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"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "tearc-"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "tearcaigh"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "tearcamas"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "teirce"
}
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},
{
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"1": "ga",
"2": "sga",
"3": "terc"
},
"expansion": "Old Irish terc",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "<span class=\"cited-source\">Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (<span class=\"None\" lang=\"und\">2019), “terc”, in <cite>eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language</cite></span></span>"
},
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"name": "ref"
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},
{
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"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*ters-",
"t": "dry"
},
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"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Irish terc, from Proto-Celtic *terskos, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”).",
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{
"form": "tearc",
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"genitive",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "teirce",
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"feminine",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tearca",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "teirce",
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"comparative"
]
},
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},
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"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "tearc",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "thearc",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"lenition"
]
},
{
"form": "dtearc",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"eclipsis"
]
}
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"10": "tearca",
"11": "",
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"14": "teirce",
"15": "",
"16": "",
"2": "adjective",
"3": "genitive singular masculine",
"4": "tearc",
"5": "genitive singular feminine",
"6": "teirce",
"7": "",
"8": "{{{gsf2}}}",
"9": "plural",
"head": "",
"var": ""
},
"expansion": "tearc (genitive singular masculine tearc, genitive singular feminine teirce, plural tearca, comparative teirce)",
"name": "head"
},
{
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"gsf": "teirce",
"gsm": "~",
"pl": "~a"
},
"expansion": "tearc (genitive singular masculine tearc, genitive singular feminine teirce, plural tearca, comparative teirce)",
"name": "ga-adj"
}
],
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}
],
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
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3,
8
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
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11,
14
]
],
"english": "I have but few friends.",
"text": "Is tearc na cairde atá agam.",
"translation": "I have but few friends.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"few (small number)"
],
"id": "en-tearc-ga-adj--j9~mLad",
"links": [
[
"few",
"few"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "0 48 52",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "0 49 51",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
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0,
5
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],
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0,
8
]
],
"english": "sparsely populated",
"text": "tearc i ndaoine",
"translation": "sparsely populated",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"scanty, sparse, meagre, short"
],
"id": "en-tearc-ga-adj-6jxmnCpg",
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[
"scanty",
"scanty"
],
[
"sparse",
"sparse"
],
[
"meagre",
"meagre"
],
[
"short",
"short"
]
]
},
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},
{
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{
"_dis": "0 49 51",
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11,
16
]
],
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14,
20
]
],
"english": "Fish are very scarce this year.",
"text": "Tá iasc an-tearc i mbliana.",
"translation": "Fish are very scarce this year.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"scarce, rare, thin, scant"
],
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"scarce",
"scarce"
],
[
"rare",
"rare"
],
[
"thin",
"thin"
],
[
"scant",
"scant"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/tʲaɾˠk/"
},
{
"homophone": "t-earc"
}
],
"word": "tearc"
}
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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 *ters-",
"Irish terms with homophones",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "tearc-"
},
{
"word": "tearcaigh"
},
{
"word": "tearcamas"
},
{
"word": "teirce"
}
],
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{
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"1": "ga",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*ters-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "sga",
"3": "terc"
},
"expansion": "Old Irish terc",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "<span class=\"cited-source\">Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (<span class=\"None\" lang=\"und\">2019), “terc”, in <cite>eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language</cite></span></span>"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "ref"
},
{
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"3": "*terskos"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*ters-",
"t": "dry"
},
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"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Irish terc, from Proto-Celtic *terskos, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "tearc",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "teirce",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tearca",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "teirce",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
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"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ga-mut",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "tearc",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "thearc",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"lenition"
]
},
{
"form": "dtearc",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"eclipsis"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"10": "tearca",
"11": "",
"12": "{{{pl2}}}",
"13": "comparative",
"14": "teirce",
"15": "",
"16": "",
"2": "adjective",
"3": "genitive singular masculine",
"4": "tearc",
"5": "genitive singular feminine",
"6": "teirce",
"7": "",
"8": "{{{gsf2}}}",
"9": "plural",
"head": "",
"var": ""
},
"expansion": "tearc (genitive singular masculine tearc, genitive singular feminine teirce, plural tearca, comparative teirce)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
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"gsf": "teirce",
"gsm": "~",
"pl": "~a"
},
"expansion": "tearc (genitive singular masculine tearc, genitive singular feminine teirce, plural tearca, comparative teirce)",
"name": "ga-adj"
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"name": "ga-mut"
}
],
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"pos": "adj",
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{
"categories": [
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],
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{
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3,
8
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
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11,
14
]
],
"english": "I have but few friends.",
"text": "Is tearc na cairde atá agam.",
"translation": "I have but few friends.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"few (small number)"
],
"links": [
[
"few",
"few"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Irish terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
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0,
5
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],
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0,
8
]
],
"english": "sparsely populated",
"text": "tearc i ndaoine",
"translation": "sparsely populated",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"scanty, sparse, meagre, short"
],
"links": [
[
"scanty",
"scanty"
],
[
"sparse",
"sparse"
],
[
"meagre",
"meagre"
],
[
"short",
"short"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Irish terms with usage examples"
],
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{
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[
11,
16
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[
14,
20
]
],
"english": "Fish are very scarce this year.",
"text": "Tá iasc an-tearc i mbliana.",
"translation": "Fish are very scarce this year.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"scarce, rare, thin, scant"
],
"links": [
[
"scarce",
"scarce"
],
[
"rare",
"rare"
],
[
"thin",
"thin"
],
[
"scant",
"scant"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/tʲaɾˠk/"
},
{
"homophone": "t-earc"
}
],
"word": "tearc"
}
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