"err" meaning in Middle Irish

See err in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈer/ Forms: eirre [genitive], erra [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], err [mutation, mutation-radical], pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments [mutation, mutation-radical], n-err [error-unrecognized-form, mutation]
Etymology: From Proto-Celtic *errā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁órsos (“backside, buttocks”). Cognate with Old English ears, Ancient Greek ὄρρος (órrhos), and Hittite 𒅈𒊏𒀸 (ar-ra-aš /⁠arraš⁠/). Etymology templates: {{der|mga|cel-pro|*errā}} Proto-Celtic *errā, {{der|mga|ine-pro|*h₁órsos|t=backside, buttocks}} Proto-Indo-European *h₁órsos (“backside, buttocks”), {{cog|ang|ears}} Old English ears, {{cog|grc|ὄρρος}} Ancient Greek ὄρρος (órrhos), {{,}} ,, {{cog|hit|𒅈𒊏𒀸|tr=ar-ra-aš|ts=arraš}} Hittite 𒅈𒊏𒀸 (ar-ra-aš /⁠arraš⁠/) Head templates: {{head|mga|noun|||genitive|eirre|||||nominative plural|erra|||||cat2=|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} err f (genitive eirre, nominative plural erra), {{mga-noun|f|eirre|erra}} err f (genitive eirre, nominative plural erra)
  1. hinderpart, extremity, tail Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-err-mga-noun-VfUr0Tyy Categories (other): Middle Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "word": "earr"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "lang_code": "gd",
      "word": "eàrr"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Manx",
      "lang_code": "gv",
      "word": "err"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*errā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *errā",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₁órsos",
        "t": "backside, buttocks"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₁órsos (“backside, buttocks”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ears"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English ears",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ὄρρος"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ὄρρος (órrhos)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": ",",
      "name": ","
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hit",
        "2": "𒅈𒊏𒀸",
        "tr": "ar-ra-aš",
        "ts": "arraš"
      },
      "expansion": "Hittite 𒅈𒊏𒀸 (ar-ra-aš /⁠arraš⁠/)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *errā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁órsos (“backside, buttocks”). Cognate with Old English ears, Ancient Greek ὄρρος (órrhos), and Hittite 𒅈𒊏𒀸 (ar-ra-aš /⁠arraš⁠/).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "eirre",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "erra",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-table-top",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "err",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "n-err",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "erra",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "genitive",
        "6": "eirre",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "err f (genitive eirre, nominative plural erra)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "eirre",
        "3": "erra"
      },
      "expansion": "err f (genitive eirre, nominative plural erra)",
      "name": "mga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle Irish",
  "lang_code": "mga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 9 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hinderpart, extremity, tail"
      ],
      "id": "en-err-mga-noun-VfUr0Tyy",
      "links": [
        [
          "hinderpart",
          "hinderpart"
        ],
        [
          "extremity",
          "extremity"
        ],
        [
          "tail",
          "tail"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈer/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "err"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "word": "earr"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "lang_code": "gd",
      "word": "eàrr"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Manx",
      "lang_code": "gv",
      "word": "err"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*errā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *errā",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₁órsos",
        "t": "backside, buttocks"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₁órsos (“backside, buttocks”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ears"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English ears",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ὄρρος"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ὄρρος (órrhos)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": ",",
      "name": ","
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hit",
        "2": "𒅈𒊏𒀸",
        "tr": "ar-ra-aš",
        "ts": "arraš"
      },
      "expansion": "Hittite 𒅈𒊏𒀸 (ar-ra-aš /⁠arraš⁠/)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *errā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁órsos (“backside, buttocks”). Cognate with Old English ears, Ancient Greek ὄρρος (órrhos), and Hittite 𒅈𒊏𒀸 (ar-ra-aš /⁠arraš⁠/).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "eirre",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "erra",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-table-top",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "err",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "n-err",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "erra",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "genitive",
        "6": "eirre",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "err f (genitive eirre, nominative plural erra)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "eirre",
        "3": "erra"
      },
      "expansion": "err f (genitive eirre, nominative plural erra)",
      "name": "mga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle Irish",
  "lang_code": "mga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle Irish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle Irish feminine nouns",
        "Middle Irish lemmas",
        "Middle Irish nouns",
        "Middle Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
        "Middle Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Pages with 9 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hinderpart, extremity, tail"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hinderpart",
          "hinderpart"
        ],
        [
          "extremity",
          "extremity"
        ],
        [
          "tail",
          "tail"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈer/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "err"
}

Download raw JSONL data for err meaning in Middle Irish (2.7kB)

{
  "called_from": "parser/328",
  "msg": "TABLE not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "err"
  ],
  "section": "Middle Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "err",
  "trace": "started on line 3, detected on line 12"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <div> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "err"
  ],
  "section": "Middle Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "err",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 12"
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'nasalization'",
  "path": [
    "err"
  ],
  "section": "Middle Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "err",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
  "path": [
    "err"
  ],
  "section": "Middle Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "err",
  "trace": ""
}

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