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"descendants": [
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"raw_tags": [
"reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
],
"word": "meallach"
}
],
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "pleasant",
"word": "meall"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "mga",
"2": "sga",
"3": "meld"
},
"expansion": "Old Irish meld",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "mga",
"2": "cel-pro",
"3": "*meldos"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Celtic *meldos",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "wlm",
"2": "blyð",
"t": "soft"
},
"expansion": "Middle Welsh blyð (“soft”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "mga",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*meld-",
"t": "tender, mild, soft"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *meld- (“tender, mild, soft”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "मृदु"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit मृदु (mṛdu)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "mollis"
},
"expansion": "Latin mollis",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "βλαδύς",
"t": "weak"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek βλαδύς (bladús, “weak”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cu",
"2": "младъ",
"t": "young"
},
"expansion": "Old Church Slavonic младъ (mladŭ, “young”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Irish meld, from Proto-Celtic *meldos (compare Middle Welsh blyð (“soft”), from the alternative form *mlidos), from Proto-Indo-European *meld- (“tender, mild, soft”) (compare Sanskrit मृदु (mṛdu), Latin mollis, Ancient Greek βλαδύς (bladús, “weak”), Old Church Slavonic младъ (mladŭ, “young”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "mell",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "also mmell after a proclitic",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "ending in a vowel",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
}
],
"lang": "Middle Irish",
"lang_code": "mga",
"pos": "adj",
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{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Middle Irish entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 8 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "to beguile",
"tags": [
"Irish"
],
"translation": "to beguile",
"word": "meall"
},
{
"english": "to beguile",
"translation": "to beguile",
"word": "mellaid"
},
{
"english": "to beguile",
"sense": "Scottish Gaelic",
"translation": "to beguile",
"word": "meall"
}
],
"glosses": [
"pleasant, delightful"
],
"id": "en-mell-mga-adj-hV372MOk",
"links": [
[
"pleasant",
"pleasant"
],
[
"delightful",
"delightful"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/mʲel̪/"
}
],
"word": "mell"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 8 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "to beguile",
"tags": [
"Irish"
],
"translation": "to beguile",
"word": "meall"
},
{
"english": "to beguile",
"sense": "Scottish Gaelic",
"translation": "to beguile",
"word": "meall"
},
{
"english": "to beguile",
"translation": "to beguile",
"word": "mellaid"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
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{
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"lang_code": "ga",
"raw_tags": [
"reshaped by analogy or addition of morphemes"
],
"word": "meallach"
}
],
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"sense": "pleasant",
"word": "meall"
}
],
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"1": "mga",
"2": "sga",
"3": "meld"
},
"expansion": "Old Irish meld",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "mga",
"2": "cel-pro",
"3": "*meldos"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Celtic *meldos",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "wlm",
"2": "blyð",
"t": "soft"
},
"expansion": "Middle Welsh blyð (“soft”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "mga",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*meld-",
"t": "tender, mild, soft"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *meld- (“tender, mild, soft”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "मृदु"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit मृदु (mṛdu)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "mollis"
},
"expansion": "Latin mollis",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "βλαδύς",
"t": "weak"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek βλαδύς (bladús, “weak”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cu",
"2": "младъ",
"t": "young"
},
"expansion": "Old Church Slavonic младъ (mladŭ, “young”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Irish meld, from Proto-Celtic *meldos (compare Middle Welsh blyð (“soft”), from the alternative form *mlidos), from Proto-Indo-European *meld- (“tender, mild, soft”) (compare Sanskrit मृदु (mṛdu), Latin mollis, Ancient Greek βλαδύς (bladús, “weak”), Old Church Slavonic младъ (mladŭ, “young”).",
"forms": [
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"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "mell",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "also mmell after a proclitic",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "ending in a vowel",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
}
],
"lang": "Middle Irish",
"lang_code": "mga",
"pos": "adj",
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{
"categories": [
"Middle Irish adjectives",
"Middle Irish entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle Irish lemmas",
"Middle Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
"Middle Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
"Middle Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Pages with 8 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"pleasant, delightful"
],
"links": [
[
"pleasant",
"pleasant"
],
[
"delightful",
"delightful"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/mʲel̪/"
}
],
"word": "mell"
}
Download raw JSONL data for mell meaning in Middle Irish (2.7kB)
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"msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: mell/Middle Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
"path": [
"mell"
],
"section": "Middle Irish",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "mell",
"trace": ""
}
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"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
"path": [
"mell"
],
"section": "Middle Irish",
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"title": "mell",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'nasalization'",
"path": [
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