See il in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
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{
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"word": "il"
},
{
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"lang_code": "gv",
"word": "yl"
}
],
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"args": {
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"2": "ine-pro",
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},
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"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sga",
"2": "cel-pro",
"3": "*ɸelus"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Celtic *ɸelus",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sga",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*pélh₁us"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *pélh₁us",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sga",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*pelh₁-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *pelh₁-",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "got",
"2": "𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌿",
"t": "much"
},
"expansion": "Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌿 (filu, “much”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "πολύς",
"t": "much"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “much”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "पु॒रु",
"t": "much"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit पु॒रु (purú, “much”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *ɸelus, from Proto-Indo-European *pélh₁us, from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₁-. Cognate with Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌿 (filu, “much”), Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “much”), Sanskrit पु॒रु (purú, “much”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "lir",
"tags": [
"equative"
]
},
{
"form": "lia",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sga-mutation",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "il",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"mutation",
"mutation-radical"
]
},
{
"form": "pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"mutation",
"mutation-radical"
]
},
{
"form": "il",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"lenition",
"mutation"
]
},
{
"form": "n-il",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"mutation"
]
},
{
"form": "hil",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sga",
"2": "adjective",
"3": "equative",
"4": "lir",
"5": "comparative",
"6": "lia",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"head": "",
"var": ""
},
"expansion": "il (equative lir, comparative lia)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"comp": "lia",
"eq": "lir"
},
"expansion": "il (equative lir, comparative lia)",
"name": "sga-adj"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "sga-mutation"
}
],
"lang": "Old Irish",
"lang_code": "sga",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 30 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "ilaigidir"
},
{
"word": "ilar"
},
{
"word": "ildae"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
14,
16
]
],
"english": "with much ostentation",
"text": "cosin taidbse il",
"translation": "with much ostentation",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
36,
38
]
],
"english": "Thus God has made man's body of many members.",
"text": "Is amlid do·rigéni Dia corp duini ó il-ballaib.",
"translation": "Thus God has made man's body of many members.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
30,
32
]
],
"english": "Preaching is better than speaking many languages.",
"text": "Is ferr precept oldaas labrad il-béelre.",
"translation": "Preaching is better than speaking many languages.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
43,
46
],
[
130,
133
]
],
"english": "The Beelzebub: it is the custom, then, of the stone that many blows are hit on it, and he who falls upon it breaks his bones; however, he whom it falls on perishes",
"text": "In Belzefuth: is béss didu ind lïacc benir il-béim friss, et intí do·thuit foir ɔ·boing a chnámi, intí fora tuit-som immurgu at·bail-side.",
"translation": "The Beelzebub: it is the custom, then, of the stone that many blows are hit on it, and he who falls upon it breaks his bones; however, he whom it falls on perishes",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
20,
24
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
26,
30
]
],
"english": "Of the law then, of those many opinions, it is thereof that he recites “igitur”; as if he had said, “There is nothing which my law does not touch upon after the erroneous ones.",
"text": "De dliguth trá inna n-il-toimdden sin, is de gaibthi “igitur”; quasi dixisset “Ní fail ní nád taí mo dligeth-sa fair i ndegaid na comroircnech.”",
"translation": "Of the law then, of those many opinions, it is thereof that he recites “igitur”; as if he had said, “There is nothing which my law does not touch upon after the erroneous ones.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"much, many (usually as the first member of a compound, usually governs a plural noun)"
],
"id": "en-il-sga-adj-hY2m3iNC",
"links": [
[
"much",
"much"
],
[
"many",
"many"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈil/"
}
],
"word": "il"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 30 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Yucatec Maya entries with incorrect language header",
"Yucatec Maya lemmas",
"Yucatec Maya transitive verbs",
"Yucatec Maya verbs"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "ilaigidir"
},
{
"word": "ilar"
},
{
"word": "ildae"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"word": "il"
},
{
"lang": "Manx",
"lang_code": "gv",
"word": "yl"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "sga",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*pelh₁-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sga",
"2": "cel-pro",
"3": "*ɸelus"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Celtic *ɸelus",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sga",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*pélh₁us"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *pélh₁us",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sga",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*pelh₁-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *pelh₁-",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "got",
"2": "𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌿",
"t": "much"
},
"expansion": "Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌿 (filu, “much”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "πολύς",
"t": "much"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “much”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sa",
"2": "पु॒रु",
"t": "much"
},
"expansion": "Sanskrit पु॒रु (purú, “much”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *ɸelus, from Proto-Indo-European *pélh₁us, from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₁-. Cognate with Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌿 (filu, “much”), Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “much”), Sanskrit पु॒रु (purú, “much”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "lir",
"tags": [
"equative"
]
},
{
"form": "lia",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sga-mutation",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "il",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"mutation",
"mutation-radical"
]
},
{
"form": "pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"mutation",
"mutation-radical"
]
},
{
"form": "il",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"lenition",
"mutation"
]
},
{
"form": "n-il",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"mutation"
]
},
{
"form": "hil",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "sga",
"2": "adjective",
"3": "equative",
"4": "lir",
"5": "comparative",
"6": "lia",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"head": "",
"var": ""
},
"expansion": "il (equative lir, comparative lia)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"comp": "lia",
"eq": "lir"
},
"expansion": "il (equative lir, comparative lia)",
"name": "sga-adj"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "sga-mutation"
}
],
"lang": "Old Irish",
"lang_code": "sga",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Old Irish adjectives",
"Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
"Old Irish lemmas",
"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 *pelh₁-",
"Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
"Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Old Irish terms with quotations",
"Old Irish terms with usage examples",
"Pages with 30 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
14,
16
]
],
"english": "with much ostentation",
"text": "cosin taidbse il",
"translation": "with much ostentation",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
36,
38
]
],
"english": "Thus God has made man's body of many members.",
"text": "Is amlid do·rigéni Dia corp duini ó il-ballaib.",
"translation": "Thus God has made man's body of many members.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
30,
32
]
],
"english": "Preaching is better than speaking many languages.",
"text": "Is ferr precept oldaas labrad il-béelre.",
"translation": "Preaching is better than speaking many languages.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
43,
46
],
[
130,
133
]
],
"english": "The Beelzebub: it is the custom, then, of the stone that many blows are hit on it, and he who falls upon it breaks his bones; however, he whom it falls on perishes",
"text": "In Belzefuth: is béss didu ind lïacc benir il-béim friss, et intí do·thuit foir ɔ·boing a chnámi, intí fora tuit-som immurgu at·bail-side.",
"translation": "The Beelzebub: it is the custom, then, of the stone that many blows are hit on it, and he who falls upon it breaks his bones; however, he whom it falls on perishes",
"type": "example"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
20,
24
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
26,
30
]
],
"english": "Of the law then, of those many opinions, it is thereof that he recites “igitur”; as if he had said, “There is nothing which my law does not touch upon after the erroneous ones.",
"text": "De dliguth trá inna n-il-toimdden sin, is de gaibthi “igitur”; quasi dixisset “Ní fail ní nád taí mo dligeth-sa fair i ndegaid na comroircnech.”",
"translation": "Of the law then, of those many opinions, it is thereof that he recites “igitur”; as if he had said, “There is nothing which my law does not touch upon after the erroneous ones.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"much, many (usually as the first member of a compound, usually governs a plural noun)"
],
"links": [
[
"much",
"much"
],
[
"many",
"many"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈil/"
}
],
"word": "il"
}
Download raw JSONL data for il meaning in Old Irish (5.2kB)
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"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'nasalization'",
"path": [
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],
"section": "Old Irish",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "il",
"trace": ""
}
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