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"t": "must"
},
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"name": "bor"
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{
"args": {
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"2": "sga",
"3": "benaid",
"t": "to strike"
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"etymology_text": "Possibly from Scots maun (“must”), or a corruption of bean (“touch, handle”) from Old Irish benaid (“to strike”).",
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},
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"form": "cha mhand",
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"form": "cha mhandadh",
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"10": "am mand",
"11": "conditional indicative positive",
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"13": "negative",
"14": "cha mhandadh",
"15": "question",
"16": "am mandadh",
"2": "verb",
"3": "defective",
"4": "",
"5": "future indicative positive",
"6": "mandaidh",
"7": "negative",
"8": "cha mhand",
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"2": "most of",
"3": "_",
"4": "South Argyll",
"5": "particularly",
"6": "Islay"
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"name": "tlb"
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"pos": "verb",
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"source": "w"
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"source": "w"
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"english": "I can come",
"text": "mandaidh mi tighinn",
"translation": "I can come",
"type": "example"
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"english": "I cannot come",
"text": "cha mhand mi tighinn",
"translation": "I cannot come",
"type": "example"
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"english": "would I be able to speak to him?",
"text": "am mandadh mi bruidhinn ris?",
"translation": "would I be able to speak to him?",
"type": "example"
}
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"may, can (be able to)"
],
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"word": "'s urrainn do"
},
{
"alt": "Benbecula, South Uist",
"word": "dearg"
}
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]
}
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"ipa": "/mɛn̪ˠt̪/",
"note": "Islay"
}
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"word": "mand"
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"name": "bor"
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"1": "gd",
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"indicative",
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"form": "cha mhand",
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"negative"
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"negative"
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"15": "question",
"16": "am mandadh",
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"5": "future indicative positive",
"6": "mandaidh",
"7": "negative",
"8": "cha mhand",
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"Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Scots",
"Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish",
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"english": "I cannot come",
"text": "cha mhand mi tighinn",
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"english": "would I be able to speak to him?",
"text": "am mandadh mi bruidhinn ris?",
"translation": "would I be able to speak to him?",
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"may, can (be able to)"
],
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"may",
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"can",
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"ipa": "/mɛn̪ˠt̪/",
"note": "Islay"
}
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"word": "'s urrainn do"
},
{
"alt": "Benbecula, South Uist",
"word": "dearg"
}
],
"word": "mand"
}
Download raw JSONL data for mand meaning in Scottish Gaelic (2.8kB)
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"title": "mand",
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