"púca" meaning in Irish

See púca in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈpˠuːkə/
Etymology: A Germanic borrowing, from Old Norse púki (“fairy spirit”). Etymology templates: {{der|ga|gem|-}} Germanic, {{der|ga|non|púki||fairy spirit}} Old Norse púki (“fairy spirit”) Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|púca|||||||nominative plural|púcaí|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} púca m (genitive singular púca, nominative plural púcaí), {{ga-noun|m|~|~í}} púca m (genitive singular púca, nominative plural púcaí) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: púca [genitive, singular], púcaí [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], nominative [indefinite], púca [indefinite, singular], púcaí [indefinite, plural], vocative [indefinite], a phúca [indefinite, singular], a phúcaí [indefinite, plural], genitive [indefinite], dative [indefinite], no-table-tags [table-tags], nominative [definite], an púca [definite, singular], na púcaí [definite, plural], genitive [definite], an phúca [definite, singular], na bpúcaí [definite, plural], dative [definite], leis an bpúca [definite, singular], don phúca [definite, singular], leis na púcaí [definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], púca [error-unrecognized-form], phúca [error-unrecognized-form], bpúca [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. hobgoblin, pooka, puck Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Mythological creatures
    Sense id: en-púca-ga-noun-eJmif3DJ Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 79 21
  2. surly, uncommunicative person Tags: masculine Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-púca-ga-noun--4T2MyWn Disambiguation of People: 0 100 Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ceann púca (english: gargoyle) [masculine], coinnle an phúca (english: dark mullein) [feminine, plural], méirín púca (english: fox-glove) [masculine], púca na mbeann (english: the Devil) [masculine], púca na n-adharc (english: bugbear) [masculine], púca na sméar (english: fruit-destroying pooka) [masculine], púca peill (english: toadstool) [masculine], púcaíocht (english: backwardness) [feminine], púcbhobarún (english: silent stupid person) [masculine], púcúil (english: glum, surly) [adjective], téada an phúca (english: gossamer) [feminine, plural]

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "gargoyle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceann púca"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "dark mullein",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "coinnle an phúca"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "fox-glove",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "méirín púca"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "the Devil",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "púca na mbeann"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "bugbear",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "púca na n-adharc"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "fruit-destroying pooka",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "púca na sméar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "toadstool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "púca peill"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "backwardness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "púcaíocht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "silent stupid person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "púcbhobarún"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "glum, surly",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "púcúil"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "gossamer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "téada an phúca"
    }
  ],
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          "args": {
            "1": "kw",
            "2": "bucca",
            "bor": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→? Cornish: bucca\n→ English: bucca",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→? Cornish: bucca\n→ English: bucca"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "pooka",
            "3": "puka",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: pooka, puka",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: pooka, puka"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "ga",
        "2": "gem",
        "3": "-"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "2": "non",
        "3": "púki",
        "4": "",
        "5": "fairy spirit"
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    }
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      "form": "púca",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "púcaí",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "cln",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "nominative",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "púca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "púcaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vocative",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a phúca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a phúcaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "genitive",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dative",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cln",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nominative",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an púca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na púcaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "genitive",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an phúca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na bpúcaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dative",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an bpúca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don phúca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na púcaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "púca",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "phúca",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bpúca",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
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        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
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        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "púca",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
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      },
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    {
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      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "79 21",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Mythological creatures",
          "orig": "ga:Mythological creatures",
          "parents": [
            "Fantasy",
            "Mythology",
            "Fiction",
            "Speculative fiction",
            "Culture",
            "Artistic works",
            "Genres",
            "Society",
            "Art",
            "Entertainment",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hobgoblin, pooka, puck"
      ],
      "id": "en-púca-ga-noun-eJmif3DJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "hobgoblin",
          "hobgoblin"
        ],
        [
          "pooka",
          "pooka"
        ],
        [
          "puck",
          "puck"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 91",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 97",
          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "People",
          "orig": "ga:People",
          "parents": [
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "surly, uncommunicative person"
      ],
      "id": "en-púca-ga-noun--4T2MyWn",
      "links": [
        [
          "surly",
          "surly"
        ],
        [
          "uncommunicative",
          "uncommunicative"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpˠuːkə/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "púca"
}
{
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    "Irish fourth-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish masculine nouns",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Germanic languages",
    "Irish terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
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    "ga:People"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "gargoyle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ceann púca"
    },
    {
      "english": "dark mullein",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "coinnle an phúca"
    },
    {
      "english": "fox-glove",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "méirín púca"
    },
    {
      "english": "the Devil",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "púca na mbeann"
    },
    {
      "english": "bugbear",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "púca na n-adharc"
    },
    {
      "english": "fruit-destroying pooka",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "púca na sméar"
    },
    {
      "english": "toadstool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "púca peill"
    },
    {
      "english": "backwardness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "púcaíocht"
    },
    {
      "english": "silent stupid person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "púcbhobarún"
    },
    {
      "english": "glum, surly",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "púcúil"
    },
    {
      "english": "gossamer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "téada an phúca"
    }
  ],
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "kw",
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            "bor": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "en",
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            "3": "puka",
            "bor": "1"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    }
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    },
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        "4": "",
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      "form": "púca",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "púcaí",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "form": "cln",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "nominative",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "púca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "púcaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vocative",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a phúca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a phúcaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "genitive",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dative",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "cln",
      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nominative",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an púca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na púcaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "genitive",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an phúca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na bpúcaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dative",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "leis an bpúca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don phúca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "plural"
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      "source": "mutation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "phúca",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "bpúca",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
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        "14": "",
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        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "hobgoblin, pooka, puck"
      ],
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          "hobgoblin",
          "hobgoblin"
        ],
        [
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          "pooka"
        ],
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          "puck",
          "puck"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "surly, uncommunicative person"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surly",
          "surly"
        ],
        [
          "uncommunicative",
          "uncommunicative"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpˠuːkə/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "púca"
}

Download raw JSONL data for púca meaning in Irish (5.0kB)

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