"re" meaning in Irish

See re in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Particle

Forms: ’re [alternative]
Etymology: Reduced form of eile (“other”).
  1. Only used in gach re Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-re-ga-particle-CBA~-lRg Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Irish particles Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 86 9 5 Disambiguation of Irish particles: 92 8 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Preposition

Etymology: From Classical Gaelic re, from Middle Irish ri, fri, from Old Irish fri, from Proto-Celtic *writ- (compare Welsh wrth, prefix gwrth-), from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn”) (compare Latin versus (“against”)). Conflated with le (“with”) in the modern language. Etymology templates: {{root|ga|ine-pro|*wert-}}, {{der|ga|ghc|re}} Classical Gaelic re, {{der|ga|mga|ri}} Middle Irish ri, {{der|ga|sga|fri}} Old Irish fri, {{der|ga|cel-pro|*writ-}} Proto-Celtic *writ-, {{cog|cy|wrth}} Welsh wrth, {{der|ga|ine-pro|*wert-|t=to turn}} Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn”), {{cog|la|versus|t=against}} Latin versus (“against”) Head templates: {{head|ga|preposition|plus dative||triggers h-prothesis||||before the definite article|ris|||cat2=prepositions governing the dative|head=}} re (plus dative, triggers h-prothesis, before the definite article ris), {{ga-prep|d|h|def=ris}} re (plus dative, triggers h-prothesis, before the definite article ris), {{tlb|ga|obsolete}} (obsolete) Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], riom [first-person, singular], riomsa [emphatic, first-person, singular], riot [second-person, singular], reat [second-person, singular], riotsa [emphatic, second-person, singular], reatsa [emphatic, second-person, singular], ris [masculine, singular, third-person], ris-sean [emphatic, masculine, singular, third-person], ria [feminine, singular, third-person], riasa [emphatic, feminine, singular, third-person], rinn [first-person, plural], rinne [emphatic, first-person, plural], ribh [plural, second-person], ribhse [emphatic, plural, second-person], riú [plural, third-person], riúsan [emphatic, plural, third-person]
  1. to, toward Tags: obsolete, triggers-h-prothesis, with-dative Synonyms (to, toward): chuig chun
    Sense id: en-re-ga-prep-fSDqCc1V Categories (other): Irish prepositions Disambiguation of Irish prepositions: 51 49 Disambiguation of 'to, toward': 99 1
  2. against Tags: obsolete, triggers-h-prothesis, with-dative Synonyms (against): in aghaidh, in éadan, i gcoinne
    Sense id: en-re-ga-prep-pxjj6a76 Categories (other): Irish prepositions, Irish prepositions governing the dative Disambiguation of Irish prepositions: 51 49 Disambiguation of Irish prepositions governing the dative: 44 56 Disambiguation of 'against': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mar aon re, maill re
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mar aon re"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "maill re"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wert-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ghc",
        "3": "re"
      },
      "expansion": "Classical Gaelic re",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "mga",
        "3": "ri"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish ri",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "fri"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish fri",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*writ-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *writ-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "wrth"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh wrth",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wert-",
        "t": "to turn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "versus",
        "t": "against"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin versus (“against”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Classical Gaelic re, from Middle Irish ri, fri, from Old Irish fri, from Proto-Celtic *writ- (compare Welsh wrth, prefix gwrth-), from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn”) (compare Latin versus (“against”)).\nConflated with le (“with”) in the modern language.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "riom",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "riomsa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "riot",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "reat",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "riotsa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "reatsa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ris",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ris-sean",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ria",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "riasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rinn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rinne",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ribh",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ribhse",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "riú",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "riúsan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "ga",
        "10": "ris",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "2": "preposition",
        "3": "plus dative",
        "4": "",
        "5": "triggers h-prothesis",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "before the definite article",
        "cat2": "prepositions governing the dative",
        "head": ""
      },
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    },
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      },
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      "name": "ga-prep"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "obsolete"
      },
      "expansion": "(obsolete)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish prepositions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "to, toward"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "to",
          "to"
        ],
        [
          "toward",
          "toward"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "sense": "to, toward",
          "word": "chuig chun"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "triggers-h-prothesis",
        "with-dative"
      ]
    },
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        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
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        },
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          "_dis": "44 56",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish prepositions governing the dative",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "against"
      ],
      "id": "en-re-ga-prep-pxjj6a76",
      "links": [
        [
          "against",
          "against"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "sense": "against",
          "word": "in aghaidh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "sense": "against",
          "word": "in éadan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "sense": "against",
          "word": "i gcoinne"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "triggers-h-prothesis",
        "with-dative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "re"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "Reduced form of eile (“other”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "’re",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "86 9 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 8 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish particles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "Only used in gach re"
      ],
      "id": "en-re-ga-particle-CBA~-lRg",
      "links": [
        [
          "gach re",
          "gach re#Irish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "re"
}

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    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish obsolete terms",
    "Irish particles",
    "Irish prepositions",
    "Irish prepositions governing the dative",
    "Irish terms derived from Classical Gaelic",
    "Irish terms derived from Middle Irish",
    "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wert-",
    "Pages with 41 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "mar aon re"
    },
    {
      "word": "maill re"
    }
  ],
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      },
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    },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "args": {
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "riom",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "riomsa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "riot",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "reat",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "riotsa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "reatsa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ris",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ris-sean",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ria",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "riasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rinn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rinne",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ribh",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ribhse",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "riú",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "riúsan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
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        "11": "",
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        "5": "triggers h-prothesis",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
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        "cat2": "prepositions governing the dative",
        "head": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
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    },
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      "args": {
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  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to, toward"
      ],
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        [
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        ],
        [
          "toward",
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "against"
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        [
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "sense": "to, toward",
      "word": "chuig chun"
    },
    {
      "sense": "against",
      "word": "in aghaidh"
    },
    {
      "sense": "against",
      "word": "in éadan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "against",
      "word": "i gcoinne"
    }
  ],
  "word": "re"
}

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    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish particles",
    "Pages with 41 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "Reduced form of eile (“other”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "’re",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "particle",
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      "glosses": [
        "Only used in gach re"
      ],
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        [
          "gach re",
          "gach re#Irish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "re"
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: before the definite article ris",
  "path": [
    "re"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "preposition",
  "title": "re",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Person:'",
  "path": [
    "re"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "preposition",
  "title": "re",
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}

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