"umhal" meaning in Irish

See umhal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /uəl̪ˠ/ [Munster], /uːlˠ/ [Connacht], /ũːlˠ/ [Ulster]
Etymology: From Old Irish umal, from Latin humilis. Etymology templates: {{der|ga|sga|umal}} Old Irish umal, {{der|ga|la|humilis}} Latin humilis Head templates: {{head|ga|adjective|genitive singular masculine|umhail|genitive singular feminine|umhaile||{{{gsf2}}}|plural|umhla||{{{pl2}}}|comparative|umhaile|||head=|var=}} umhal (genitive singular masculine umhail, genitive singular feminine umhaile, plural umhla, comparative umhaile), {{ga-adj|comp=umhaile|gsf=umhaile|gsm=umhail|pl=umhla}} umhal (genitive singular masculine umhail, genitive singular feminine umhaile, plural umhla, comparative umhaile) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut|msn}} Forms: umhail [genitive, masculine, singular], umhaile [feminine, genitive, singular], umhla [plural], umhaile [comparative], no-table-tags [table-tags], umhal [masculine, nominative, singular], umhal [feminine, nominative, singular], umhla [error-unrecognized-form, nominative, plural], umhail [masculine, singular, vocative], umhal [feminine, singular, vocative], umhla [error-unrecognized-form, plural, vocative], umhail [genitive, masculine, singular], umhaile [feminine, genitive, singular], umhla [error-unrecognized-form, genitive, plural], umhal [error-unrecognized-form, genitive, plural], umhal [dative, masculine, singular], umhal [dative, feminine, singular], umhail [archaic, dative, feminine, singular], umhla [dative, error-unrecognized-form, plural], níos umhaile [comparative, error-unrecognized-form], is umhaile [error-unrecognized-form, superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], umhal [error-unrecognized-form], n-umhal [eclipsis], humhal [error-unrecognized-form], t-umhal [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. humble, submissive
    Sense id: en-umhal-ga-adj-BzvLEjWz Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 18 13 35 35
  2. dutiful, obedient
    Sense id: en-umhal-ga-adj-j4ls07E7 Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 18 13 35 35
  3. supple
    Sense id: en-umhal-ga-adj-K79wHo9a Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 18 13 35 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 13 54 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 7 78 9
  4. (nominalized, masculine) humble, submissive person; dutiful, obedient person; supple person Tags: masculine, noun-from-verb
    Sense id: en-umhal-ga-adj-jmRigvOe Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 18 13 35 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: anumhal (english: disobedient), easumhal (english: disobedient), íon umhal (english: pure and humble), le croí umhal (english: with a humble heart), neamhumhal (english: disobedient), umhal ábalta (english: willing and able), umhal éasca (english: lithe and swift), umhlaigh (english: to humble), umhlaíocht (english: obedience) [feminine], umhlóid (english: humility)
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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      "english": "disobedient",
      "translation": "disobedient",
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    {
      "english": "disobedient",
      "translation": "disobedient",
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      "word": "íon umhal"
    },
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      "word": "le croí umhal"
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      "word": "umhal ábalta"
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      "word": "umhal éasca"
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        [
          "obedient",
          "obedient"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "supple"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "supple",
          "supple"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish nominalized adjectives"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "humble, submissive person; dutiful, obedient person; supple person"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "humble",
          "humble"
        ],
        [
          "submissive",
          "submissive"
        ],
        [
          "dutiful",
          "dutiful"
        ],
        [
          "obedient",
          "obedient"
        ],
        [
          "supple",
          "supple"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nominalized, masculine) humble, submissive person; dutiful, obedient person; supple person"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/uəl̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/uːlˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ũːlˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "umhal"
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'strong noun'",
  "path": [
    "umhal"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "umhal",
  "trace": ""
}

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

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

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: umhal/Irish 'with h-prothesis' base_tags={'eclipsis', 'error-unrecognized-form'}",
  "path": [
    "umhal"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "umhal",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: umhal/Irish 'with t-prothesis' base_tags={'eclipsis', 'error-unrecognized-form'}",
  "path": [
    "umhal"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "umhal",
  "trace": ""
}

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