"fil" meaning in Old Irish

See fil in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈɸʲilʲ/
Etymology: Originally ·fil (“you see”) and ·feil (“one sees”). From Proto-Celtic *weleti (“to see”), from Proto-Indo-European *wél-e-ti (“see”), compare Welsh gweled (“to see”). For the semantic development from "see" to "there is" compare Welsh dyma (“there is”) shortened from Middle Welsh wely di yma? (“do you see?”) or French voici (“here is”) from vois ci (“see here”). Etymology templates: {{root|sga|ine-pro|*wel-}}, {{der|sga|cel-pro|*weleti|t=to see}} Proto-Celtic *weleti (“to see”), {{der|sga|ine-pro|*wel-|alt=*wél-e-ti|t=see}} Proto-Indo-European *wél-e-ti (“see”), {{cog|cy|gweled||to see}} Welsh gweled (“to see”), {{m+|cy|dyma|t=there is}} Welsh dyma (“there is”), {{m+|wlm||wely di yma?|t=do you see?}} Middle Welsh wely di yma? (“do you see?”), {{noncog|fr|voici|t=here is}} French voici (“here is”) Head templates: {{head|sga|verb form||head=·fil|var=}} ·fil, {{sga-verb form|·fil}} ·fil, {{head|sga|verb form||head=|var=}} fil, {{sga-verb form}} fil Inflection templates: {{sga-mutation}} Forms: ·fil [canonical], no-table-tags [table-tags], fil [mutation, mutation-radical], ḟil [lenition, mutation], fil [error-unrecognized-form, mutation], fail [alternative], feil [alternative], fel [alternative], fele [alternative, relative], file [alternative, relative]
  1. present progressive conjunct of at·tá Tags: conjunct, form-of, present, progressive Form of: at·tá
    Sense id: en-fil-sga-verb-R11UFQJt Categories (other): Pages with 31 entries, Pages with entries, Old Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 31 entries: 0 5 0 0 5 0 2 0 5 0 1 0 1 6 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 4 1 0 0 9 8 2 1 2 3 0 7 4 7 0 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 5 0 0 5 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 5 1 0 0 10 9 2 1 3 3 0 8 6 7 0 5 Disambiguation of Old Irish entries with incorrect language header: 53 47
  2. third-person singular present progressive relative of at·tá Tags: form-of, present, progressive, relative, singular, third-person Form of: at·tá
    Sense id: en-fil-sga-verb-ThryzBDS Categories (other): Pages with 31 entries, Pages with entries, Old Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 31 entries: 0 5 0 0 5 0 2 0 5 0 1 0 1 6 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 2 3 0 0 4 1 0 0 9 8 2 1 2 3 0 7 4 7 0 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 5 0 0 5 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 5 1 0 0 10 9 2 1 3 3 0 8 6 7 0 5 Disambiguation of Old Irish entries with incorrect language header: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: do·fil

Alternative forms

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    {
      "form": "file",
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        "alternative",
        "relative"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈɸʲilʲ/"
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      "form": "fil",
      "source": "mutation",
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        [
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      "form": "fail",
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    {
      "form": "feil",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fel",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
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    {
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      "word": "do·fil"
    }
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    {
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        }
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        "present progressive conjunct of at·tá"
      ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɸʲilʲ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fil"
}

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  "msg": "later head without list of senses,template node #, fil/Old Irish",
  "path": [
    "fil"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "fil",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'nasalization'",
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