-u in Old Irish

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{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-u",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "(when the preceding consonant (cluster) isn't palatalised)",
          "word": "-iu"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 30 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternative form of -iu (when the preceding consonant (cluster) isn't palatalised)"
      ],
      "id": "en--u-sga-suffix-n246j9RH",
      "links": [
        [
          "-iu",
          "-iu#Old_Irish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-u"
}

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{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "-u",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "(when the preceding consonant (cluster) isn't palatalised)",
          "word": "-iu"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Irish lemmas",
        "Old Irish suffixes",
        "Pages with 30 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "alternative form of -iu (when the preceding consonant (cluster) isn't palatalised)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-iu",
          "-iu#Old_Irish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-u"
}

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"-u" meaning in Old Irish

Suffix