"foil" meaning in Old Irish

See foil in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɸolʲ/
Etymology: From Proto-Celtic *uɸolexs, from *uɸo- (“under”) + *leg- (“to lie”). Cognate with Welsh gwâl (“lair, pigsty”). Etymology templates: {{inh|sga|cel-pro|*uɸolexs}} Proto-Celtic *uɸolexs, {{af|cel-pro|*uɸo-|*legeti|alt2=*leg-|nocat=1|t1=under|t2=to lie}} *uɸo- (“under”) + *leg- (“to lie”), {{cog|cy|gwâl|t=lair, pigsty}} Welsh gwâl (“lair, pigsty”) Head templates: {{head|sga|noun|||genitive|folach||||||||{{{3}}}||{{{pl2}}}||{{{pl3}}}|altform=|cat2=|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} foil f (genitive folach), {{sga-noun|f|folach}} foil f (genitive folach) Inflection templates: {{sga-decl-k&g|g|folaig|folach|acc_pl=foilgea|dat_pl=foilgib|g=f}}, {{sga-decl-noun|acc_du=folaig+L|acc_du2=|acc_du3=|acc_pl=foilgea|acc_pl2=|acc_pl3=|acc_sg=folaig+N|acc_sg2=|acc_sg3=|class=g-f|dat_du=foilgib|dat_du2=|dat_du3=|dat_pl=foilgib|dat_pl2=|dat_pl3=|dat_sg=folaig+L|dat_sg2=|dat_sg3=|gen_du=folach|gen_du2=|gen_du3=|gen_pl=folach+N|gen_pl2=|gen_pl3=|gen_sg=folach|gen_sg2=|gen_sg3=|n=|nom_du=folaig+L|nom_du2=|nom_du3=|nom_pl=folaig|nom_pl2=|nom_pl3=|nom_sg=foil|nom_sg2=|nom_sg3=|voc_du=folaig+L|voc_du2=|voc_du3=|voc_pl=foilgea|voc_pl2=|voc_pl3=|voc_sg=foil|voc_sg2=|voc_sg3=}}, {{sga-mutation}} Forms: folach [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], foil [nominative, singular], folaig [dual, nominative], folaig [nominative, plural], foil [singular, vocative], folaig [dual, vocative], foilgea [plural, vocative], folaig [accusative, singular], folaig [accusative, dual], foilgea [accusative, plural], folach [genitive, singular], folach [dual, genitive], folach [genitive, plural], folaig [dative, singular], foilgib [dative, dual], foilgib [dative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], foil [mutation, mutation-radical], ḟoil [lenition, mutation], foil [error-unrecognized-form, mutation]
  1. ring, bracelet Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-foil-sga-noun-JqFbLf5I
  2. pigsty Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-foil-sga-noun-ERxZi61u
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: muccfoil
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  "derived": [
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "muccfoil"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Irish",
          "lang_code": "ga",
          "word": "fail"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "lang_code": "gd",
          "word": "fail"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle Irish",
      "lang_code": "mga",
      "word": "fail"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "t1": "under",
        "t2": "to lie"
      },
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      "name": "af"
    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
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      "form": "folach",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-decl-k&g",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "g-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Feminine g-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foil",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "nominative"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "vocative"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
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      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "dual"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folach",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "genitive"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folaig",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foilgib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foilgib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-mutation",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foil",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ḟoil",
      "links": [
        [
          "ḟoil",
          "foil#Old_Irish"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foil",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
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        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "{{{3}}}",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{pl2}}}",
        "17": "",
        "18": "{{{pl3}}}",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
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        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
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        "2": "folach"
      },
      "expansion": "foil f (genitive folach)",
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    }
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        "2": "folaig",
        "3": "folach",
        "acc_pl": "foilgea",
        "dat_pl": "foilgib",
        "g": "f"
      },
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    },
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        "acc_du3": "",
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        "acc_pl2": "",
        "acc_pl3": "",
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        "acc_sg2": "",
        "acc_sg3": "",
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        "dat_du2": "",
        "dat_du3": "",
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        "dat_pl2": "",
        "dat_pl3": "",
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        "dat_sg2": "",
        "dat_sg3": "",
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        "gen_du2": "",
        "gen_du3": "",
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        "gen_pl2": "",
        "gen_pl3": "",
        "gen_sg": "folach",
        "gen_sg2": "",
        "gen_sg3": "",
        "n": "",
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        "nom_du2": "",
        "nom_du3": "",
        "nom_pl": "folaig",
        "nom_pl2": "",
        "nom_pl3": "",
        "nom_sg": "foil",
        "nom_sg2": "",
        "nom_sg3": "",
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        "voc_du2": "",
        "voc_du3": "",
        "voc_pl": "foilgea",
        "voc_pl2": "",
        "voc_pl3": "",
        "voc_sg": "foil",
        "voc_sg2": "",
        "voc_sg3": ""
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      "args": {},
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    }
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  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [],
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          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "glossing Latin armillam (“bracelet”)",
          "text": "foil",
          "translation": "glossing Latin armillam (“bracelet”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ring, bracelet"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "ring",
          "ring"
        ],
        [
          "bracelet",
          "bracelet"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pigsty"
      ],
      "id": "en-foil-sga-noun-ERxZi61u",
      "links": [
        [
          "pigsty",
          "pigsty"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɸolʲ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "foil"
}
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    "Old Irish feminine nouns",
    "Old Irish g-stem nouns",
    "Old Irish lemmas",
    "Old Irish nouns",
    "Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "muccfoil"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        {
          "lang": "Irish",
          "lang_code": "ga",
          "word": "fail"
        },
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          "word": "fail"
        }
      ],
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    }
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
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        "t": "lair, pigsty"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *uɸolexs, from *uɸo- (“under”) + *leg- (“to lie”). Cognate with Welsh gwâl (“lair, pigsty”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "folach",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-decl-k&g",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "g-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Feminine g-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foil",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folaig",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foil",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folaig",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foilgea",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folaig",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folaig",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folach",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folach",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folach",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "folaig",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foilgib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foilgib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "sga-mutation",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foil",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ḟoil",
      "links": [
        [
          "ḟoil",
          "foil#Old_Irish"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foil",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
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        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
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        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
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      "name": "head"
    },
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        "2": "folach"
      },
      "expansion": "foil f (genitive folach)",
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        "3": "folach",
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        "dat_pl": "foilgib",
        "g": "f"
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        "acc_du3": "",
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        "acc_pl2": "",
        "acc_pl3": "",
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        "acc_sg2": "",
        "acc_sg3": "",
        "class": "g-f",
        "dat_du": "foilgib",
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        "dat_du3": "",
        "dat_pl": "foilgib",
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        "dat_pl3": "",
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        "dat_sg3": "",
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        "gen_du2": "",
        "gen_du3": "",
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        "gen_pl2": "",
        "gen_pl3": "",
        "gen_sg": "folach",
        "gen_sg2": "",
        "gen_sg3": "",
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        "nom_du": "folaig+L",
        "nom_du2": "",
        "nom_du3": "",
        "nom_pl": "folaig",
        "nom_pl2": "",
        "nom_pl3": "",
        "nom_sg": "foil",
        "nom_sg2": "",
        "nom_sg3": "",
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        "voc_du2": "",
        "voc_du3": "",
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        "voc_pl2": "",
        "voc_pl3": "",
        "voc_sg": "foil",
        "voc_sg2": "",
        "voc_sg3": ""
      },
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      "args": {},
      "name": "sga-mutation"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Irish terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
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            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "glossing Latin armillam (“bracelet”)",
          "text": "foil",
          "translation": "glossing Latin armillam (“bracelet”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ring, bracelet"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ring",
          "ring"
        ],
        [
          "bracelet",
          "bracelet"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pigsty"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pigsty",
          "pigsty"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɸolʲ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "foil"
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'nasalization'",
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  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "foil",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old Irish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-08-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-08-05 using wiktextract (872fc7b and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.