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"type": "example"
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"text": "cét- (“first”) + id- (“it”) (relative) + do·rigni (“who have done”) → cetid·deirgni (“who have done it first”)",
"type": "example"
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"text": "cét- (“first”) + ro·chreti (“who had believed”) → ceta·ruchreti (“who had first believed”)",
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"type": "example"
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"text": "cét- (“with”) + ·bí (“is, exists”) (habitual conjunct) → ceta·bí (“feels”, literally “exist with”)",
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"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "cét- (“first”) + aín (“fast”) → cétaín (“Wednesday”, literally “first fasting”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "cét- (“first”) + id- (“it”) (relative) + do·rigni (“who have done”) → cetid·deirgni (“who have done it first”)",
"type": "example"
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"type": "example"
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"text": "cét- (“with”) + ·bí (“is, exists”) (habitual conjunct) → ceta·bí (“feels”, literally “exist with”)",
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Download raw JSONL data for cét- meaning in Old Irish (3.7kB)
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