"tara" meaning in Old Irish

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Determiner

Forms: in the meaning “his [triggers-lenition], its” [triggers-lenition], dara [alternative], tra [alternative]
Etymology: Univerbation of tar (“over, across”) + a (“his, her, its, their”) Etymology templates: {{univ|sga|tar|a|id2=his|t1=over, across|t2=his, her, its, their}} Univerbation of tar (“over, across”) + a (“his, her, its, their”) Head templates: {{head|sga|determiner|triggers lenition in the meaning “his, its”, /h/-prothesis in the meaning “her”, and nasalization in the meaning “their”|cat2=possessive determiners}} tara (triggers lenition in the meaning “his, its”, /h/-prothesis in the meaning “her”, and nasalization in the meaning “their”)
  1. over/across his/her/its/their
    Sense id: en-tara-sga-det-jb-6K2SC Categories (other): Old Irish determiners, Old Irish entries with incorrect language header, Old Irish possessive determiners, Old Irish terms suffixed with -a (relative), Old Irish univerbations Disambiguation of Old Irish entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of Old Irish terms suffixed with -a (relative): 38 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Pronoun

Forms: dara [alternative], tarsa [alternative]
Etymology: tar (“over, across”) + -a (relative pronoun) Etymology templates: {{af|sga|tar|-a|id2=relative|pos2=relative pronoun|t1=over, across}} tar (“over, across”) + -a (relative pronoun) Head templates: {{head|sga|pronoun|cat2=relative pronouns}} tara
  1. over/across which/whom Derived forms: tara·tóissed
    Sense id: en-tara-sga-pron-Tlv7aDCr Categories (other): Old Irish entries with incorrect language header, Old Irish pronouns, Old Irish relative pronouns, Old Irish terms suffixed with -a (relative) Disambiguation of Old Irish entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of Old Irish pronouns: 13 87 Disambiguation of Old Irish relative pronouns: 20 80 Disambiguation of Old Irish terms suffixed with -a (relative): 38 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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Download raw JSONL data for tara meaning in Old Irish (2.5kB)

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  "title": "tara",
  "trace": ""
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