"cen" meaning in Old Irish

See cen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Preposition

IPA: /kʲen/
Etymology: From Proto-Celtic *kina (“on this side of”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe (“this, here”); compare Breton ken (“otherwise”). Etymology templates: {{inh|sga|cel-pro|*kina||on this side of}} Proto-Celtic *kina (“on this side of”), {{der|sga|ine-pro|*ḱe|t=this, here}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱe (“this, here”), {{cog|br|ken|t=otherwise}} Breton ken (“otherwise”) Head templates: {{head|sga|preposition|governs the accusative; triggers lenition}} cen (governs the accusative; triggers lenition) Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], cenutsu [emphatic, second-person, singular], cene [accusative, error-unrecognized-form, singular], cenae [accusative, error-unrecognized-form, singular], cenuibsi [dative, emphatic, plural, second-person], cenaib [accusative, plural, third-person], no-table-tags [table-tags], cen [error-unrecognized-form], chen [error-unrecognized-form], cen
  1. except Tags: triggers-lenition, with-accusative
    Sense id: en-cen-sga-prep-sRJ5VHvE Categories (other): Old Irish accusative prepositions, Old Irish prepositions Disambiguation of Old Irish accusative prepositions: 38 24 38 Disambiguation of Old Irish prepositions: 38 24 38
  2. without Tags: triggers-lenition, with-accusative
    Sense id: en-cen-sga-prep-EhayqIl1 Categories (other): Old Irish accusative prepositions, Old Irish prepositions Disambiguation of Old Irish accusative prepositions: 38 24 38 Disambiguation of Old Irish prepositions: 38 24 38
  3. not to (followed by a verbal noun) Tags: triggers-lenition, with-accusative
    Sense id: en-cen-sga-prep-4JbJApD~ Categories (other): Old Irish accusative prepositions, Old Irish entries with incorrect language header, Old Irish prepositions Disambiguation of Old Irish accusative prepositions: 38 24 38 Disambiguation of Old Irish entries with incorrect language header: 6 3 92 Disambiguation of Old Irish prepositions: 38 24 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cen ḟis do, cene

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "cen ḟis do"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "cene"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "gan"
          },
          "expansion": "Irish: gan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Irish: gan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gv",
            "2": "gyn"
          },
          "expansion": "Manx: gyn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Manx: gyn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gd",
            "2": "gun"
          },
          "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic: gun",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scottish Gaelic: gun"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*kina",
        "4": "",
        "5": "on this side of"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *kina (“on this side of”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ḱe",
        "t": "this, here"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ḱe (“this, here”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "ken",
        "t": "otherwise"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton ken (“otherwise”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *kina (“on this side of”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe (“this, here”); compare Breton ken (“otherwise”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "g",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cenutsu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cene",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cenae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cenuibsi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "emphatic",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cenaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cen",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chen",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cen",
      "source": "mutation"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "preposition",
        "3": "governs the accusative; triggers lenition"
      },
      "expansion": "cen (governs the accusative; triggers lenition)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "38 24 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish accusative prepositions",
          "parents": [
            "Accusative prepositions",
            "Prepositions",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 24 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish prepositions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "except"
      ],
      "id": "en-cen-sga-prep-sRJ5VHvE",
      "links": [
        [
          "except",
          "except"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "triggers-lenition",
        "with-accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "38 24 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish accusative prepositions",
          "parents": [
            "Accusative prepositions",
            "Prepositions",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 24 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish prepositions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Though he might be without some of them, he could not be without all of them.",
          "text": "Cía ru·bé cen ní diib, ní·rubai cenaib huli.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "without"
      ],
      "id": "en-cen-sga-prep-EhayqIl1",
      "links": [
        [
          "without",
          "without"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "triggers-lenition",
        "with-accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "38 24 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish accusative prepositions",
          "parents": [
            "Accusative prepositions",
            "Prepositions",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 3 92",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 24 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish prepositions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "what impels you pl not to forgive every injury that may have been done to you, and that you should not be about to sue [because of] it?",
          "text": "cid atob·aich cen dílgud cech ancridi do·gnethe frib, et ní bethe fria acre",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "not to (followed by a verbal noun)"
      ],
      "id": "en-cen-sga-prep-4JbJApD~",
      "links": [
        [
          "not",
          "not"
        ],
        [
          "to",
          "to"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "triggers-lenition",
        "with-accusative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʲen/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cen"
}
{
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    "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old Irish lemmas",
    "Old Irish prepositions",
    "Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "Pages with 8 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "cy:Lichens",
    "cy:Skin"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "cen ḟis do"
    },
    {
      "word": "cene"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "gan"
          },
          "expansion": "Irish: gan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Irish: gan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gv",
            "2": "gyn"
          },
          "expansion": "Manx: gyn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Manx: gyn"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gd",
            "2": "gun"
          },
          "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic: gun",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scottish Gaelic: gun"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*kina",
        "4": "",
        "5": "on this side of"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *kina (“on this side of”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ḱe",
        "t": "this, here"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ḱe (“this, here”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "ken",
        "t": "otherwise"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton ken (“otherwise”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *kina (“on this side of”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe (“this, here”); compare Breton ken (“otherwise”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "g",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cenutsu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cene",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cenae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cenuibsi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "emphatic",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cenaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cen",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chen",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cen",
      "source": "mutation"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "preposition",
        "3": "governs the accusative; triggers lenition"
      },
      "expansion": "cen (governs the accusative; triggers lenition)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "except"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "except",
          "except"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "triggers-lenition",
        "with-accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Irish terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Though he might be without some of them, he could not be without all of them.",
          "text": "Cía ru·bé cen ní diib, ní·rubai cenaib huli.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "without"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "without",
          "without"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "triggers-lenition",
        "with-accusative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Irish terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "what impels you pl not to forgive every injury that may have been done to you, and that you should not be about to sue [because of] it?",
          "text": "cid atob·aich cen dílgud cech ancridi do·gnethe frib, et ní bethe fria acre",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "not to (followed by a verbal noun)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "not",
          "not"
        ],
        [
          "to",
          "to"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "triggers-lenition",
        "with-accusative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʲen/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cen"
}

Download raw JSONL data for cen meaning in Old Irish (3.5kB)

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  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "preposition",
  "title": "cen",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Person:'",
  "path": [
    "cen"
  ],
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  "subsection": "preposition",
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}

{
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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'third m or n'",
  "path": [
    "cen"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "preposition",
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}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'third m or n'",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "preposition",
  "title": "cen",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'third f'",
  "path": [
    "cen"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "preposition",
  "title": "cen",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'third f'",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "preposition",
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  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: cen/Old Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "cen"
  ],
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  "subsection": "preposition",
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}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
  "path": [
    "cen"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "preposition",
  "title": "cen",
  "trace": ""
}

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

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  "called_from": "inflection/1826",
  "msg": "inflection table: empty tags for cen",
  "path": [
    "cen"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "preposition",
  "title": "cen",
  "trace": ""
}

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