"init" meaning in Old Irish

See init in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈi.nʲəd̠ʲ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Proto-Brythonic *ɨnɨd, from Latin initium (“beginning”), as it refers to the beginning of Lent. Etymology templates: {{der|sga|cel-bry-pro|*ɨnɨd}} Proto-Brythonic *ɨnɨd, {{der|sga|la|initium|t=beginning}} Latin initium (“beginning”) Head templates: {{head|sga|proper noun|g=f}} init f Inflection templates: {{sga-decl-ih|init|acc_sg=init|n=s}}, {{sga-decl-noun|acc_du=init+L|acc_du2=|acc_du3=|acc_pl=initi+H|acc_pl2=|acc_pl3=|acc_sg=init+N|acc_sg2=|acc_sg3=|class=ī-f|dat_du=initib|dat_du2=|dat_du3=|dat_pl=initib|dat_pl2=|dat_pl3=|dat_sg=init+L|dat_sg2=|dat_sg3=|gen_du=inite+L|gen_du2=|gen_du3=|gen_pl=inite+N|gen_pl2=|gen_pl3=|gen_sg=inite+H|gen_sg2=|gen_sg3=|n=s|nom_du=init+L|nom_du2=|nom_du3=|nom_pl=initi+H|nom_pl2=|nom_pl3=|nom_sg=init+L|nom_sg2=|nom_sg3=|voc_du=init+L|voc_du2=|voc_du3=|voc_pl=initi+H|voc_pl2=|voc_pl3=|voc_sg=init+L|voc_sg2=|voc_sg3=}}, {{sga-mutation}} Forms: inite [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], init [nominative, singular], - [dual, nominative], - [nominative, plural], init [singular, vocative], - [dual, vocative], - [plural, vocative], init [accusative, singular], - [accusative, dual], - [accusative, plural], inite [genitive, singular], - [dual, genitive], - [genitive, plural], init [dative, singular], - [dative, dual], - [dative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], init [mutation, mutation-radical], pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments [mutation, mutation-radical], init [lenition, mutation], n-init [error-unrecognized-form, mutation]
  1. Shrovetide Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-init-sga-name-kfOCTytj Categories (other): Old Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 11 entries, Pages with entries, Calendar, Christianity, Pages with 11 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 11 entries: 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 11 0 2 3 11 11 5 13 17 11 2 2 0 4 2 1 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 10 0 3 3 10 11 5 12 16 10 4 3 0 3 3 1 3
     
{
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    {
      "descendants": [
        {
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          "lang_code": "ga",
          "word": "Inid"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Manx",
          "lang_code": "gv",
          "word": "Ynnyd"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "lang_code": "gd",
          "word": "Inid"
        }
      ],
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      "word": "init"
    }
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        "1": "sga",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "1": "sga",
        "2": "la",
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Proto-Brythonic *ɨnɨd, from Latin initium (“beginning”), as it refers to the beginning of Lent.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "inite",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "form": "sga-decl-ih",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ī-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Feminine ī-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "init",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "nominative",
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      ]
    },
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
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        "genitive",
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      ]
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      "form": "init",
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        "singular"
      ]
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      ]
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      ]
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      ]
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
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      ]
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      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "init",
      "source": "mutation",
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      ]
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
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      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "init",
        "acc_sg": "init",
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      },
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    },
    {
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        "acc_du3": "",
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        "acc_pl2": "",
        "acc_pl3": "",
        "acc_sg": "init+N",
        "acc_sg2": "",
        "acc_sg3": "",
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        "dat_du3": "",
        "dat_pl": "initib",
        "dat_pl2": "",
        "dat_pl3": "",
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        "dat_sg3": "",
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        "gen_du2": "",
        "gen_du3": "",
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        "gen_pl2": "",
        "gen_pl3": "",
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        "gen_sg2": "",
        "gen_sg3": "",
        "n": "s",
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        "nom_du2": "",
        "nom_du3": "",
        "nom_pl": "initi+H",
        "nom_pl2": "",
        "nom_pl3": "",
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        "nom_sg2": "",
        "nom_sg3": "",
        "voc_du": "init+L",
        "voc_du2": "",
        "voc_du3": "",
        "voc_pl": "initi+H",
        "voc_pl2": "",
        "voc_pl3": "",
        "voc_sg": "init+L",
        "voc_sg2": "",
        "voc_sg3": ""
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-noun"
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    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sga-mutation"
    }
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  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "name",
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "orig": "sga:Calendar",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sga",
          "name": "Christianity",
          "orig": "sga:Christianity",
          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Shrovetide"
      ],
      "id": "en-init-sga-name-kfOCTytj",
      "links": [
        [
          "Shrovetide",
          "Shrovetide"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈi.nʲəd̠ʲ/"
    },
    {
      "note": "Blasse",
      "other": "[ˈi.nʲɪd̠ʲ]"
    },
    {
      "note": "Griffith",
      "other": "[ˈi.nʲɨd̠ʲ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "init"
}

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    "Pages with 11 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "tl:Anger",
    "tl:Emotions",
    "tl:Energy",
    "tl:Sex",
    "tl:Temperature",
    "tl:Thermodynamics",
    "tl:Zoology"
  ],
  "descendants": [
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        {
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          "lang_code": "ga",
          "word": "Inid"
        },
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          "lang_code": "gv",
          "word": "Ynnyd"
        },
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          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "lang_code": "gd",
          "word": "Inid"
        }
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      "word": "init"
    }
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      "name": "der"
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Proto-Brythonic *ɨnɨd, from Latin initium (“beginning”), as it refers to the beginning of Lent.",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "class"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Feminine ī-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "init",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      ]
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "init",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "init",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inite",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "init",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "sga-mutation",
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "init",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "mutation-radical"
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      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "init",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "n-init",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "mutation"
      ]
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        "2": "proper noun",
        "g": "f"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
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        "acc_sg": "init",
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "acc_du2": "",
        "acc_du3": "",
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        "acc_pl2": "",
        "acc_pl3": "",
        "acc_sg": "init+N",
        "acc_sg2": "",
        "acc_sg3": "",
        "class": "ī-f",
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        "dat_du2": "",
        "dat_du3": "",
        "dat_pl": "initib",
        "dat_pl2": "",
        "dat_pl3": "",
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        "dat_sg3": "",
        "gen_du": "inite+L",
        "gen_du2": "",
        "gen_du3": "",
        "gen_pl": "inite+N",
        "gen_pl2": "",
        "gen_pl3": "",
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        "gen_sg2": "",
        "gen_sg3": "",
        "n": "s",
        "nom_du": "init+L",
        "nom_du2": "",
        "nom_du3": "",
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        "nom_pl2": "",
        "nom_pl3": "",
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        "nom_sg2": "",
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        "voc_du2": "",
        "voc_du3": "",
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        "voc_pl2": "",
        "voc_pl3": "",
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  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "name",
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        "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Irish feminine nouns",
        "Old Irish lemmas",
        "Old Irish proper nouns",
        "Old Irish terms derived from Latin",
        "Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Brythonic",
        "Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old Irish uncountable nouns",
        "Old Irish ī-stem nouns",
        "Pages with 11 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "sga:Calendar",
        "sga:Christianity"
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      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Shrovetide",
          "Shrovetide"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈi.nʲəd̠ʲ/"
    },
    {
      "note": "Blasse",
      "other": "[ˈi.nʲɪd̠ʲ]"
    },
    {
      "note": "Griffith",
      "other": "[ˈi.nʲɨd̠ʲ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "init"
}

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{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'nasalization'",
  "path": [
    "init"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "init",
  "trace": ""
}

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