreas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "lettering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "litreoireacht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "spell",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "litrigh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "literal",
      "word": "litriúil"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "ligature",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nasclitir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "pastoral",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tréadlitir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "initial",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "túslitir"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "liter"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish liter",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "littera"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin littera",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish liter, from Latin littera.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "litreach",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "litre",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "litreacha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-decl-f5",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "litir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "litreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a litir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a litreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "litreach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "litreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "litir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "litreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-decl-f5",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an litir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na litreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na litreach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na litreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an litir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don litir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na litreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "litreacha",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "litreach",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "litre",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "litir f (genitive singular litreach or litre, nominative plural litreacha)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "litreach",
        "3": "litreacha",
        "gen2": "litre"
      },
      "expansion": "litir f (genitive singular litreach or litre, nominative plural litreacha)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "l",
        "2": "itir",
        "3": "itreach",
        "4": "itreacha"
      },
      "name": "ga-decl-f5"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "literary; literal",
      "word": "liteartha"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "literariness; literacy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "litearthacht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "man of letters",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "litrí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "speller",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "litritheoir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "spelling, orthography",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "litriú"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Post",
          "orig": "ga:Post",
          "parents": [
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "letter (of the alphabet)"
      ],
      "id": "en-litir-ga-noun-EHVdiBSM",
      "links": [
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "16 84",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 72",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Orthography",
          "orig": "ga:Orthography",
          "parents": [
            "Writing",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Language",
            "Human",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Post",
          "orig": "ga:Post",
          "parents": [
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "letter (missive, epistle)"
      ],
      "id": "en-litir-ga-noun-NGpjrNke",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlʲɪtʲəɾʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈl̠ʲɪtʲəɾʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Cois-Fharraige",
        "Kerry"
      ],
      "word": "leitir"
    }
  ],
  "word": "litir"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Irish feminine nouns",
    "Irish fifth-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Latin",
    "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "ga:Orthography",
    "ga:Post"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "block letter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bloclitir"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "letter",
        "uppercase"
      ],
      "word": "ceannlitir"
    },
    {
      "english": "code letter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "códlitir"
    },
    {
      "english": "digraph",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "délitir"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "of the law"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "fuarlitir an dlí"
    },
    {
      "english": "circular",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "imlitir"
    },
    {
      "english": "letter-card",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "litirchárta"
    },
    {
      "english": "letter-scales",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "litirmheá"
    },
    {
      "english": "letterpress",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "litirphreas"
    },
    {
      "english": "lettering",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "litreoireacht"
    },
    {
      "english": "spell",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "litrigh"
    },
    {
      "english": "literal",
      "word": "litriúil"
    },
    {
      "english": "ligature",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nasclitir"
    },
    {
      "english": "pastoral",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tréadlitir"
    },
    {
      "english": "initial",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "túslitir"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "liter"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish liter",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "littera"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin littera",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish liter, from Latin littera.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "litreach",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "litre",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "litreacha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-decl-f5",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "litir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "litreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a litir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a litreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "litreach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "litreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "litir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "litreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-decl-f5",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an litir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na litreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na litreach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na litreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an litir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don litir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na litreacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "litreacha",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "litreach",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "litre",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "litir f (genitive singular litreach or litre, nominative plural litreacha)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "litreach",
        "3": "litreacha",
        "gen2": "litre"
      },
      "expansion": "litir f (genitive singular litreach or litre, nominative plural litreacha)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "l",
        "2": "itir",
        "3": "itreach",
        "4": "itreacha"
      },
      "name": "ga-decl-f5"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "literary; literal",
      "word": "liteartha"
    },
    {
      "english": "literariness; literacy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "litearthacht"
    },
    {
      "english": "man of letters",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "litrí"
    },
    {
      "english": "speller",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "litritheoir"
    },
    {
      "english": "spelling, orthography",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "litriú"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "letter (of the alphabet)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "letter (missive, epistle)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈlʲɪtʲəɾʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈl̠ʲɪtʲəɾʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Cois-Fharraige",
        "Kerry"
      ],
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    }
  ],
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}
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