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{
"descendants": [
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"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"word": "fearr"
},
{
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"lang_code": "gv",
"word": "share"
},
{
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"lang_code": "gd",
"word": "feàrr"
}
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"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*wers-",
"id": "rise"
},
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},
{
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{
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"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*wers-",
"4": "",
"5": "peak"
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"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“peak”)",
"name": "der"
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{
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"2": "verrūca",
"3": "",
"4": "steep place, height"
},
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"name": "cog"
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{
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"2": "viršùs",
"3": "",
"4": "top, head"
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},
{
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"1": "cu",
"2": "врьхъ",
"3": "",
"4": "top, peak"
},
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},
{
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"2": "d",
"3": "D"
},
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},
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"2": "derived"
},
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},
{
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"3": "*uɸer-",
"4": "",
"5": "over, on",
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"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"id": "",
"lit": "",
"nocat": "",
"pos": "",
"sc": "",
"sort": "",
"tr": "",
"ts": ""
},
"expansion": "Proto-Celtic *uɸer- (“over, on”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
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"2": "cel-pro",
"3": "*uɸer-",
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"t": "over, on"
},
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"name": "der+"
},
{
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"1": "cel-gau",
"2": "*Werkingetorīx",
"lit": "super-warrior-king"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sga",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*upér"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *upér",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *werros, from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“peak”). Akin to Latin verrūca (“steep place, height”), Lithuanian viršùs (“top, head”) and Old Church Slavonic врьхъ (vrĭxŭ, “top, peak”). Alternatively, derived from Proto-Celtic *uɸer- (“over, on”) (a variant of *uɸor-), as in Gaulish *Werkingetorīx (literally “super-warrior-king”), from Proto-Indo-European *upér.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sga-mutation",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "ferr",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "ḟerr",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sga",
"2": "comparative adjective"
},
"expansion": "ferr",
"name": "head"
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"name": "sga-mutation"
}
],
"lang": "Old Irish",
"lang_code": "sga",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
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{
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"name": "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
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{
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23,
27
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
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37,
43
]
],
"english": "Since it is to him we will go, it is better for us to please him.",
"text": "Hóre is cuci rigmi, is ferr dún placere illi.",
"translation": "Since it is to him we will go, it is better for us to please him.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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{
"extra": "better, best",
"word": "maith"
}
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],
"id": "en-ferr-sga-adj-ZAOB5Lsy",
"links": [
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"maith",
"maith#Old_Irish"
],
[
"better",
"better"
],
[
"best",
"best"
]
],
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"form-of"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/ˈɸʲer/"
}
],
"word": "ferr"
}
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"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"word": "fearr"
},
{
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"lang_code": "gv",
"word": "share"
},
{
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"lang_code": "gd",
"word": "feàrr"
}
],
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"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*wers-",
"id": "rise"
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"name": "root"
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{
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"1": "sga",
"2": "cel-pro",
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},
{
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"3": "*wers-",
"4": "",
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},
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"name": "der"
},
{
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"3": "",
"4": "steep place, height"
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"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "lt",
"2": "viršùs",
"3": "",
"4": "top, head"
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"name": "cog"
},
{
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"2": "врьхъ",
"3": "",
"4": "top, peak"
},
"expansion": "Old Church Slavonic врьхъ (vrĭxŭ, “top, peak”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
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"3": "D"
},
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"name": "yesno"
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{
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},
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"2": "cel-pro",
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"4": "",
"5": "over, on",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"id": "",
"lit": "",
"nocat": "",
"pos": "",
"sc": "",
"sort": "",
"tr": "",
"ts": ""
},
"expansion": "Proto-Celtic *uɸer- (“over, on”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sga",
"2": "cel-pro",
"3": "*uɸer-",
"nocap": "1",
"t": "over, on"
},
"expansion": "derived from Proto-Celtic *uɸer- (“over, on”)",
"name": "der+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cel-gau",
"2": "*Werkingetorīx",
"lit": "super-warrior-king"
},
"expansion": "Gaulish *Werkingetorīx (literally “super-warrior-king”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sga",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*upér"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *upér",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *werros, from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“peak”). Akin to Latin verrūca (“steep place, height”), Lithuanian viršùs (“top, head”) and Old Church Slavonic врьхъ (vrĭxŭ, “top, peak”). Alternatively, derived from Proto-Celtic *uɸer- (“over, on”) (a variant of *uɸor-), as in Gaulish *Werkingetorīx (literally “super-warrior-king”), from Proto-Indo-European *upér.",
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"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sga-mutation",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "ferr",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "ḟerr",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "sga",
"2": "comparative adjective"
},
"expansion": "ferr",
"name": "head"
}
],
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{
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}
],
"lang": "Old Irish",
"lang_code": "sga",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
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"Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
"Old Irish non-lemma forms",
"Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
"Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Old Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wers- (rise)",
"Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
"Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Old Irish terms with quotations",
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"examples": [
{
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23,
27
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
37,
43
]
],
"english": "Since it is to him we will go, it is better for us to please him.",
"text": "Hóre is cuci rigmi, is ferr dún placere illi.",
"translation": "Since it is to him we will go, it is better for us to please him.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"form_of": [
{
"extra": "better, best",
"word": "maith"
}
],
"glosses": [
"comparative degree of maith: better, best"
],
"links": [
[
"maith",
"maith#Old_Irish"
],
[
"better",
"better"
],
[
"best",
"best"
]
],
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"comparative",
"form-of"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɸʲer/"
}
],
"word": "ferr"
}
Download raw JSONL data for ferr meaning in Old Irish (3.9kB)
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"msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: ferr/Old Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
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"ferr"
],
"section": "Old Irish",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "ferr",
"trace": ""
}
{
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"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
"path": [
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],
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"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "ferr",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'nasalization'",
"path": [
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"section": "Old Irish",
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