"te" meaning in Irish

See te in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /tʲe(h)/
Etymology: From Old Irish té (“hot”), from Proto-Celtic *teɸents, from Proto-Indo-European *tep-. Etymology templates: {{root|ga|ine-pro|*tep-}}, {{dercat|ga|cel-pro|ine-pro|inh=2}}, {{inh|ga|sga|té||hot}} Old Irish té (“hot”), {{der|ga|cel-pro|*teɸents}} Proto-Celtic *teɸents, {{der|ga|ine-pro|*tep-}} Proto-Indo-European *tep- Head templates: {{head|ga|adjective|genitive singular masculine|te|genitive singular feminine|te||{{{gsf2}}}|plural|teo||{{{pl2}}}|comparative|teo|or|teocha|head=}} te (genitive singular masculine te, genitive singular feminine te, plural teo, comparative teo or teocha), {{ga-adj|comp=teo|comp2=teocha|gsf=te|gsm=te|pl=teo}} te (genitive singular masculine te, genitive singular feminine te, plural teo, comparative teo or teocha) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: te [genitive, masculine, singular], te [feminine, genitive, singular], teo [plural], teo [comparative], teocha [comparative], no-table-tags [table-tags], te [masculine, nominative, singular], the [feminine, nominative, singular], teo [error-unrecognized-form, nominative, plural], theo [error-unrecognized-form, nominative, plural], the [masculine, singular, vocative], the [feminine, singular, vocative], teo [error-unrecognized-form, plural, vocative], the [genitive, masculine, singular], te [feminine, genitive, singular], teo [error-unrecognized-form, genitive, plural], te [error-unrecognized-form, genitive, plural], te [dative, masculine, singular], the [dative, masculine, singular], the [dative, feminine, singular], teo [dative, error-unrecognized-form, plural], theo [dative, error-unrecognized-form, plural], níos teo [comparative, error-unrecognized-form], is teo [error-unrecognized-form, superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], te [error-unrecognized-form], the [error-unrecognized-form], dte [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. hot, warm
    Sense id: en-te-ga-adj-CBrimu-k Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. hot, spicy, piquant
    Sense id: en-te-ga-adj-v5WubArc Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: alathe (english: lukewarm), bogthe (english: lukewarm), buidéal te (english: hot water bottle), i do shuí go te (english: comfortable), te teolaí (english: snug, cosy) Related terms: teas
Categories (other): Temperature Disambiguation of Temperature: 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "_dis": "0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "ga",
      "name": "Temperature",
      "orig": "ga:Temperature",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "lukewarm",
      "word": "alathe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "lukewarm",
      "word": "bogthe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "hot water bottle",
      "word": "buidéal te"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "comfortable",
      "word": "i do shuí go te"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "word": "te teolaí"
    }
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "*teɸents"
      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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    }
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        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "te",
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        "feminine",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teo",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teocha",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "te",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "the",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "theo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "the",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "the",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "the",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "te",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "te",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "te",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "the",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "the",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "theo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "níos teo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is teo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "te",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "the",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dte",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
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        "11": "",
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        "15": "or",
        "16": "teocha",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "genitive singular masculine",
        "4": "te",
        "5": "genitive singular feminine",
        "6": "te",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{gsf2}}}",
        "9": "plural",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "te (genitive singular masculine te, genitive singular feminine te, plural teo, comparative teo or teocha)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "comp2": "teocha",
        "gsf": "te",
        "gsm": "te",
        "pl": "teo"
      },
      "expansion": "te (genitive singular masculine te, genitive singular feminine te, plural teo, comparative teo or teocha)",
      "name": "ga-adj"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "teas"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hot, warm"
      ],
      "id": "en-te-ga-adj-CBrimu-k",
      "links": [
        [
          "hot",
          "hot"
        ],
        [
          "warm",
          "warm"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hot, spicy, piquant"
      ],
      "id": "en-te-ga-adj-v5WubArc",
      "links": [
        [
          "spicy",
          "spicy"
        ],
        [
          "piquant",
          "piquant"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tʲe(h)/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "te"
}
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    "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *tep-",
    "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "Irish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Pages with 89 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ga:Temperature"
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      "word": "alathe"
    },
    {
      "english": "lukewarm",
      "word": "bogthe"
    },
    {
      "english": "hot water bottle",
      "word": "buidéal te"
    },
    {
      "english": "comfortable",
      "word": "i do shuí go te"
    },
    {
      "english": "snug, cosy",
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    }
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    {
      "form": "te",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "te",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teo",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teo",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teocha",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "te",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "the",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "theo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "the",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "the",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "the",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "te",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "te",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "te",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "the",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "the",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "theo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "níos teo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is teo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "te",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "the",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dte",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "teo",
        "11": "",
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        "16": "teocha",
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        "4": "te",
        "5": "genitive singular feminine",
        "6": "te",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{gsf2}}}",
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      },
      "expansion": "te (genitive singular masculine te, genitive singular feminine te, plural teo, comparative teo or teocha)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "comp2": "teocha",
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      },
      "expansion": "te (genitive singular masculine te, genitive singular feminine te, plural teo, comparative teo or teocha)",
      "name": "ga-adj"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "teas"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hot, warm"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hot",
          "hot"
        ],
        [
          "warm",
          "warm"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "hot, spicy, piquant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spicy",
          "spicy"
        ],
        [
          "piquant",
          "piquant"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tʲe(h)/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "te"
}

Download raw JSONL data for te meaning in Irish (4.8kB)

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  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "te",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: te/Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "te"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "te",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
  "path": [
    "te"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "te",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'eclipsis'",
  "path": [
    "te"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "te",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Irish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-05 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-06-01 using wiktextract (5ee713e and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.