luath in Irish

IPA: /l̪ˠuəh/ [Munster], /l̪ˠuə/ [Connacht, Ulster] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Old Irish lúath. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|lúath}} Old Irish lúath Head templates: {{head|ga|adjective|genitive singular masculine|luaith|genitive singular feminine|luaithe||{{{gsf2}}}|plural|luatha||{{{pl2}}}|comparative|luaithe|or|luathcha|altform=|head=}} luath (genitive singular masculine luaith, genitive singular feminine luaithe, plural luatha, comparative luaithe or luathcha), {{ga-adj|comp=luaithe|comp2=luathcha|gsf=luaithe|gsm=luaith|pl=luatha}} luath (genitive singular masculine luaith, genitive singular feminine luaithe, plural luatha, comparative luaithe or luathcha) Forms: luaith [genitive, masculine, singular], luaithe [feminine, genitive, singular], luatha [plural], luaithe [comparative], luathcha [comparative], no-table-tags [table-tags], luath [masculine, nominative, singular], luath [feminine, nominative, singular], luatha [error-unrecognized-form, nominative, plural], luaith [masculine, singular, vocative], luath [feminine, singular, vocative], luatha [error-unrecognized-form, plural, vocative], luaith [genitive, masculine, singular], luaithe [feminine, genitive, singular], luatha [error-unrecognized-form, genitive, plural], luath [error-unrecognized-form, genitive, plural], luath [dative, masculine, singular], luath [dative, feminine, singular], luaith [archaic, dative, feminine, singular], luatha [dative, error-unrecognized-form, plural], níos luaithe [comparative, error-unrecognized-form], is luaithe [error-unrecognized-form, superlative]

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "luath-"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "luathaigh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mórluath"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "lúath"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish lúath",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish lúath.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "luaith",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luaithe",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luatha",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luaithe",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luathcha",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luath",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luath",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luatha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luaith",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luath",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luatha",
      "source": "declension",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luaithe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luatha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luath",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luath",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luath",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luaith",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luatha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "níos luaithe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is luaithe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "luatha",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{pl2}}}",
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        "14": "luaithe",
        "15": "or",
        "16": "luathcha",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "genitive singular masculine",
        "4": "luaith",
        "5": "genitive singular feminine",
        "6": "luaithe",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{gsf2}}}",
        "9": "plural",
        "altform": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "luath (genitive singular masculine luaith, genitive singular feminine luaithe, plural luatha, comparative luaithe or luathcha)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "comp": "luaithe",
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        "gsf": "luaithe",
        "gsm": "luaith",
        "pl": "luatha"
      },
      "expansion": "luath (genitive singular masculine luaith, genitive singular feminine luaithe, plural luatha, comparative luaithe or luathcha)",
      "name": "ga-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "quick, fast"
      ],
      "id": "en-luath-ga-adj-iXvahDcS",
      "links": [
        [
          "quick",
          "quick"
        ],
        [
          "fast",
          "fast"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "sense": "quick, fast",
          "word": "sciobtha"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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          "name": "Irish terms with collocations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 76",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "early potatoes",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
          "text": "prátaí luatha",
          "translation": "early potatoes",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "early, soon"
      ],
      "id": "en-luath-ga-adj-r5jr8q-A",
      "links": [
        [
          "early",
          "early"
        ],
        [
          "soon",
          "soon"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/l̪ˠuəh/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/l̪ˠuə/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "luath"
}

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  "categories": [
    "Irish adjectives",
    "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "gd-noun 2"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "luath-"
    },
    {
      "word": "luathaigh"
    },
    {
      "word": "mórluath"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "2": "sga",
        "3": "lúath"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish lúath",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish lúath.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "luaith",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luaithe",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luatha",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luaithe",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luathcha",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "luath",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "luath",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luatha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luaith",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luath",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luatha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luaith",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luaithe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luatha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luath",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luath",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luath",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luaith",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "luatha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "níos luaithe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is luaithe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "15": "or",
        "16": "luathcha",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "genitive singular masculine",
        "4": "luaith",
        "5": "genitive singular feminine",
        "6": "luaithe",
        "7": "",
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      "expansion": "luath (genitive singular masculine luaith, genitive singular feminine luaithe, plural luatha, comparative luaithe or luathcha)",
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      "args": {
        "comp": "luaithe",
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        "gsf": "luaithe",
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        "pl": "luatha"
      },
      "expansion": "luath (genitive singular masculine luaith, genitive singular feminine luaithe, plural luatha, comparative luaithe or luathcha)",
      "name": "ga-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "quick, fast"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "quick",
          "quick"
        ],
        [
          "fast",
          "fast"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish terms with collocations"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "early potatoes",
          "tags": [
            "collocation"
          ],
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          "translation": "early potatoes",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "early, soon"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "early",
          "early"
        ],
        [
          "soon",
          "soon"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/l̪ˠuəh/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/l̪ˠuə/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "quick, fast",
      "word": "sciobtha"
    }
  ],
  "word": "luath"
}

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

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

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

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

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"luath" meaning in Irish

Adjective

Inflected forms