"ribe" meaning in Irish

See ribe in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɾˠɪbʲə/
Etymology: From Middle Irish ruibe (“hair, bristle”), related to ribín (“ribbon”). Etymology templates: {{der|ga|mga|ruibe||hair, bristle}} Middle Irish ruibe (“hair, bristle”) Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|ribe|||||||nominative plural|ribí|||||altform=|cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} ribe m (genitive singular ribe, nominative plural ribí), {{ga-noun|m|~|ribí}} ribe m (genitive singular ribe, nominative plural ribí) Forms: ribe [genitive, singular], ribí [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], ribe [indefinite, nominative, singular], ribí [indefinite, nominative, plural], a ribe [indefinite, singular, vocative], a ribí [indefinite, plural, vocative], ribe [genitive, indefinite, singular], ribí [genitive, indefinite, plural], ribe [dative, indefinite, singular], ribí [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an ribe [definite, nominative, singular], na ribí [definite, nominative, plural], an ribe [definite, genitive, singular], na ribí [definite, genitive, plural], leis an ribe [dative, definite, singular], don ribe [dative, definite, singular], leis na ribí [dative, definite, plural], ruibe [alternative]
  1. (anatomy) hair (single strand), eyelash, whisker Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-ribe-ga-noun-FyIRG~0a Categories (other): Anatomy, Hair Disambiguation of Hair: 72 1 27 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. bristle Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-ribe-ga-noun-XO0s38cw
  3. (botany) blade (of grass) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-ribe-ga-noun-KvpmKk05 Categories (other): Botany, Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 21 15 64 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 2 4 11 33 34 3 1 6 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 3 15 29 30 2 1 9 9 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bun ribe (english: carbuncle), drochribe, ribe róin (english: strand of animal hair; shrimp), súil ribe

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "carbuncle",
      "translation": "carbuncle",
      "word": "bun ribe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "drochribe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "strand of animal hair; shrimp",
      "translation": "strand of animal hair; shrimp",
      "word": "ribe róin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "súil ribe"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "mga",
        "3": "ruibe",
        "4": "",
        "5": "hair, bristle"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish ruibe (“hair, bristle”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish ruibe (“hair, bristle”), related to ribín (“ribbon”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ribe",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ribí",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ribe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ribí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a ribe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a ribí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ribe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ribí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ribe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ribí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an ribe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na ribí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an ribe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na ribí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an ribe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don ribe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na ribí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ruibe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "ribí",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "ribe",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ribe m (genitive singular ribe, nominative plural ribí)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "~",
        "3": "ribí"
      },
      "expansion": "ribe m (genitive singular ribe, nominative plural ribí)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "ga:Anatomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "72 1 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Hair",
          "orig": "ga:Hair",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hair (single strand), eyelash, whisker"
      ],
      "id": "en-ribe-ga-noun-FyIRG~0a",
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "hair",
          "hair"
        ],
        [
          "eyelash",
          "eyelash"
        ],
        [
          "whisker",
          "whisker"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) hair (single strand), eyelash, whisker"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bristle"
      ],
      "id": "en-ribe-ga-noun-XO0s38cw",
      "links": [
        [
          "bristle",
          "bristle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Botany",
          "orig": "ga:Botany",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 15 64",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 4 11 33 34 3 1 6 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 3 15 29 30 2 1 9 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "blade (of grass)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ribe-ga-noun-KvpmKk05",
      "links": [
        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "blade",
          "blade"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(botany) blade (of grass)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɾˠɪbʲə/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ribe"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Irish fourth-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish masculine nouns",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Middle Irish",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Requests for accents in Serbo-Croatian noun form entries",
    "ga:Hair"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "carbuncle",
      "translation": "carbuncle",
      "word": "bun ribe"
    },
    {
      "word": "drochribe"
    },
    {
      "english": "strand of animal hair; shrimp",
      "translation": "strand of animal hair; shrimp",
      "word": "ribe róin"
    },
    {
      "word": "súil ribe"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "mga",
        "3": "ruibe",
        "4": "",
        "5": "hair, bristle"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish ruibe (“hair, bristle”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish ruibe (“hair, bristle”), related to ribín (“ribbon”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ribe",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ribí",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ribe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ribí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a ribe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a ribí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ribe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ribí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ribe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ribí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an ribe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na ribí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an ribe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na ribí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an ribe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don ribe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na ribí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ruibe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "ribí",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "ribe",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ribe m (genitive singular ribe, nominative plural ribí)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "~",
        "3": "ribí"
      },
      "expansion": "ribe m (genitive singular ribe, nominative plural ribí)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "ga:Anatomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hair (single strand), eyelash, whisker"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "hair",
          "hair"
        ],
        [
          "eyelash",
          "eyelash"
        ],
        [
          "whisker",
          "whisker"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) hair (single strand), eyelash, whisker"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bristle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bristle",
          "bristle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "ga:Botany"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "blade (of grass)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "blade",
          "blade"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(botany) blade (of grass)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɾˠɪbʲə/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ribe"
}

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