"salann" meaning in Irish

See salann in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈsˠɑl̪ˠən̪ˠ/ [Munster], /ˈsˠalˠən̪ˠ/ [Connacht], /ˈsˠal̪ˠən̪ˠ/ [Connacht], /ˈsˠɔlˠən̪ˠ/ [Ulster], /ˈsˠɔl̪ˠən̪ˠ/ [Ulster]
Etymology: From Old Irish salann, from Proto-Celtic *saleinos, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l. Etymology templates: {{der|ga|sga|salann}} Old Irish salann, {{der|ga|cel-pro|*saleinos}} Proto-Celtic *saleinos, {{der|ga|ine-pro|*sḗh₂l}} Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|salainn||||||||-|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|var=}} salann m (genitive singular salainn), {{ga-noun|m|salainn|-}} salann m (genitive singular salainn) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: salainn [genitive, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], an salann [definite, nominative, singular], an tsalainn [definite, genitive, singular], leis an salann [dative, definite, singular], don salann [dative, definite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], salann [error-unrecognized-form], shalann [lenition], tsalann [lenition], - [eclipsis]
  1. salt Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-salann-ga-noun-Y0ea1poJ Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Seasonings Derived forms: cruinneachán salainn (english: salt dome), foshalann (english: subsalt), gráinne salainn (english: a grain of salt), loch salainn (english: salt lake), log salainn (english: salt pan, salina, saline), sac salainn (english: lady-chair), salanda (english: saline) [adjective], salann líomóide (english: salts of lemon), salann mianra (english: mineral salts), salann mín (english: table-salt), salann sáile (english: sea-salt), salannlus (english: saltwort)
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    [
      "salann",
      "salann#Old_Irish"
    ],
    [
      "*saleinos",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/saleinos"
    ],
    [
      "*sḗh₂l",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sḗh₂l"
    ]
  ],
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    {
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        "2": "sga",
        "3": "salann"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*saleinos"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*sḗh₂l"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish salann, from Proto-Celtic *saleinos, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "salainn",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an salann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an tsalainn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an salann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don salann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "salann",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shalann",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsalann",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "-",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "salainn",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "salann m (genitive singular salainn)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "salainn",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "salann m (genitive singular salainn)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Seasonings",
          "orig": "ga:Seasonings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "salt dome",
          "translation": "salt dome",
          "word": "cruinneachán salainn"
        },
        {
          "english": "subsalt",
          "translation": "subsalt",
          "word": "foshalann"
        },
        {
          "english": "a grain of salt",
          "translation": "a grain of salt",
          "word": "gráinne salainn"
        },
        {
          "english": "salt lake",
          "translation": "salt lake",
          "word": "loch salainn"
        },
        {
          "english": "salt pan, salina, saline",
          "translation": "salt pan, salina, saline",
          "word": "log salainn"
        },
        {
          "english": "lady-chair",
          "translation": "lady-chair",
          "word": "sac salainn"
        },
        {
          "english": "saline",
          "tags": [
            "adjective"
          ],
          "translation": "saline",
          "word": "salanda"
        },
        {
          "english": "salts of lemon",
          "translation": "salts of lemon",
          "word": "salann líomóide"
        },
        {
          "english": "mineral salts",
          "translation": "mineral salts",
          "word": "salann mianra"
        },
        {
          "english": "table-salt",
          "translation": "table-salt",
          "word": "salann mín"
        },
        {
          "english": "sea-salt",
          "translation": "sea-salt",
          "word": "salann sáile"
        },
        {
          "english": "saltwort",
          "translation": "saltwort",
          "word": "salannlus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "salt"
      ],
      "id": "en-salann-ga-noun-Y0ea1poJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "salt",
          "salt"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsˠɑl̪ˠən̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsˠalˠən̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsˠal̪ˠən̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsˠɔlˠən̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsˠɔl̪ˠən̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "salann"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "salt dome",
      "translation": "salt dome",
      "word": "cruinneachán salainn"
    },
    {
      "english": "subsalt",
      "translation": "subsalt",
      "word": "foshalann"
    },
    {
      "english": "a grain of salt",
      "translation": "a grain of salt",
      "word": "gráinne salainn"
    },
    {
      "english": "salt lake",
      "translation": "salt lake",
      "word": "loch salainn"
    },
    {
      "english": "salt pan, salina, saline",
      "translation": "salt pan, salina, saline",
      "word": "log salainn"
    },
    {
      "english": "lady-chair",
      "translation": "lady-chair",
      "word": "sac salainn"
    },
    {
      "english": "saline",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "translation": "saline",
      "word": "salanda"
    },
    {
      "english": "salts of lemon",
      "translation": "salts of lemon",
      "word": "salann líomóide"
    },
    {
      "english": "mineral salts",
      "translation": "mineral salts",
      "word": "salann mianra"
    },
    {
      "english": "table-salt",
      "translation": "table-salt",
      "word": "salann mín"
    },
    {
      "english": "sea-salt",
      "translation": "sea-salt",
      "word": "salann sáile"
    },
    {
      "english": "saltwort",
      "translation": "saltwort",
      "word": "salannlus"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "salann",
      "salann#Old_Irish"
    ],
    [
      "*saleinos",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/saleinos"
    ],
    [
      "*sḗh₂l",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sḗh₂l"
    ]
  ],
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        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "salann"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish salann",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*saleinos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *saleinos",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*sḗh₂l"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish salann, from Proto-Celtic *saleinos, from Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "salainn",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an salann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an tsalainn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an salann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don salann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "salann",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shalann",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsalann",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "-",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
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        "3": "genitive singular",
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        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
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        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "salann m (genitive singular salainn)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "salainn",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "salann m (genitive singular salainn)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Irish first-declension nouns",
        "Irish lemmas",
        "Irish masculine nouns",
        "Irish nouns",
        "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
        "Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
        "Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "ga:Seasonings"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "salt"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "salt",
          "salt"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsˠɑl̪ˠən̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsˠalˠən̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsˠal̪ˠən̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsˠɔlˠən̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsˠɔl̪ˠən̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "salann"
}

Download raw JSONL data for salann meaning in Irish (3.8kB)

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