for in Middle Irish

IPA: /ɸoɾ/ [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Old Irish for, from Proto-Celtic *uɸer, from Proto-Indo-European *upér. Etymology templates: {{inh|mga|sga|for}} Old Irish for, {{inh|mga|cel-pro|*uɸer}} Proto-Celtic *uɸer, {{inh|mga|ine-pro|*upér}} Proto-Indo-European *upér Head templates: {{head|mga|preposition|with accusative or dative}} for (with accusative or dative)

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{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "raw_tags": [
        "partially"
      ],
      "word": "ar"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Manx",
      "lang_code": "gv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "partially"
      ],
      "word": "er"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "lang_code": "gd",
      "raw_tags": [
        "partially"
      ],
      "word": "air"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "for"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish for",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*uɸer"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *uɸer",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*upér"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *upér",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish for, from Proto-Celtic *uɸer, from Proto-Indo-European *upér.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "preposition",
        "3": "with accusative or dative"
      },
      "expansion": "for (with accusative or dative)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle Irish",
  "lang_code": "mga",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Irish prepositions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 29 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "on, over"
      ],
      "id": "en-for-mga-prep-wVXj2kGc",
      "links": [
        [
          "on",
          "on"
        ],
        [
          "over",
          "over"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "with-accusative",
        "with-dative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɸoɾ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "for"
}

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{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "raw_tags": [
        "partially"
      ],
      "word": "ar"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Manx",
      "lang_code": "gv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "partially"
      ],
      "word": "er"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "lang_code": "gd",
      "raw_tags": [
        "partially"
      ],
      "word": "air"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "for"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish for",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*uɸer"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *uɸer",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*upér"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *upér",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish for, from Proto-Celtic *uɸer, from Proto-Indo-European *upér.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "preposition",
        "3": "with accusative or dative"
      },
      "expansion": "for (with accusative or dative)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle Irish",
  "lang_code": "mga",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle Irish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle Irish lemmas",
        "Middle Irish prepositions",
        "Middle Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
        "Middle Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
        "Middle Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Middle Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
        "Middle Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
        "Middle Irish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Pages with 29 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "on, over"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "on",
          "on"
        ],
        [
          "over",
          "over"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "with-accusative",
        "with-dative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɸoɾ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "for"
}

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"for" meaning in Middle Irish

Preposition