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{
"derived": [
{
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"english": "village, small town",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "baile beag"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "bit by bit",
"tags": [
"adverb"
],
"word": "beag air bheag"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "tiny",
"tags": [
"adjective"
],
"word": "beag bìodach"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "small-scale",
"tags": [
"adjective"
],
"word": "beag-sgèile"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "a little, a few",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "beagan"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "dwarf birch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "beith bheag"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "crested tit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cailleach bheag a' chìrein"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "long-tailed tit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cailleach bheag an earbaill"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "little owl",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "comhachag-bheag"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "filibeg, kilt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fèileadh beag"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "whimbrel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "guilbneach-beag"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "less is more; better is the small fire that warms than the great fire that burns",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "is fheàrr an teine beag a gharas na an teine mòr a loisgeas"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "weasel",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "neas bheag"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"english": "toilet, water closet",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "taigh beag"
}
],
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"2": "sga",
"3": "bec",
"t": "small, little"
},
"expansion": "Old Irish bec (“small, little”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gv",
"2": "beg"
},
"expansion": "Manx beg",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "beag"
},
"expansion": "Irish beag",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gd",
"2": "cel-pro",
"3": "*biggos",
"t": "small"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Celtic *biggos (“small”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "br",
"2": "bic'han",
"3": "bic’han"
},
"expansion": "Breton bic’han",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "bach"
},
"expansion": "Welsh bach",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "bychan"
},
"expansion": "bychan",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Irish bec (“small, little”) (compare Manx beg, Irish beag), from Proto-Celtic *biggos (“small”) (compare Breton bic’han and Welsh bach, bychan).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "big",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bige",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "beaga",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bige",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "lugha",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "I adjective",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "beag",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "bheag",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "beaga",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bhig",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"form": "bige",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "beaga",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "beag",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"form": "bhig",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "beaga",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bhig",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "bheag",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "beaga",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "mutation",
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"table-tags"
]
},
{
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"source": "mutation",
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"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "beag",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"mutation",
"mutation-radical"
]
},
{
"form": "bheag",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"lenition",
"mutation"
]
}
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"10": "beaga",
"11": "comparative",
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"14": "lugha",
"15": "",
"16": "",
"17": "",
"18": "",
"19": "",
"2": "adjective",
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"4": "big",
"5": "genitive singular feminine",
"6": "bige",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"9": "nominative plural",
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"f2accel-form": "gen|s|f",
"f3accel-form": "gen|s|f",
"f4accel-form": "p",
"f5accel-form": "comparative",
"f6accel-form": "comparative",
"f7accel-form": "comparative",
"f8accel-form": "qualitative",
"f9accel-form": "qualitative",
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},
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"comp2": "lugha",
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"gsm": "big",
"pl": "beaga"
},
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"2": "eag",
"3": "ig"
},
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{
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"10": "beaga",
"11": "beaga",
"12": "beaga",
"2": "bhig",
"3": "beag",
"4": "bhig",
"5": "bheag",
"6": "bige",
"7": "bhig",
"8": "bheag",
"9": "beaga",
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{
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],
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"lang_code": "gd",
"pos": "adj",
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{
"categories": [],
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{
"english": "a small man",
"text": "duine beag",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "a short time",
"text": "ùine bheag",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"small, little, short, diminutive"
],
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"links": [
[
"small",
"small"
],
[
"little",
"little"
],
[
"short",
"short"
],
[
"diminutive",
"diminutive"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "I hate you. (literally, “You are disagreeable to me.”)",
"text": "Is beag orm thu.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"disagreeable"
],
"id": "en-beag-gd-adj-QVoCyZ0L",
"links": [
[
"disagreeable",
"disagreeable"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "This is a trifling thing.",
"text": "Is beag seo.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"light, trifling, insignificant"
],
"id": "en-beag-gd-adj-DqpbPEjn",
"links": [
[
"light",
"light"
],
[
"trifling",
"trifling"
],
[
"insignificant",
"insignificant"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "the young foxes",
"text": "na sionnaich bheaga",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"young"
],
"id": "en-beag-gd-adj-27qSHOIF",
"links": [
[
"young",
"young"
]
]
},
{
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{
"_dis": "5 4 6 2 83",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Scottish Gaelic links with redundant wikilinks",
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],
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}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "That is a poor sort of Gaelic.",
"text": "Is beag sin de Ghàidhlig.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Tha e fìor bheag 'n a nàdar. ― He has a very niggardly disposition.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"sordid, miserly, niggardly"
],
"id": "en-beag-gd-adj-UhvEfdtP",
"links": [
[
"sordid",
"sordid"
],
[
"miserly",
"miserly"
],
[
"niggardly",
"niggardly"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/pek/"
},
{
"ipa": "[pɤk]",
"tags": [
"Lewis"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "bìodach"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "mean"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "meanbh"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "mion"
}
],
"word": "beag"
}
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"Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
"Scottish Gaelic lemmas",
"Scottish Gaelic links with redundant wikilinks",
"Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish",
"Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
"Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "village, small town",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "baile beag"
},
{
"english": "bit by bit",
"tags": [
"adverb"
],
"word": "beag air bheag"
},
{
"english": "tiny",
"tags": [
"adjective"
],
"word": "beag bìodach"
},
{
"english": "small-scale",
"tags": [
"adjective"
],
"word": "beag-sgèile"
},
{
"english": "a little, a few",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "beagan"
},
{
"english": "dwarf birch",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "beith bheag"
},
{
"english": "crested tit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cailleach bheag a' chìrein"
},
{
"english": "long-tailed tit",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cailleach bheag an earbaill"
},
{
"english": "little owl",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "comhachag-bheag"
},
{
"english": "filibeg, kilt",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fèileadh beag"
},
{
"english": "whimbrel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "guilbneach-beag"
},
{
"english": "less is more; better is the small fire that warms than the great fire that burns",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "is fheàrr an teine beag a gharas na an teine mòr a loisgeas"
},
{
"english": "weasel",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "neas bheag"
},
{
"english": "toilet, water closet",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "taigh beag"
}
],
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"2": "sga",
"3": "bec",
"t": "small, little"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
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"2": "beg"
},
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},
{
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"2": "bach"
},
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},
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},
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}
],
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"source": "declension",
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},
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"source": "declension",
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]
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{
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"17": "",
"18": "",
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],
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{
"english": "a small man",
"text": "duine beag",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "a short time",
"text": "ùine bheag",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"small, little, short, diminutive"
],
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"small",
"small"
],
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"little",
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],
[
"short",
"short"
],
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]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Scottish Gaelic terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "I hate you. (literally, “You are disagreeable to me.”)",
"text": "Is beag orm thu.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"disagreeable"
],
"links": [
[
"disagreeable",
"disagreeable"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Scottish Gaelic terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "This is a trifling thing.",
"text": "Is beag seo.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"light, trifling, insignificant"
],
"links": [
[
"light",
"light"
],
[
"trifling",
"trifling"
],
[
"insignificant",
"insignificant"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
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],
"examples": [
{
"english": "the young foxes",
"text": "na sionnaich bheaga",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"young"
],
"links": [
[
"young",
"young"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Scottish Gaelic terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "That is a poor sort of Gaelic.",
"text": "Is beag sin de Ghàidhlig.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "Tha e fìor bheag 'n a nàdar. ― He has a very niggardly disposition.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"sordid, miserly, niggardly"
],
"links": [
[
"sordid",
"sordid"
],
[
"miserly",
"miserly"
],
[
"niggardly",
"niggardly"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/pek/"
},
{
"ipa": "[pɤk]",
"tags": [
"Lewis"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "bìodach"
},
{
"word": "mean"
},
{
"word": "meanbh"
},
{
"word": "mion"
}
],
"word": "beag"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Scottish Gaelic dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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