"-as" meaning in Old Irish

See -as in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Forms: -es [alternative], -us [alternative]
Etymology: From Proto-Celtic *-assus, from Proto-Indo-European *-ad-tus. Etymology templates: {{etymon|sga|:inh|cel-pro:*-assus<ety:der<ine-pro:*-tus>>}}, {{inh|sga|cel-pro|*-assus}} Proto-Celtic *-assus, {{der|sga|ine-pro|*-ad-tus}} Proto-Indo-European *-ad-tus Head templates: {{head|sga|suffix|g=m}} -as m
  1. Nominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or nouns Tags: masculine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--as-sga-suffix-yyIXlGJY Categories (other): Old Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages using catfix, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 21 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 21 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 21 entries: 6 2 1 4 0 1 6 1 1 1 4 3 0 1 8 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 4 3 5 7 6 2 2 2 2 3 4 5 1

Alternative forms

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      "word": "-as"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Manx",
      "lang_code": "gv",
      "word": "-ys"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "lang_code": "gd",
      "word": "-as"
    }
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      },
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *-assus, from Proto-Indo-European *-ad-tus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-es",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-us",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "g": "m"
      },
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    }
  ],
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        {
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        },
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        {
          "text": "óclach (“young man”) + -as → óclachas (“youth”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
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          "type": "example"
        }
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        ]
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        "morpheme"
      ]
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      "word": "-ys"
    },
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      },
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    },
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*-ad-tus"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "-es",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-us",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "suffix",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "-as m",
      "name": "head"
    }
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        "Old Irish lemmas",
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        "Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
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        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 21 entries",
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          "type": "example"
        },
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          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-as"
}

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