"uncail" meaning in Irish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈʊŋkəlʲ/, /ˈuːŋkəlʲ/ [Connemara]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os Latin avunculus Old French unclebor. Middle English uncle English unclebor. Irish uncail From English uncle, from Anglo-Norman uncle, from Old French oncle, from Latin avunculus (“mother's brother”, literally “little grandfather”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os (“grandfather, adult male relative other than one's father”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|ga|bor|en>uncle>brother of one's parent|id=uncle|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os Latin avunculus Old French unclebor. Middle English uncle English unclebor. Irish uncail, {{bor|ga|en|uncle}} English uncle, {{der|ga|xno|uncle}} Anglo-Norman uncle, {{der|ga|fro|oncle}} Old French oncle, {{der|ga|la|avunculus|lit=little grandfather|t=mother's brother}} Latin avunculus (“mother's brother”, literally “little grandfather”), {{der|ga|ine-pro|*h₂éwh₂os|t=grandfather, adult male relative other than one's father}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os (“grandfather, adult male relative other than one's father”) Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|uncail|||||||nominative plural|uncailí|or|uncaileacha|||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} uncail m (genitive singular uncail, nominative plural uncailí or uncaileacha), {{ga-noun|m|~|~í|pl2=~eacha}} uncail m (genitive singular uncail, nominative plural uncailí or uncaileacha) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: uncail [genitive, singular], uncailí [nominative, plural], uncaileacha [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], nominative [indefinite], uncail [indefinite, singular], uncailí [indefinite, plural], vocative [indefinite], a uncail [indefinite, singular], a uncailí [indefinite, plural], genitive [indefinite], dative [indefinite], no-table-tags [table-tags], nominative [definite], an t-uncail [definite, singular], na huncailí [definite, plural], genitive [definite], an uncail [definite, singular], na n-uncailí [definite, plural], dative [definite], leis an uncail [definite, singular], don uncail [definite, singular], leis na huncailí [definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], uncail [error-unrecognized-form], n-uncail [error-unrecognized-form], huncail [error-unrecognized-form], - [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. uncle (brother of one's parent) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Male family members

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "bor",
        "3": "en>uncle>brother of one's parent",
        "id": "uncle",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os\nLatin avunculus\nOld French unclebor.\nMiddle English uncle\nEnglish unclebor.\nIrish uncail",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "uncle"
      },
      "expansion": "English uncle",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "xno",
        "3": "uncle"
      },
      "expansion": "Anglo-Norman uncle",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "oncle"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French oncle",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "avunculus",
        "lit": "little grandfather",
        "t": "mother's brother"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin avunculus (“mother's brother”, literally “little grandfather”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂éwh₂os",
        "t": "grandfather, adult male relative other than one's father"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os (“grandfather, adult male relative other than one's father”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os\nLatin avunculus\nOld French unclebor.\nMiddle English uncle\nEnglish unclebor.\nIrish uncail\nFrom English uncle, from Anglo-Norman uncle, from Old French oncle, from Latin avunculus (“mother's brother”, literally “little grandfather”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os (“grandfather, adult male relative other than one's father”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "uncail",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "uncailí",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "uncaileacha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cln",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nominative",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "uncail",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "uncailí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vocative",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a uncail",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a uncailí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "genitive",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dative",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cln",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nominative",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an t-uncail",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na huncailí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "genitive",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an uncail",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na n-uncailí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dative",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an uncail",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don uncail",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na huncailí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "uncail",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "n-uncail",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "huncail",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "uncailí",
        "13": "or",
        "14": "uncaileacha",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "uncail",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "uncail m (genitive singular uncail, nominative plural uncailí or uncaileacha)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "~",
        "3": "~í",
        "pl2": "~eacha"
      },
      "expansion": "uncail m (genitive singular uncail, nominative plural uncailí or uncaileacha)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with etymology trees",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Male family members",
          "orig": "ga:Male family members",
          "parents": [
            "Family members",
            "Male people",
            "Family",
            "Male",
            "People",
            "Gender",
            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "Fundamental",
            "Society"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "She went to an uncle of hers who was a priest in the city and from him she got a variety of vestments and some other small accessories.",
          "ref": "1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 197:",
          "text": "Chuaidh sí go dtí uncail di a bhí i n‑a shagart san bhaile mhór agus fuair sí uaidh sórt éide agus giúrléidí beaga éigin eile.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "uncle (brother of one's parent)"
      ],
      "id": "en-uncail-ga-noun-9p2d87vs",
      "links": [
        [
          "uncle",
          "uncle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʊŋkəlʲ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈuːŋkəlʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connemara"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "uncail"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "bor",
        "3": "en>uncle>brother of one's parent",
        "id": "uncle",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os\nLatin avunculus\nOld French unclebor.\nMiddle English uncle\nEnglish unclebor.\nIrish uncail",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "uncle"
      },
      "expansion": "English uncle",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "xno",
        "3": "uncle"
      },
      "expansion": "Anglo-Norman uncle",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "oncle"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French oncle",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "avunculus",
        "lit": "little grandfather",
        "t": "mother's brother"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin avunculus (“mother's brother”, literally “little grandfather”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂éwh₂os",
        "t": "grandfather, adult male relative other than one's father"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os (“grandfather, adult male relative other than one's father”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os\nLatin avunculus\nOld French unclebor.\nMiddle English uncle\nEnglish unclebor.\nIrish uncail\nFrom English uncle, from Anglo-Norman uncle, from Old French oncle, from Latin avunculus (“mother's brother”, literally “little grandfather”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os (“grandfather, adult male relative other than one's father”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "uncail",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "uncailí",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "uncaileacha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cln",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nominative",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "uncail",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "uncailí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vocative",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a uncail",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a uncailí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "genitive",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dative",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cln",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nominative",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an t-uncail",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na huncailí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "genitive",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an uncail",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na n-uncailí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dative",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an uncail",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don uncail",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na huncailí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "uncail",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "n-uncail",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "huncail",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "uncailí",
        "13": "or",
        "14": "uncaileacha",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "uncail",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "uncail m (genitive singular uncail, nominative plural uncailí or uncaileacha)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "~",
        "3": "~í",
        "pl2": "~eacha"
      },
      "expansion": "uncail m (genitive singular uncail, nominative plural uncailí or uncaileacha)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish entries with etymology trees",
        "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Irish fourth-declension nouns",
        "Irish lemmas",
        "Irish masculine nouns",
        "Irish nouns",
        "Irish terms borrowed from English",
        "Irish terms derived from Anglo-Norman",
        "Irish terms derived from English",
        "Irish terms derived from Latin",
        "Irish terms derived from Middle English",
        "Irish terms derived from Old French",
        "Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Irish terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "ga:Male family members"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "She went to an uncle of hers who was a priest in the city and from him she got a variety of vestments and some other small accessories.",
          "ref": "1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 197:",
          "text": "Chuaidh sí go dtí uncail di a bhí i n‑a shagart san bhaile mhór agus fuair sí uaidh sórt éide agus giúrléidí beaga éigin eile.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "uncle (brother of one's parent)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "uncle",
          "uncle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʊŋkəlʲ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈuːŋkəlʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connemara"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "uncail"
}

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  "msg": "rejected heuristic header: table cell identified as header and given candidate status, BUT the cleaned text is not in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS[Irish]; cleaned text: dative",
  "path": [
    "uncail"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "uncail",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/2457",
  "msg": "rejected heuristic header: table cell identified as header and given candidate status, BUT the cleaned text is not in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS[Irish]; cleaned text: nominative",
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  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
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  "trace": ""
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  "called_from": "inflection/2457",
  "msg": "rejected heuristic header: table cell identified as header and given candidate status, BUT the cleaned text is not in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS[Irish]; cleaned text: genitive",
  "path": [
    "uncail"
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  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "uncail",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "rejected heuristic header: table cell identified as header and given candidate status, BUT the cleaned text is not in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS[Irish]; cleaned text: dative",
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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: uncail/Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
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  "trace": ""
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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'eclipsis'",
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    "uncail"
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  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "uncail",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "path": [
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  "trace": ""
}

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}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Irish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (df33d17 and 4ed51a5). 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.

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