matal in Irish

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Etymology: From Middle Irish matal, mattal, from Old Norse mǫttull (compare Icelandic möntull), itself borrowed from Late Latin mantellum, from Latin mantum (“cloak”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|mga|matal}} Middle Irish matal, {{der|ga|non|mǫttull}} Old Norse mǫttull, {{cog|is|möntull}} Icelandic möntull, {{der|ga|la-lat|mantellum}} Late Latin mantellum, {{der|ga|la|mantum||cloak}} Latin mantum (“cloak”) Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|matail|||||||nominative plural|matail|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|var=}} matal m (genitive singular matail, nominative plural matail), {{ga-noun|m|matail|matail}} matal m (genitive singular matail, nominative plural matail) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: matail [genitive, singular], matail [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an matal [definite, nominative, singular], na matail [definite, nominative, plural], an mhatail [definite, genitive, singular], na matal [definite, genitive, plural], leis an matal [dative, definite, singular], don mhatal [dative, definite, singular], leis na matail [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], matal [error-unrecognized-form], mhatal [lenition], - [eclipsis]

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "mantelshelf",
      "translation": "mantelshelf",
      "word": "clár matail"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "mga",
        "3": "matal"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish matal",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "mǫttull"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse mǫttull",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "möntull"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic möntull",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "la-lat",
        "3": "mantellum"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin mantellum",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "mantum",
        "4": "",
        "5": "cloak"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin mantum (“cloak”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish matal, mattal, from Old Norse mǫttull (compare Icelandic möntull), itself borrowed from Late Latin mantellum, from Latin mantum (“cloak”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "matail",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "matail",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an matal",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na matail",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an mhatail",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na matal",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an matal",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don mhatal",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na matail",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "matal",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mhatal",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "matail",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "matail",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "matal m (genitive singular matail, nominative plural matail)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "matail",
        "3": "matail"
      },
      "expansion": "matal m (genitive singular matail, nominative plural matail)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "90 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Clothing",
          "orig": "ga:Clothing",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "89 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Furniture",
          "orig": "ga:Furniture",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mantle, cloak"
      ],
      "id": "en-matal-ga-noun-R74wEVC0",
      "links": [
        [
          "mantle",
          "mantle"
        ],
        [
          "cloak",
          "cloak"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) mantle, cloak"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mantelpiece"
      ],
      "id": "en-matal-ga-noun-52pVsHhE",
      "links": [
        [
          "mantelpiece",
          "mantelpiece"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "clabhar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "matal"
}

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{
  "categories": [
    "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Irish first-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish masculine nouns",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Late Latin",
    "Irish terms derived from Latin",
    "Irish terms derived from Middle Irish",
    "Irish terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ga:Clothing",
    "ga:Furniture"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "mantelshelf",
      "translation": "mantelshelf",
      "word": "clár matail"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "mga",
        "3": "matal"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish matal",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "mǫttull"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse mǫttull",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "möntull"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic möntull",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "la-lat",
        "3": "mantellum"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin mantellum",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "mantum",
        "4": "",
        "5": "cloak"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin mantum (“cloak”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish matal, mattal, from Old Norse mǫttull (compare Icelandic möntull), itself borrowed from Late Latin mantellum, from Latin mantum (“cloak”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "matail",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "matail",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an matal",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na matail",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an mhatail",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na matal",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an matal",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don mhatal",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na matail",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "matal",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mhatal",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "matail",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "matail",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "matal m (genitive singular matail, nominative plural matail)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "matail",
        "3": "matail"
      },
      "expansion": "matal m (genitive singular matail, nominative plural matail)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish literary terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mantle, cloak"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mantle",
          "mantle"
        ],
        [
          "cloak",
          "cloak"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) mantle, cloak"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mantelpiece"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mantelpiece",
          "mantelpiece"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "clabhar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "matal"
}

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{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
  "path": [
    "matal"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "matal",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "linkages/371",
  "msg": "unrecognized linkage prefix: (mantelpiece): clabhar desc=mantelpiece rest=clabhar cls=romanization cls2=romanization e1=True e2=True",
  "path": [
    "matal"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "matal",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: matal/Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "matal"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "matal",
  "trace": ""
}

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

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"matal" meaning in Irish

Noun