"ara" meaning in Old Irish

See ara in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Article

IPA: /ˈa.ɾa/
Etymology: Univerbation of ar (“for (the sake of), because of”) + a (“the”, neuter accusative singular). Etymology templates: {{univerbation|sga|ar|a|pos2=neuter accusative singular|t1=for (the sake of), because of|t2=the}} Univerbation of ar (“for (the sake of), because of”) + a (“the”, neuter accusative singular) Head templates: {{head|sga|article form|triggers eclipsis}} ara (triggers eclipsis)
  1. for (the sake of) the, because of the (neuter accusative singular) Tags: triggers-eclipsis
    Sense id: en-ara-sga-article-fWBSa6Wn Categories (other): Old Irish univerbations Disambiguation of Old Irish univerbations: 62 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Conjunction

IPA: /ˈa.ɾa/ Forms: arna [negative], arná [negative], arnacon [negative], arnachon [negative]
Etymology: ar (“for (the sake of), because of”) + -a (relative pronoun) Etymology templates: {{af|sga|ar|-a|id2=relative|pos2=relative pronoun|t1=for (the sake of), because of}} ar (“for (the sake of), because of”) + -a (relative pronoun) Head templates: {{head|sga|conjunction|negative|arna|or|arná|or|arnacon|or|arnachon}} ara (negative arna or arná or arnacon or arnachon)
  1. so that Synonyms (so that): co
    Sense id: en-ara-sga-conj-sga:so_that Disambiguation of 'so that': 100 0
  2. that (introduces a noun clause)
    Sense id: en-ara-sga-conj-ksr9osCG Categories (other): Old Irish entries with incorrect language header, Old Irish relative pronouns, Old Irish terms suffixed with -a (relative) Disambiguation of Old Irish entries with incorrect language header: 9 0 87 2 2 Disambiguation of Old Irish relative pronouns: 4 0 87 3 6 Disambiguation of Old Irish terms suffixed with -a (relative): 18 0 61 10 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Determiner

IPA: /ˈa.ɾa/
Etymology: Univerbation of ar (“for (the sake of), because of”) + a (“his/her/their”). Etymology templates: {{univerbation|sga|ar|a|t1=for (the sake of), because of|t2=his/her/their}} Univerbation of ar (“for (the sake of), because of”) + a (“his/her/their”) Head templates: {{head|sga|determiner form|‘his’ and ‘its’ trigger lenition, ‘her’ triggers /h/-prothesis, ‘their’ triggers eclipsis|cat2=possessive determiners}} ara (‘his’ and ‘its’ trigger lenition, ‘her’ triggers /h/-prothesis, ‘their’ triggers eclipsis)
  1. for (the sake of) his/her/its/their, because of his/her/its/their
    Sense id: en-ara-sga-det-CPZz05O3 Categories (other): Old Irish univerbations, Old Irish possessive determiners Disambiguation of Old Irish univerbations: 62 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Pronoun

IPA: /ˈa.ɾa/ Forms: ara· [canonical], in direct relative clauses and eclipsis in indirect relative clauses [triggers-lenition]
Etymology: ar (“for (the sake of), because of”) + -a (relative pronoun) Etymology templates: {{af|sga|ar|-a|id2=relative|pos2=relative pronoun|t1=for (the sake of), because of}} ar (“for (the sake of), because of”) + -a (relative pronoun) Head templates: {{head|sga|pronoun form|triggers lenition in direct relative clauses and eclipsis in indirect relative clauses|cat2=relative pronouns|head=ara·}} ara· (triggers lenition in direct relative clauses and eclipsis in indirect relative clauses)
  1. for (the sake of) whom/which, because of whom/which
    Sense id: en-ara-sga-pron-Ceaz39UU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3
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