"léamh" meaning in Irish

See léamh in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /l̠ʲeːvˠ/ [Galway, Munster], /l̠ʲeːw/ [Mayo, Ulster], [l̠ʲɛw] [Mayo, Ulster]
Etymology: From léigh + -amh. Etymology templates: {{af|ga|léigh|-amh}} léigh + -amh Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular as substantive|léimh|||||genitive as verbal noun|léite|nominative plural|léamha|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|var=}} léamh m (genitive singular as substantive léimh, genitive as verbal noun léite, nominative plural léamha), {{ga-noun|m|léimh|léamha|vngen=léite}} léamh m (genitive singular as substantive léimh, genitive as verbal noun léite, nominative plural léamha) Forms: léimh [genitive, singular, substantive], as verbal noun léite [genitive], léamha [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an léamh [definite, nominative, singular], na léamha [definite, nominative, plural], an léimh [definite, genitive, singular], na léamha [definite, genitive, plural], leis an léamh [dative, definite, singular], don léamh [dative, definite, singular], leis na léamha [dative, definite, plural], léigheamh [alternative, obsolete]
  1. verbal noun of léigh Tags: form-of, masculine, noun-from-verb Form of: léigh
    Sense id: en-léamh-ga-noun-RVgInFcd Categories (other): Irish terms suffixed with -amh Disambiguation of Irish terms suffixed with -amh: 50 50
  2. reading, interpretation Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-léamh-ga-noun-LRIeWUKV Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Irish terms suffixed with -amh, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of Irish terms suffixed with -amh: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 42 58 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 68

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "léigh",
      "léigh#Irish"
    ],
    [
      "-amh",
      "-amh#Irish"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "léigh",
        "3": "-amh"
      },
      "expansion": "léigh + -amh",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From léigh + -amh.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "léimh",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "as verbal noun léite",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "léamha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an léamh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na léamha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an léimh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na léamha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an léamh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don léamh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na léamha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "léigheamh",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "léite",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "léamha",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular as substantive",
        "4": "léimh",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "genitive as verbal noun",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "léamh m (genitive singular as substantive léimh, genitive as verbal noun léite, nominative plural léamha)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "léimh",
        "3": "léamha",
        "vngen": "léite"
      },
      "expansion": "léamh m (genitive singular as substantive léimh, genitive as verbal noun léite, nominative plural léamha)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish terms suffixed with -amh",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "léigh"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "verbal noun of léigh"
      ],
      "id": "en-léamh-ga-noun-RVgInFcd",
      "links": [
        [
          "léigh",
          "léigh#Irish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "masculine",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "13 87",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish terms suffixed with -amh",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 58",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 68",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "reading, interpretation"
      ],
      "id": "en-léamh-ga-noun-LRIeWUKV",
      "links": [
        [
          "reading",
          "reading"
        ],
        [
          "interpretation",
          "interpretation"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/l̠ʲeːvˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Galway",
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/l̠ʲeːw/",
      "tags": [
        "Mayo",
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[l̠ʲɛw]",
      "tags": [
        "Mayo",
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "léamh"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Irish first-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish masculine nouns",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish terms suffixed with -amh",
    "Irish third-declension nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "léigh",
      "léigh#Irish"
    ],
    [
      "-amh",
      "-amh#Irish"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "léigh",
        "3": "-amh"
      },
      "expansion": "léigh + -amh",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From léigh + -amh.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "léimh",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "as verbal noun léite",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "léamha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an léamh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na léamha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an léimh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na léamha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an léamh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don léamh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na léamha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "léigheamh",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "léite",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "léamha",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular as substantive",
        "4": "léimh",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "genitive as verbal noun",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "léamh m (genitive singular as substantive léimh, genitive as verbal noun léite, nominative plural léamha)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "léimh",
        "3": "léamha",
        "vngen": "léite"
      },
      "expansion": "léamh m (genitive singular as substantive léimh, genitive as verbal noun léite, nominative plural léamha)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish verbal nouns"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "léigh"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "verbal noun of léigh"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "léigh",
          "léigh#Irish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "masculine",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "reading, interpretation"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reading",
          "reading"
        ],
        [
          "interpretation",
          "interpretation"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/l̠ʲeːvˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Galway",
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/l̠ʲeːw/",
      "tags": [
        "Mayo",
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[l̠ʲɛw]",
      "tags": [
        "Mayo",
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "léamh"
}

Download raw JSONL data for léamh meaning in Irish (2.7kB)

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

{
  "called_from": "page/20250114",
  "msg": "Negatively nested table braces, couldn't split inflection section, léamh/Irish section declension",
  "path": [
    "léamh"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "léamh",
  "trace": ""
}

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