"rogha" meaning in Irish

See rogha in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɾˠau/ [Galway, Munster], /ˈɾˠəu.ə/ [Mayo]
Etymology: From Middle Irish roga, from Old Irish rogu, from Proto-Celtic *ɸro-gusom, from *ɸro- + Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“choose”). Etymology templates: {{root|ga|ine-pro|*ǵews-}}, {{der|ga|mga|roga}} Middle Irish roga, {{inh|ga|sga|rogu}} Old Irish rogu, {{der|ga|cel-pro|*ɸro-gusom}} Proto-Celtic *ɸro-gusom, {{der|ga|ine-pro|*ǵews-||choose}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“choose”) Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|rogha|||||||nominative plural|roghanna|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|var=}} rogha f (genitive singular rogha, nominative plural roghanna), {{ga-noun|f|~|~nna}} rogha f (genitive singular rogha, nominative plural roghanna) Forms: rogha [genitive, singular], roghanna [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an rogha [definite, nominative, singular], na roghanna [definite, nominative, plural], na rogha [definite, genitive, singular], na roghanna [definite, genitive, plural], leis an rogha [dative, definite, singular], don rogha [dative, definite, singular], leis na roghanna [dative, definite, plural], raogha [alternative, Ulster], roghain [alternative, dialectal]
  1. choice, choosing, selection Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-rogha-ga-noun-YPvRyycT
  2. alternative Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-rogha-ga-noun-J3R2ibr5
  3. thing or person chosen Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-rogha-ga-noun-fbH6fwGA
  4. the choicest, the best Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-rogha-ga-noun-FzGVdHjP Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 11 3 26 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: roghchlár (english: menu), roghnaigh

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "menu",
      "translation": "menu",
      "word": "roghchlár"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "roghnaigh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "roga",
      "roga#Middle_Irish"
    ],
    [
      "rogu",
      "rogu#Old_Irish"
    ],
    [
      "ɸro",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸro-"
    ],
    [
      "gusom",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/-gusom"
    ],
    [
      "*ɸro-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸro-"
    ],
    [
      "*ǵews-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ǵews-"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵews-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "mga",
        "3": "roga"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish roga",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "rogu"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish rogu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*ɸro-gusom"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *ɸro-gusom",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵews-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "choose"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“choose”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish roga, from Old Irish rogu, from Proto-Celtic *ɸro-gusom, from *ɸro- + Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“choose”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "rogha",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "roghanna",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an rogha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na roghanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na rogha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na roghanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an rogha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don rogha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na roghanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "raogha",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "roghain",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "roghanna",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "rogha",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "rogha f (genitive singular rogha, nominative plural roghanna)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "~",
        "3": "~nna"
      },
      "expansion": "rogha f (genitive singular rogha, nominative plural roghanna)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "choice, choosing, selection"
      ],
      "id": "en-rogha-ga-noun-YPvRyycT",
      "links": [
        [
          "choice",
          "choice"
        ],
        [
          "choosing",
          "choosing"
        ],
        [
          "selection",
          "selection"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "alternative"
      ],
      "id": "en-rogha-ga-noun-J3R2ibr5",
      "links": [
        [
          "alternative",
          "alternative"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "thing or person chosen"
      ],
      "id": "en-rogha-ga-noun-fbH6fwGA",
      "links": [
        [
          "chosen",
          "chosen"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 3 26 60",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the choicest, the best"
      ],
      "id": "en-rogha-ga-noun-FzGVdHjP",
      "links": [
        [
          "choicest",
          "choicest"
        ],
        [
          "best",
          "best"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɾˠau/",
      "tags": [
        "Galway",
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɾˠəu.ə/",
      "tags": [
        "Mayo"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "rogha"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Irish feminine nouns",
    "Irish fifth-declension nouns",
    "Irish fourth-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish nouns",
    "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 *ǵews-",
    "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "menu",
      "translation": "menu",
      "word": "roghchlár"
    },
    {
      "word": "roghnaigh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "roga",
      "roga#Middle_Irish"
    ],
    [
      "rogu",
      "rogu#Old_Irish"
    ],
    [
      "ɸro",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸro-"
    ],
    [
      "gusom",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/-gusom"
    ],
    [
      "*ɸro-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸro-"
    ],
    [
      "*ǵews-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ǵews-"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵews-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "mga",
        "3": "roga"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish roga",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "rogu"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish rogu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*ɸro-gusom"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *ɸro-gusom",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵews-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "choose"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“choose”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish roga, from Old Irish rogu, from Proto-Celtic *ɸro-gusom, from *ɸro- + Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“choose”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "rogha",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "roghanna",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an rogha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na roghanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na rogha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na roghanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an rogha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don rogha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na roghanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "raogha",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "roghain",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "roghanna",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "rogha",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "rogha f (genitive singular rogha, nominative plural roghanna)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "~",
        "3": "~nna"
      },
      "expansion": "rogha f (genitive singular rogha, nominative plural roghanna)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "choice, choosing, selection"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "choice",
          "choice"
        ],
        [
          "choosing",
          "choosing"
        ],
        [
          "selection",
          "selection"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "alternative"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "alternative",
          "alternative"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "thing or person chosen"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chosen",
          "chosen"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the choicest, the best"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "choicest",
          "choicest"
        ],
        [
          "best",
          "best"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɾˠau/",
      "tags": [
        "Galway",
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɾˠəu.ə/",
      "tags": [
        "Mayo"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "rogha"
}

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  "subsection": "noun",
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}

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  "msg": "Negatively nested table braces, couldn't split inflection section, rogha/Irish section declension",
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