"gilla" meaning in Middle Irish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡʲil͈ə/ Forms: gillai [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], gilla [error-unrecognized-form], ngilla [error-unrecognized-form]
Etymology: Uncertain. According to Zimmer, a North Germanic borrowing, from Old Norse gildr (“brawny, stout, of full value”), related to English guild, used in names of Norsemen converted to Christianity instead of maol (“slave”). However, compare English child. Etymology templates: {{unc|mga}} Uncertain, {{der|mga|gmq|-}} North Germanic, {{der|mga|non|gildr|t=brawny, stout, of full value}} Old Norse gildr (“brawny, stout, of full value”), {{cog|en|guild}} English guild, {{cog|en|child}} English child Head templates: {{head|mga|noun|plural|gillai|g=m}} gilla m (plural gillai)
  1. youth (young man) (of an age to bear arms) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-gilla-mga-noun-~z6lsveN
  2. male child, boy Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-gilla-mga-noun-u42AecdH
  3. messenger, page, servant Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-gilla-mga-noun-GFuV4UPw Categories (other): Middle Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle Irish entries with incorrect language header: 36 4 60 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 7 4 43 12 14 9 5 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 4 43 12 14 9 5 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gille Derived forms: gillacht, gillaighecht, gillán, gillanrad, gillarad

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "gillacht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "gillaighecht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "gillán"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "gillanrad"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "gillarad"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "giolla"
          },
          "expansion": "Irish: giolla",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Irish: giolla"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gv",
            "2": "guilley"
          },
          "expansion": "Manx: guilley",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Manx: guilley"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gd",
            "2": "gille"
          },
          "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic: gille",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scottish Gaelic: gille"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga"
      },
      "expansion": "Uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "gmq",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "North Germanic",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "gildr",
        "t": "brawny, stout, of full value"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse gildr (“brawny, stout, of full value”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "guild"
      },
      "expansion": "English guild",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "child"
      },
      "expansion": "English child",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Uncertain. According to Zimmer, a North Germanic borrowing, from Old Norse gildr (“brawny, stout, of full value”), related to English guild, used in names of Norsemen converted to Christianity instead of maol (“slave”). However, compare English child.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gillai",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gilla",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ngilla",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "gillai",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "gilla m (plural gillai)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle Irish",
  "lang_code": "mga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "David the brave youth",
          "text": "Dauid in gille dáne",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "youth (young man) (of an age to bear arms)"
      ],
      "id": "en-gilla-mga-noun-~z6lsveN",
      "links": [
        [
          "youth",
          "youth"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "male child, boy"
      ],
      "id": "en-gilla-mga-noun-u42AecdH",
      "links": [
        [
          "child",
          "child"
        ],
        [
          "boy",
          "boy"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "36 4 60",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 4 43 12 14 9 5 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 4 43 12 14 9 5 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "messenger, page, servant"
      ],
      "id": "en-gilla-mga-noun-GFuV4UPw",
      "links": [
        [
          "messenger",
          "messenger"
        ],
        [
          "page",
          "page"
        ],
        [
          "servant",
          "servant"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡʲil͈ə/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "gille"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gilla"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Middle Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle Irish lemmas",
    "Middle Irish masculine nouns",
    "Middle Irish nouns",
    "Middle Irish terms derived from North Germanic languages",
    "Middle Irish terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Middle Irish terms with unknown etymologies",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "gillacht"
    },
    {
      "word": "gillaighecht"
    },
    {
      "word": "gillán"
    },
    {
      "word": "gillanrad"
    },
    {
      "word": "gillarad"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "giolla"
          },
          "expansion": "Irish: giolla",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Irish: giolla"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gv",
            "2": "guilley"
          },
          "expansion": "Manx: guilley",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Manx: guilley"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gd",
            "2": "gille"
          },
          "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic: gille",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scottish Gaelic: gille"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga"
      },
      "expansion": "Uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "gmq",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "North Germanic",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "gildr",
        "t": "brawny, stout, of full value"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse gildr (“brawny, stout, of full value”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "guild"
      },
      "expansion": "English guild",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "child"
      },
      "expansion": "English child",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Uncertain. According to Zimmer, a North Germanic borrowing, from Old Norse gildr (“brawny, stout, of full value”), related to English guild, used in names of Norsemen converted to Christianity instead of maol (“slave”). However, compare English child.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gillai",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gilla",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ngilla",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "gillai",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "gilla m (plural gillai)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle Irish",
  "lang_code": "mga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle Irish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "David the brave youth",
          "text": "Dauid in gille dáne",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "youth (young man) (of an age to bear arms)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "youth",
          "youth"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "male child, boy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "child",
          "child"
        ],
        [
          "boy",
          "boy"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "messenger, page, servant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "messenger",
          "messenger"
        ],
        [
          "page",
          "page"
        ],
        [
          "servant",
          "servant"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡʲil͈ə/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "gille"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gilla"
}

Download raw JSONL data for gilla meaning in Middle Irish (2.8kB)

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  "path": [
    "gilla"
  ],
  "section": "Middle Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "gilla",
  "trace": ""
}

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

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

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