"sceach" meaning in Irish

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Noun

IPA: /ʃcax/
Etymology: From Old Irish scé (“thornbush, whitethorn”), sometimes declined as an -iā-stem or a dental stem (genitive sciad), but also as a guttural stem, forming the genitive sciach. The dental stem may be original, judging from Welsh ysbyddad (“hawthorn, thornbush”), in which case the ancestor was Proto-Celtic *skʷiyats. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|scé|t=thornbush, whitethorn}} Old Irish scé (“thornbush, whitethorn”), {{cog|cy|ysbyddad|t=hawthorn, thornbush}} Welsh ysbyddad (“hawthorn, thornbush”), {{inh|ga|cel-pro|*skʷiyats}} Proto-Celtic *skʷiyats Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|sceiche|||||||nominative plural|sceacha|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|var=}} sceach f (genitive singular sceiche, nominative plural sceacha), {{ga-noun|f|sceiche|~a}} sceach f (genitive singular sceiche, nominative plural sceacha) Forms: sceiche [genitive, singular], sceacha [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an sceach [definite, nominative, singular], na sceacha [definite, nominative, plural], na sceiche [definite, genitive, singular], na sceach [definite, genitive, plural], leis an sceach [dative, definite, singular], leis an sceich [archaic, dative, definite, dialectal, singular], don sceach [dative, definite, singular], don sceich [archaic, dative, definite, dialectal, singular], leis na sceacha [dative, definite, plural], scéach [alternative]
  1. whitethorn, hawthorn Tags: feminine Synonyms (whitethorn): uath [literary] Synonyms (whitethorn, hawthorn): sceach gheal
    Sense id: en-sceach-ga-noun-PUud0WLV Categories (other): Pome fruits Disambiguation of 'whitethorn': 97 1 2 Disambiguation of 'whitethorn, hawthorn': 99 0 1
  2. more generally, brier, bramble-bush, thornbush Tags: feminine Synonyms (brier): sceach thalún
    Sense id: en-sceach-ga-noun-FPKHWq6b Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 4 65 31 Disambiguation of 'brier': 3 95 3
  3. prickly, quarrelsome, person Tags: feminine Synonyms (prickly, quarrelsome): sceachaire [person]
    Sense id: en-sceach-ga-noun-K-KO7r6D Disambiguation of 'prickly, quarrelsome': 1 3 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: sceach i mbéal bearna (english: stop-gap), sceach i scornach (english: frog in the throat), sceachach (english: full of hawthorns, of thorn-bushes; briery, brambly) [adjective], sceachóir (english: haw), sceachra (english: thorns, brambles)

Inflected forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "stop-gap",
      "translation": "stop-gap",
      "word": "sceach i mbéal bearna"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "frog in the throat",
      "translation": "frog in the throat",
      "word": "sceach i scornach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "full of hawthorns, of thorn-bushes; briery, brambly",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "translation": "full of hawthorns, of thorn-bushes; briery, brambly",
      "word": "sceachach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "haw",
      "translation": "haw",
      "word": "sceachóir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "thorns, brambles",
      "translation": "thorns, brambles",
      "word": "sceachra"
    }
  ],
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      "scé",
      "scé#Old_Irish"
    ],
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      "ysbyddad",
      "ysbyddad#Welsh"
    ],
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      "*skʷiyats",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/skʷiyats"
    ]
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an sceach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na sceacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na sceiche",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na sceach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an sceach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an sceich",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "dialectal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don sceach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don sceich",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "dialectal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na sceacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scéach",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "sceacha",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "sceiche",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "var": ""
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
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        "3": "~a"
      },
      "expansion": "sceach f (genitive singular sceiche, nominative plural sceacha)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Pome fruits",
          "orig": "ga:Pome fruits",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "whitethorn, hawthorn"
      ],
      "id": "en-sceach-ga-noun-PUud0WLV",
      "links": [
        [
          "whitethorn",
          "whitethorn"
        ],
        [
          "hawthorn",
          "hawthorn"
        ]
      ],
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          "_dis1": "99 0 1",
          "sense": "whitethorn, hawthorn",
          "word": "sceach gheal"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 1 2",
          "sense": "whitethorn",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "uath"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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          "brier",
          "briar"
        ],
        [
          "bramble",
          "bramble"
        ],
        [
          "thornbush",
          "thornbush"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 95 3",
          "sense": "brier",
          "word": "sceach thalún"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "prickly, quarrelsome, person"
      ],
      "id": "en-sceach-ga-noun-K-KO7r6D",
      "links": [
        [
          "prickly",
          "prickly"
        ],
        [
          "quarrelsome",
          "quarrelsome"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 96",
          "sense": "prickly, quarrelsome",
          "tags": [
            "person"
          ],
          "word": "sceachaire"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃcax/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sceach"
}

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    "Irish feminine nouns",
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    "Irish second-declension nouns",
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    "Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "stop-gap",
      "translation": "stop-gap",
      "word": "sceach i mbéal bearna"
    },
    {
      "english": "frog in the throat",
      "translation": "frog in the throat",
      "word": "sceach i scornach"
    },
    {
      "english": "full of hawthorns, of thorn-bushes; briery, brambly",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "translation": "full of hawthorns, of thorn-bushes; briery, brambly",
      "word": "sceachach"
    },
    {
      "english": "haw",
      "translation": "haw",
      "word": "sceachóir"
    },
    {
      "english": "thorns, brambles",
      "translation": "thorns, brambles",
      "word": "sceachra"
    }
  ],
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    [
      "scé",
      "scé#Old_Irish"
    ],
    [
      "ysbyddad",
      "ysbyddad#Welsh"
    ],
    [
      "*skʷiyats",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/skʷiyats"
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "sceacha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an sceach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na sceacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na sceiche",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na sceach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "leis an sceach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "leis an sceich",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "dialectal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don sceach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don sceich",
      "source": "declension",
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        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "dialectal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na sceacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scéach",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
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        "feminine"
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    },
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        "more generally, brier, bramble-bush, thornbush"
      ],
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          "brier",
          "briar"
        ],
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          "bramble",
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          "thornbush",
          "thornbush"
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        "feminine"
      ]
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      "sense": "whitethorn, hawthorn",
      "word": "sceach gheal"
    },
    {
      "sense": "whitethorn",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "uath"
    },
    {
      "sense": "brier",
      "word": "sceach thalún"
    },
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      "sense": "prickly, quarrelsome",
      "tags": [
        "person"
      ],
      "word": "sceachaire"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sceach"
}

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