"-sa" meaning in Old Irish

See -sa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Forms: -se [alternative]
Head templates: {{head|sga|suffix|cat2=emphatic suffixes|cat3=|g=|g2=}} -sa, {{sga-suffix|e}} -sa
  1. emphatic first-person singular suffix Tags: emphatic, first-person, morpheme, singular, suffix
    Sense id: en--sa-sga-suffix-eOA34uab Categories (other): Old Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages using catfix, Pages with 12 entries, Pages with entries Related terms: 1 [singular], -se, 2 [singular], -siu, -so, -su, 3 [masculine, neuter], -som, -sem, -sium, -sum, -sam, 3 [feminine], -si, 1 [plural], -ni, -nai, -sni, 2 [plural], 3 [plural]

Alternative forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "-sa"
          },
          "expansion": "Irish: -sa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Irish: -sa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gv",
            "2": "-s"
          },
          "expansion": "Manx: -s",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Manx: -s"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gd",
            "2": "-sa"
          },
          "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic: -sa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scottish Gaelic: -sa"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-se",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "emphatic suffixes",
        "cat3": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "-sa",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "e"
      },
      "expansion": "-sa",
      "name": "sga-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 12 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "so that there may be, i.e. so that those two things might be in my (emphatic) speaking, namely false and true, i.e. so that what I might say with [my] lips and what I might think with [my] heart might be different",
          "text": "co beid .i. co mbed a ndéde sin im labrad-sa .i. gáu et fír .i. combad sain a n‑as·berin ó bélib et aní imme·rádin ó chridiu",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I (emphatic) am boasting about you to the Macedonians.",
          "text": "Bíuu-sa oc irbáig dar far cenn-si fri Maccidóndu.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I (emphatic) am not like them (emphatic).",
          "text": "Níta chumme-se friusom.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "emphatic first-person singular suffix"
      ],
      "id": "en--sa-sga-suffix-eOA34uab",
      "related": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "singular"
          ],
          "word": "1"
        },
        {
          "word": "-se"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "singular"
          ],
          "word": "2"
        },
        {
          "word": "-siu"
        },
        {
          "word": "-so"
        },
        {
          "word": "-su"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "3"
        },
        {
          "word": "-som"
        },
        {
          "word": "-sem"
        },
        {
          "word": "-sium"
        },
        {
          "word": "-sum"
        },
        {
          "word": "-sam"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "3"
        },
        {
          "word": "-si"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "1"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ni"
        },
        {
          "word": "-nai"
        },
        {
          "word": "-sni"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "2"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "3"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "first-person",
        "morpheme",
        "singular",
        "suffix"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-sa"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "-sa"
          },
          "expansion": "Irish: -sa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Irish: -sa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gv",
            "2": "-s"
          },
          "expansion": "Manx: -s",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Manx: -s"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gd",
            "2": "-sa"
          },
          "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic: -sa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scottish Gaelic: -sa"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-se",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "emphatic suffixes",
        "cat3": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "-sa",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "e"
      },
      "expansion": "-sa",
      "name": "sga-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "related": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "1"
    },
    {
      "word": "-se"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "2"
    },
    {
      "word": "-siu"
    },
    {
      "word": "-so"
    },
    {
      "word": "-su"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "3"
    },
    {
      "word": "-som"
    },
    {
      "word": "-sem"
    },
    {
      "word": "-sium"
    },
    {
      "word": "-sum"
    },
    {
      "word": "-sam"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "3"
    },
    {
      "word": "-si"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "1"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ni"
    },
    {
      "word": "-nai"
    },
    {
      "word": "-sni"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "2"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "3"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Irish emphatic suffixes",
        "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Irish lemmas",
        "Old Irish suffixes",
        "Old Irish terms with quotations",
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 12 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "so that there may be, i.e. so that those two things might be in my (emphatic) speaking, namely false and true, i.e. so that what I might say with [my] lips and what I might think with [my] heart might be different",
          "text": "co beid .i. co mbed a ndéde sin im labrad-sa .i. gáu et fír .i. combad sain a n‑as·berin ó bélib et aní imme·rádin ó chridiu",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I (emphatic) am boasting about you to the Macedonians.",
          "text": "Bíuu-sa oc irbáig dar far cenn-si fri Maccidóndu.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I (emphatic) am not like them (emphatic).",
          "text": "Níta chumme-se friusom.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "emphatic first-person singular suffix"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "first-person",
        "morpheme",
        "singular",
        "suffix"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-sa"
}

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