"cern" meaning in Middle Irish

See cern in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkʲern̪/ Forms: cerna [nominative, plural]
Etymology: From Old Irish cern, from Proto-Celtic *kernā (“corner”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|mga|angle}}, {{der|mga|sga|cern|id=angle}} Old Irish cern, {{der|mga|cel-pro|*kernā|t=corner}} Proto-Celtic *kernā (“corner”) Head templates: {{head|mga|noun|||||||||nominative plural|cerna|||||cat2=|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} cern f (nominative plural cerna), {{mga-noun|f||cerna}} cern f (nominative plural cerna)
  1. angle, corner, recess Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cern-mga-noun-cHKZKge2
  2. swelling on the body Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cern-mga-noun-B2dbtSI5
  3. dish or receptacle Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cern-mga-noun-mga:dish Categories (other): Middle Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle Irish entries with incorrect language header: 7 23 49 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cernach (english: angular)
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈkʲern̪/ Forms: cirn [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], cern [error-unrecognized-form], chern [error-unrecognized-form]
Etymology: From Old Irish cern. Etymology templates: {{etymid|mga|victory}}, {{der|mga|sga|cern|id=victory}} Old Irish cern Head templates: {{head|mga|noun|||||||||nominative plural|cirn|||||cat2=|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} cern m (nominative plural cirn), {{mga-noun|m||cirn}} cern m (nominative plural cirn)
  1. victory, triumph Tags: masculine Derived forms: cernach (english: victorious, triumphant)
    Sense id: en-cern-mga-noun-IA4Io90x
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "angular",
      "translation": "angular",
      "word": "cernach"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "corner, angle; dish",
      "word": "cearn"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "lang_code": "gd",
      "sense": "corner, angle",
      "word": "ceàrn"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "angle"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "cern",
        "id": "angle"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish cern",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*kernā",
        "t": "corner"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *kernā (“corner”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish cern, from Proto-Celtic *kernā (“corner”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cerna",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "cerna",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "cern f (nominative plural cerna)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "",
        "3": "cerna"
      },
      "expansion": "cern f (nominative plural cerna)",
      "name": "mga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle Irish",
  "lang_code": "mga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "angle, corner, recess"
      ],
      "id": "en-cern-mga-noun-cHKZKge2",
      "links": [
        [
          "angle",
          "angle"
        ],
        [
          "corner",
          "corner"
        ],
        [
          "recess",
          "recess"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "swelling on the body"
      ],
      "id": "en-cern-mga-noun-B2dbtSI5",
      "links": [
        [
          "swelling",
          "swelling"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 23 49 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dish or receptacle"
      ],
      "id": "en-cern-mga-noun-mga:dish",
      "links": [
        [
          "dish",
          "dish"
        ],
        [
          "receptacle",
          "receptacle"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "mga:dish"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʲern̪/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cern"
}

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "victory, triumph",
      "word": "cearn"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
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      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "victory"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "cern",
        "id": "victory"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish cern",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish cern.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cirn",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cern",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chern",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "cirn",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "cern m (nominative plural cirn)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "",
        "3": "cirn"
      },
      "expansion": "cern m (nominative plural cirn)",
      "name": "mga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle Irish",
  "lang_code": "mga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "victorious, triumphant",
          "translation": "victorious, triumphant",
          "word": "cernach"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "victory, triumph"
      ],
      "id": "en-cern-mga-noun-IA4Io90x",
      "links": [
        [
          "victory",
          "victory"
        ],
        [
          "triumph",
          "triumph"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʲern̪/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cern"
}
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    "Middle Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle Irish feminine nouns",
    "Middle Irish lemmas",
    "Middle Irish masculine nouns",
    "Middle Irish nouns",
    "Middle Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Middle Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "angular",
      "translation": "angular",
      "word": "cernach"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "corner, angle; dish",
      "word": "cearn"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "lang_code": "gd",
      "sense": "corner, angle",
      "word": "ceàrn"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
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      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "cern",
        "id": "angle"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish cern",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*kernā",
        "t": "corner"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *kernā (“corner”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish cern, from Proto-Celtic *kernā (“corner”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cerna",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "cerna",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "cern f (nominative plural cerna)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "",
        "3": "cerna"
      },
      "expansion": "cern f (nominative plural cerna)",
      "name": "mga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle Irish",
  "lang_code": "mga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "angle, corner, recess"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "angle",
          "angle"
        ],
        [
          "corner",
          "corner"
        ],
        [
          "recess",
          "recess"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "swelling on the body"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "swelling",
          "swelling"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "dish or receptacle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dish",
          "dish"
        ],
        [
          "receptacle",
          "receptacle"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "mga:dish"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʲern̪/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cern"
}

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    "Middle Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle Irish lemmas",
    "Middle Irish masculine nouns",
    "Middle Irish nouns",
    "Middle Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "victorious, triumphant",
      "translation": "victorious, triumphant",
      "word": "cernach"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "victory, triumph",
      "word": "cearn"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "victory"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "cern",
        "id": "victory"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish cern",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish cern.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cirn",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cern",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chern",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "cirn",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "cern m (nominative plural cirn)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "",
        "3": "cirn"
      },
      "expansion": "cern m (nominative plural cirn)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle Irish",
  "lang_code": "mga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "victory, triumph"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "victory",
          "victory"
        ],
        [
          "triumph",
          "triumph"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʲern̪/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cern"
}

Download raw JSONL data for cern meaning in Middle Irish (3.7kB)

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

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

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

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