"roimh" meaning in Irish

See roimh in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Preposition

IPA: /ɾˠivʲ/
Etymology: From Old Irish rïam, the third-person singular masculine form of Old Irish ré, from Proto-Celtic *ɸrīs (compare Gaulish ris), from Proto-Indo-European *per-. Cognate with English first and Latin prīscus (“former”). Etymology templates: {{der|ga|sga|rïam}} Old Irish rïam, {{der|ga|sga|ré}} Old Irish ré, {{inh|ga|cel-pro|*ɸrīs}} Proto-Celtic *ɸrīs, {{cog|cel-gau|ris}} Gaulish ris, {{der|ga|ine-pro|*per-}} Proto-Indo-European *per-, {{cog|en|first}} English first, {{cog|la|prīscus|t=former}} Latin prīscus (“former”) Head templates: {{head|ga|preposition|plus dative||triggers lenition||||||||cat2=prepositions governing the dative|head=|var=}} roimh (plus dative, triggers lenition), {{ga-prep|d|l}} roimh (plus dative, triggers lenition) Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], romham [first-person, singular], romhamsa [emphatic, first-person, singular], romhat [second-person, singular], romhatsa [emphatic, second-person, singular], roimhe [masculine, singular, third-person], roimhesean [emphatic, masculine, singular, third-person], roimpi [feminine, singular, third-person], roimpise [emphatic, feminine, singular, third-person], romhainn [first-person, plural], romhainne [emphatic, first-person, plural], romhaibh [plural, second-person], romhaibhse [emphatic, plural, second-person], rompu [plural, third-person], rompusan [emphatic, plural, third-person]
  1. before Tags: triggers-lenition, with-dative Derived forms: roimh ré

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "rïam",
      "riam#Old_Irish"
    ],
    [
      "ré",
      "ré#Old_Irish"
    ],
    [
      "*ɸrīs",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸrīs"
    ],
    [
      "ris",
      "ris#Gaulish"
    ],
    [
      "*per-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/per-"
    ],
    [
      "first",
      "first#English"
    ],
    [
      "prīscus",
      "priscus#Latin"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "rïam"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish rïam",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "ré"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish ré",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*ɸrīs"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *ɸrīs",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cel-gau",
        "2": "ris"
      },
      "expansion": "Gaulish ris",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*per-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *per-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "first"
      },
      "expansion": "English first",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "prīscus",
        "t": "former"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin prīscus (“former”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish rïam, the third-person singular masculine form of Old Irish ré, from Proto-Celtic *ɸrīs (compare Gaulish ris), from Proto-Indo-European *per-. Cognate with English first and Latin prīscus (“former”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "romham",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "romhamsa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "romhat",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "romhatsa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "roimhe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "roimhesean",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "roimpi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "roimpise",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "romhainn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "romhainne",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "romhaibh",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "romhaibhse",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rompu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rompusan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "2": "preposition",
        "3": "plus dative",
        "4": "",
        "5": "triggers lenition",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "prepositions governing the dative",
        "head": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "roimh (plus dative, triggers lenition)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "d",
        "2": "l"
      },
      "expansion": "roimh (plus dative, triggers lenition)",
      "name": "ga-prep"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish prepositions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish prepositions governing the dative",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "roimh ré"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              15,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "english": "the person that was before you",
          "text": "an duine a bhí romhat",
          "translation": "the person that was before you",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "english": "before six o’clock",
          "text": "roimh a sé a chlog",
          "translation": "before six o’clock",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "before"
      ],
      "id": "en-roimh-ga-prep-bbfYA-dP",
      "links": [
        [
          "before",
          "before"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "triggers-lenition",
        "with-dative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɾˠivʲ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "roimh"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "roimh ré"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "rïam",
      "riam#Old_Irish"
    ],
    [
      "ré",
      "ré#Old_Irish"
    ],
    [
      "*ɸrīs",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/ɸrīs"
    ],
    [
      "ris",
      "ris#Gaulish"
    ],
    [
      "*per-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/per-"
    ],
    [
      "first",
      "first#English"
    ],
    [
      "prīscus",
      "priscus#Latin"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "rïam"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish rïam",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "ré"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish ré",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*ɸrīs"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *ɸrīs",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cel-gau",
        "2": "ris"
      },
      "expansion": "Gaulish ris",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*per-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *per-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "first"
      },
      "expansion": "English first",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "prīscus",
        "t": "former"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin prīscus (“former”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish rïam, the third-person singular masculine form of Old Irish ré, from Proto-Celtic *ɸrīs (compare Gaulish ris), from Proto-Indo-European *per-. Cognate with English first and Latin prīscus (“former”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "romham",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "romhamsa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "romhat",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "romhatsa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "roimhe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "roimhesean",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "roimpi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "roimpise",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "romhainn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "romhainne",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "romhaibh",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "romhaibhse",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rompu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rompusan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "2": "preposition",
        "3": "plus dative",
        "4": "",
        "5": "triggers lenition",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "prepositions governing the dative",
        "head": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "roimh (plus dative, triggers lenition)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "d",
        "2": "l"
      },
      "expansion": "roimh (plus dative, triggers lenition)",
      "name": "ga-prep"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Irish lemmas",
        "Irish prepositions",
        "Irish prepositions governing the dative",
        "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
        "Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
        "Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
        "Irish terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              15,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "english": "the person that was before you",
          "text": "an duine a bhí romhat",
          "translation": "the person that was before you",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "english": "before six o’clock",
          "text": "roimh a sé a chlog",
          "translation": "before six o’clock",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "before"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "before",
          "before"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "triggers-lenition",
        "with-dative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɾˠivʲ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "roimh"
}

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  "subsection": "preposition",
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}

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