"cha" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

See cha in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Particle

IPA: /xa/
Etymology: From Middle Irish nochan, from Old Irish nícon, from ní (“not”) + con (“toward”). Cognates include Irish cha and Manx cha. Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|mga|nochan}} Middle Irish nochan, {{inh|gd|sga|nícon}} Old Irish nícon, {{cog|ga|cha}} Irish cha, {{cog|gv|cha}} Manx cha Head templates: {{head|gd|particle}} cha
  1. Used together with a dependent form of a verb to form the negative: not
    Sense id: en-cha-gd-particle-Pb4iR5AL Categories (other): Pages with 27 entries, Pages with entries, Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header, Scottish Gaelic particles Disambiguation of Pages with 27 entries: 2 7 13 3 2 2 2 2 7 1 0 1 17 2 8 2 0 18 1 2 3 0 0 1 1 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 7 10 4 1 1 1 1 10 1 0 1 20 1 10 1 0 22 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic particles: 95 5

Verb

IPA: /xa/
Etymology: From Middle Irish nochan, from Old Irish nícon, from ní (“not”) + con (“toward”). Cognates include Irish cha and Manx cha. Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|mga|nochan}} Middle Irish nochan, {{inh|gd|sga|nícon}} Old Irish nícon, {{cog|ga|cha}} Irish cha, {{cog|gv|cha}} Manx cha Head templates: {{head|gd|verb}} cha Inflection templates: {{gd-conj-is}} Forms: irregular [table-tags], is mi [first-person, independent, present, singular], is tu [independent, present, second-person, singular], is e [error-unrecognized-form, independent, present, singular], i [error-unrecognized-form, independent, present, singular], is sinn [first-person, independent, plural, present], is sibh [independent, plural, present, second-person], is iad [independent, plural, present, third-person], bu mhi [first-person, independent, past, singular], bu tu [independent, past, second-person, singular], b' e [error-unrecognized-form, independent, past, singular], i [error-unrecognized-form, independent, past, singular], bu sinn [first-person, independent, past, plural], bu sibh [independent, past, plural, second-person], b' iad [independent, past, plural, third-person], bu mhi [conditional, first-person, independent, singular], bu tu [conditional, independent, second-person, singular], b' e [conditional, error-unrecognized-form, independent, singular], i [conditional, error-unrecognized-form, independent, singular], bu sinn [conditional, first-person, independent, plural], bu sibh [conditional, independent, plural, second-person], b' iad [conditional, independent, plural, third-person], cha mhi [first-person, negative, present, singular], cha tu [negative, present, second-person, singular], chan e [error-unrecognized-form, negative, present, singular], i [error-unrecognized-form, negative, present, singular], cha sinn [first-person, negative, plural, present], cha sibh [negative, plural, present, second-person], chan iad [negative, plural, present, third-person], cha bu mhi [first-person, negative, past, singular], cha bu tu [negative, past, second-person, singular], cha b' e [error-unrecognized-form, negative, past, singular], i [error-unrecognized-form, negative, past, singular], cha bu sinn [first-person, negative, past, plural], cha bu sibh [negative, past, plural, second-person], cha b' iad [negative, past, plural, third-person], cha bu mhi [conditional, first-person, negative, singular], cha bu tu [conditional, negative, second-person, singular], cha b' e [conditional, error-unrecognized-form, negative, singular], i [conditional, error-unrecognized-form, negative, singular], cha bu sinn [conditional, first-person, negative, plural], cha bu sibh [conditional, negative, plural, second-person], cha b' iad [conditional, negative, plural, third-person], am mi? [error-unrecognized-form, first-person, present, singular], an tu? [error-unrecognized-form, present, second-person, singular], an e [error-unrecognized-form, present, singular], i? [error-unrecognized-form, present, singular], an sinn? [error-unrecognized-form, first-person, plural, present], an sibh? [error-unrecognized-form, plural, present, second-person], an iad? [error-unrecognized-form, plural, present, third-person], am bu mhi? [error-unrecognized-form, first-person, past, singular], am bu tu? [error-unrecognized-form, past, second-person, singular], am b' e [error-unrecognized-form, past, singular], i? [error-unrecognized-form, past, singular], am bu sinn? [error-unrecognized-form, first-person, past, plural], am bu sibh? [error-unrecognized-form, past, plural, second-person], am b' iad? [error-unrecognized-form, past, plural, third-person], am bu mhi? [conditional, error-unrecognized-form, first-person, singular], am bu tu? [conditional, error-unrecognized-form, second-person, singular], am b' e [conditional, error-unrecognized-form, singular], i? [conditional, error-unrecognized-form, singular], am bu sinn? [conditional, error-unrecognized-form, first-person, plural], am bu sibh? [conditional, error-unrecognized-form, plural, second-person], am b' iad? [conditional, error-unrecognized-form, plural, third-person], nach mi? [first-person, interrogative, negative, present, singular], nach tu? [interrogative, negative, present, second-person, singular], nach e [error-unrecognized-form, interrogative, negative, present, singular], i? [error-unrecognized-form, interrogative, negative, present, singular], nach sinn? [first-person, interrogative, negative, plural, present], nach sibh? [interrogative, negative, plural, present, second-person], nach iad? [interrogative, negative, plural, present, third-person], nach bu mhi? [first-person, interrogative, negative, past, singular], nach bu tu? [interrogative, negative, past, second-person, singular], nach b' e [error-unrecognized-form, interrogative, negative, past, singular], i? [error-unrecognized-form, interrogative, negative, past, singular], nach bu sinn? [first-person, interrogative, negative, past, plural], nach bu sibh? [interrogative, negative, past, plural, second-person], nach b' iad? [interrogative, negative, past, plural, third-person], nach bu mhi? [conditional, first-person, interrogative, negative, singular], nach bu tu? [conditional, interrogative, negative, second-person, singular], nach b' e [conditional, error-unrecognized-form, interrogative, negative, singular], i? [conditional, error-unrecognized-form, interrogative, negative, singular], nach bu sinn? [conditional, first-person, interrogative, negative, plural], nach bu sibh? [conditional, interrogative, negative, plural, second-person], nach b' iad? [conditional, interrogative, negative, plural, third-person]
  1. Negative forms of the copula: is not
    Sense id: en-cha-gd-verb-SgcJEdu9
     
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "nícon"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish nícon",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cha"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish cha",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gv",
        "2": "cha"
      },
      "expansion": "Manx cha",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish nochan, from Old Irish nícon, from ní (“not”) + con (“toward”). Cognates include Irish cha and Manx cha.",
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      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "particle"
      },
      "expansion": "cha",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "cha"
  ],
  "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 7 13 3 2 2 2 2 7 1 0 1 17 2 8 2 0 18 1 2 3 0 0 1 1 2 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 27 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 7 10 4 1 1 1 1 10 1 0 1 20 1 10 1 0 22 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "90 10",
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          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "95 5",
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          "name": "Scottish Gaelic particles",
          "parents": [],
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        }
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            [
              7,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Ian didn't have a wife.",
          "text": "Cha robh bean aig Iain.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used together with a dependent form of a verb to form the negative: not"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "not",
          "not"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/xa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cha"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "mga",
        "3": "nochan"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish nochan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "nícon"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish nícon",
      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cha"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish cha",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "gv",
        "2": "cha"
      },
      "expansion": "Manx cha",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish nochan, from Old Irish nícon, from ní (“not”) + con (“toward”). Cognates include Irish cha and Manx cha.",
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      "form": "irregular",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gd-conj-is",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is mi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "independent",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is tu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "independent",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is e",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "independent",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "independent",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is sinn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "independent",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is sibh",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "independent",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is iad",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "independent",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bu mhi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "independent",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bu tu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "independent",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "b' e",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "independent",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "independent",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bu sinn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "independent",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bu sibh",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "independent",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "b' iad",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "independent",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bu mhi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "independent",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bu tu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "independent",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "b' e",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "independent",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "independent",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bu sinn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "independent",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bu sibh",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "independent",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "b' iad",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "independent",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cha mhi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "negative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cha tu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chan e",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "negative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "negative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cha sinn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cha sibh",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chan iad",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cha bu mhi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "negative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cha bu tu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cha b' e",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "negative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "negative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cha bu sinn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "negative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cha bu sibh",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cha b' iad",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "negative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cha bu mhi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "negative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cha bu tu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "negative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cha b' e",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "negative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "negative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cha bu sinn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "negative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cha bu sibh",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cha b' iad",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "am mi?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an tu?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an e",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "i?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an sinn?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an sibh?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an iad?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "am bu mhi?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "am bu tu?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "am b' e",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "i?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "am bu sinn?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "am bu sibh?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "am b' iad?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "am bu mhi?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "am bu tu?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "am b' e",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "i?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "am bu sinn?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "am bu sibh?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "am b' iad?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nach mi?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "interrogative",
        "negative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nach tu?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "interrogative",
        "negative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nach e",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "interrogative",
        "negative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "i?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "interrogative",
        "negative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nach sinn?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "interrogative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nach sibh?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "interrogative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nach iad?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "interrogative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "present",
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        "negative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nach b' e",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "interrogative",
        "negative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "i?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "interrogative",
        "negative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nach bu sinn?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "interrogative",
        "negative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nach bu sibh?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "interrogative",
        "negative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nach b' iad?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "interrogative",
        "negative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nach bu mhi?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "interrogative",
        "negative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nach bu tu?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "interrogative",
        "negative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nach b' e",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "interrogative",
        "negative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "i?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "interrogative",
        "negative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nach bu sinn?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "interrogative",
        "negative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nach bu sibh?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "interrogative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nach b' iad?",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "interrogative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "cha",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "cha"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gd-conj-is"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Scottish Gaelic terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I am not my father.",
          "text": "Cha mhise m’ athair.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              22,
              27
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "english": "A table without bread is no table but bread is a table by itself.",
          "text": "Cha bhòrd bòrd gun aran ach ’s bòrd aran leis fhèin.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I don't like cheese.",
          "text": "Cha toigh leam càise.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Negative forms of the copula: is not"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "is",
          "is"
        ],
        [
          "not",
          "not"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/xa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cha"
}

Download raw JSONL data for cha meaning in Scottish Gaelic (13.1kB)

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'third m/f'",
  "path": [
    "cha"
  ],
  "section": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "cha",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'affirmative interrogative'",
  "path": [
    "cha"
  ],
  "section": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "cha",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'affirmative interrogative'",
  "path": [
    "cha"
  ],
  "section": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "cha",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'affirmative interrogative'",
  "path": [
    "cha"
  ],
  "section": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "cha",
  "trace": ""
}

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