"sinsear" meaning in Irish

See sinsear in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈʃiːn̠ʲʃəɾˠ/ [Munster], /ˈʃɪn̠ʲʃəɾˠ/ [Connacht, Ulster]
Etymology: From Old Irish sinser (“elder, eldest; senior”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|sinser||elder, eldest; senior}} Old Irish sinser (“elder, eldest; senior”) Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|sinsir|||||||nominative plural|sinsir|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} sinsear m (genitive singular sinsir, nominative plural sinsir), {{ga-noun|m|sinsir|sinsir}} sinsear m (genitive singular sinsir, nominative plural sinsir) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: sinsir [genitive, singular], sinsir [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], sinsear [indefinite, nominative, singular], sinsir [indefinite, nominative, plural], a shinsir [indefinite, singular, vocative], a shinseara [indefinite, plural, vocative], sinsir [genitive, indefinite, singular], sinsear [genitive, indefinite, plural], sinsear [dative, indefinite, singular], sinsir [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an sinsear [definite, nominative, singular], na sinsir [definite, nominative, plural], an tsinsir [definite, genitive, singular], na sinsear [definite, genitive, plural], leis an sinsear [dative, definite, singular], don sinsear [dative, definite, singular], leis na sinsir [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], sinsear [error-unrecognized-form], shinsear [error-unrecognized-form], tsinsear [error-unrecognized-form], - [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. ancestor, progenitor Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-sinsear-ga-noun-jDFFKxPF Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 38 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 36 29
  2. elder, senior citizen Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-sinsear-ga-noun-7N77IlkI Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 30 58 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 38 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 36 29
  3. senior (various senses) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-sinsear-ga-noun-AvljiV-x Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 38 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 36 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sinsearach (english: senior person; ancestor), foirfeach (english: aged, mature person; elder) Derived forms: sinsearach (english: senior person; ancestor), sinsearacht (english: heredity; seniority; ancestry), sinseartha (english: ancestral)

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "senior person; ancestor",
      "word": "sinsearach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "heredity; seniority; ancestry",
      "word": "sinsearacht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "ancestral",
      "word": "sinseartha"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "sinser",
        "4": "",
        "5": "elder, eldest; senior"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish sinser (“elder, eldest; senior”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish sinser (“elder, eldest; senior”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sinsir",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinsir",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinsear",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinsir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a shinsir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a shinseara",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinsir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinsear",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinsear",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinsir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an sinsear",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na sinsir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an tsinsir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na sinsear",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an sinsear",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don sinsear",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na sinsir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinsear",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shinsear",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tsinsear",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "10": "",
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        "12": "sinsir",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "sinsir",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "sinsear m (genitive singular sinsir, nominative plural sinsir)",
      "name": "head"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "sinsir",
        "3": "sinsir"
      },
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      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "38 38 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 36 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ancestor, progenitor"
      ],
      "id": "en-sinsear-ga-noun-jDFFKxPF",
      "links": [
        [
          "ancestor",
          "ancestor"
        ],
        [
          "progenitor",
          "progenitor"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "30 58 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 36 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "elder, senior citizen"
      ],
      "id": "en-sinsear-ga-noun-7N77IlkI",
      "links": [
        [
          "elder",
          "elder"
        ],
        [
          "senior citizen",
          "senior citizen"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "38 38 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 36 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "senior (various senses)"
      ],
      "id": "en-sinsear-ga-noun-AvljiV-x",
      "links": [
        [
          "senior",
          "senior"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃiːn̠ʲʃəɾˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃɪn̠ʲʃəɾˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "senior person; ancestor",
      "word": "sinsearach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "aged, mature person; elder",
      "word": "foirfeach"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sinsear"
}

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    "Irish first-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish masculine nouns",
    "Irish nouns",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "senior person; ancestor",
      "word": "sinsearach"
    },
    {
      "english": "heredity; seniority; ancestry",
      "word": "sinsearacht"
    },
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      "english": "ancestral",
      "word": "sinseartha"
    }
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      "name": "inh"
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    {
      "form": "sinsir",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "sinsir",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "sinsear",
      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "a shinsir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a shinseara",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinsir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "sinsir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an sinsear",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na sinsir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na sinsear",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an sinsear",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don sinsear",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na sinsir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sinsear",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "shinsear",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
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      "form": "tsinsear",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
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        "7": "",
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        "ancestor, progenitor"
      ],
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          "ancestor"
        ],
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          "progenitor",
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        ]
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "elder, senior citizen"
      ],
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        ],
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          "senior citizen",
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        ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈʃiːn̠ʲʃəɾˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃɪn̠ʲʃəɾˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Ulster"
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "english": "senior person; ancestor",
      "word": "sinsearach"
    },
    {
      "english": "aged, mature person; elder",
      "word": "foirfeach"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sinsear"
}

Download raw JSONL data for sinsear meaning in Irish (4.1kB)

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  "subsection": "noun",
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}

{
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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
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  "subsection": "noun",
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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'eclipsis'",
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