"dul" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

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Noun

IPA: /t̪ul̪ˠ/ Forms: dula [genitive, singular], dulachan [plural]
Etymology: From Old Irish dul (“snare, trap”). Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|sga|dul||snare, trap}} Old Irish dul (“snare, trap”) Head templates: {{head|gd|noun|||||||genitive singular|dula|||||||||plural|dulachan||||||{{{pl4}}}|||cat2=|f10accel-form=p|f11accel-form=genpl|f1accel-form=dat|s|f2accel-form=dat|s|f3accel-form=dat|s|f4accel-form=gen|s|f5accel-form=gen|s|f6accel-form=gen|s|f7accel-form=gen|s|f8accel-form=p|f9accel-form=p|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} dul m (genitive singular dula, plural dulachan), {{gd-noun|g=m|gen=dula|pl=dulachan}} dul m (genitive singular dula, plural dulachan)
  1. loop, noose, link Tags: masculine Synonyms: lùb Derived forms: dul-briogais, dul-iuchrach
    Sense id: en-dul-gd-noun-DT7DarzY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /t̪ul̪ˠ/ Forms: dul [genitive, singular]
Etymology: From Old Irish dul (“going, to go”), verbal noun of téit. Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|sga|dul||going, to go}} Old Irish dul (“going, to go”) Head templates: {{head|gd|noun|||||||genitive singular|dul|||||||no plural|||-||||||{{{pl4}}}|||cat2=|f10accel-form=p|f11accel-form=genpl|f1accel-form=dat|s|f2accel-form=dat|s|f3accel-form=dat|s|f4accel-form=gen|s|f5accel-form=gen|s|f6accel-form=gen|s|f7accel-form=gen|s|f8accel-form=p|f9accel-form=p|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} dul m (genitive singular dul, no plural), {{gd-noun|g=m|gen=dul|pl=-}} dul m (genitive singular dul, no plural)
  1. Ross-shire, Sutherland, East Inverness-shire, and Deeside form of dol Tags: masculine, no-plural
    Sense id: en-dul-gd-noun-7HAe~L3m Categories (other): Deeside Scottish Gaelic, Ross-shire Scottish Gaelic, Sutherland Scottish Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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Download raw JSONL data for dul meaning in Scottish Gaelic (3.8kB)

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