"seileán" meaning in Irish

See seileán in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Perhaps from a variant form of Middle Irish teillenn (“swarm of bees”). Compare Manx shellan (“bee”) and Scottish Gaelic seillean (“bee; heath or field-bee”). Etymology templates: {{der|ga|mga|teillenn|t=swarm of bees}} Middle Irish teillenn (“swarm of bees”), {{cog|gv|shellan||bee}} Manx shellan (“bee”), {{cog|gd|seillean||bee; heath or field-bee}} Scottish Gaelic seillean (“bee; heath or field-bee”) Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|seileáin|||||||nominative plural|seileáin|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} seileán m (genitive singular seileáin, nominative plural seileáin), {{ga-noun|m|seileáin|seileáin}} seileán m (genitive singular seileáin, nominative plural seileáin) Inflection templates: {{ga-decl-m1|se|ileán|ileáin}}, {{ga-mut}} Forms: seileáin [genitive, singular], seileáin [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], seileán [indefinite, nominative, singular], seileáin [indefinite, nominative, plural], a sheileáin [indefinite, singular, vocative], a sheileána [indefinite, plural, vocative], seileáin [genitive, indefinite, singular], seileán [genitive, indefinite, plural], seileán [dative, indefinite, singular], seileáin [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an seileán [definite, nominative, singular], na seileáin [definite, nominative, plural], an tseileáin [definite, genitive, singular], na seileán [definite, genitive, plural], leis an seileán [dative, definite, singular], don seileán [dative, definite, singular], leis na seileáin [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], seileán [mutation, mutation-radical], sheileán [lenition, mutation], tseileán [lenition, mutation], - [eclipsis, mutation]
  1. (wild) honey bee Tags: masculine Categories (lifeform): Bees Derived forms: cathair seileán (english: swarming-place of bees)
    Sense id: en-seileán-ga-noun-bNfJ90Ms Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header

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        "3": "teillenn",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "3": "",
        "4": "bee"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "3": "",
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps from a variant form of Middle Irish teillenn (“swarm of bees”). Compare Manx shellan (“bee”) and Scottish Gaelic seillean (“bee; heath or field-bee”).",
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "seileáin",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "seileán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "a sheileáin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
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        "nominative",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "leis an seileán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don seileán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na seileáin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "seileán",
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      "form": "sheileán",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tseileán",
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      "tags": [
        "lenition",
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        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
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        "4": "seileáin",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
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  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
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        },
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          "parents": [
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            "Hymenopterans",
            "Agriculture",
            "Insects",
            "Applied sciences",
            "Arthropods",
            "Sciences",
            "Animals",
            "All topics",
            "Lifeforms",
            "Fundamental",
            "Life",
            "Nature"
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        {
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          "word": "cathair seileán"
        }
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      ],
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          "honey bee"
        ]
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        "(wild) honey bee"
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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      "english": "swarming-place of bees",
      "word": "cathair seileán"
    }
  ],
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "singular"
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      ]
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    },
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        "singular"
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        "plural"
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        "plural"
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        "singular"
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "leis an seileán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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}

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