"gath" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

See gath in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɡah/
Etymology: From Old Irish gath. Cognate with Irish ga. Compare Proto-Germanic *gaizaz (“spear”), Ancient Greek χαῖος (khaîos, “shepherd's crook”), Proto-Celtic *gaisos. Etymology templates: {{dercat|gd|cel-pro|ine-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|gd|sga|gath}} Old Irish gath, {{cog|ga|ga}} Irish ga, {{cog|gem-pro|*gaizaz|t=spear}} Proto-Germanic *gaizaz (“spear”), {{cog|grc|χαῖος|t=shepherd's crook}} Ancient Greek χαῖος (khaîos, “shepherd's crook”), {{cog|cel-pro|*gaisos}} Proto-Celtic *gaisos Head templates: {{head|gd|noun|||||||genitive singular|gatha|||||||plural|gathan|or|gathannan|or|gathachan||{{{pl4}}}|cat2=|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=p|f8accel-form=p|f9accel-form=p|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} gath m (genitive singular gatha, plural gathan or gathannan or gathachan), {{gd-noun|g=m|gen=gatha|pl=gathan|pl2=gathannan|pl3=gathachan}} gath m (genitive singular gatha, plural gathan or gathannan or gathachan) Forms: gatha [genitive, singular], gathan [plural], gathannan [plural], gathachan [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], gath [indefinite, nominative, singular], gathan [indefinite, nominative, plural], gatha [genitive, indefinite, singular], ghathan [genitive, indefinite, plural], gatha [dative, indefinite, singular], gathan [dative, indefinite, plural], gath [definite, nominative, singular], an gath [definite, nominative, singular], gathan [definite, nominative, plural], na gathan [definite, nominative, plural], (a') ghatha [definite, genitive, singular], gathan [definite, genitive, plural], nan gathan [definite, genitive, plural], (a') ghatha [dative, definite, singular], gathan [dative, definite, plural], na gathan [dative, definite, plural], ghath [definite, singular, vocative], ghathan [definite, plural, vocative], no-table-tags [table-tags], gath [error-unrecognized-form], ghath [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. beam, ray (of light) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-gath-gd-noun-GoUYo6qf
  2. barb, thorn Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-gath-gd-noun-50fHjWxv Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 17 4 4 23 13 14 12 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 4 4 23 13 14 12 13 Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 3 43 12 10 19 14
  3. spear, javelin Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Weapons Synonyms (spear): sleagh
    Sense id: en-gath-gd-noun-zJhjJMXC Disambiguation of Weapons: 1 21 55 10 7 6 Disambiguation of 'spear': 0 0 100 0 0 0
  4. arrow, dart Tags: masculine Synonyms (arrow): saighead Coordinate_terms (arrow): bogha (english: bow)
    Sense id: en-gath-gd-noun-t3BvcUOa Disambiguation of 'arrow': 0 0 0 100 0 0 Disambiguation of 'arrow': 0 0 0 100 0 0
  5. sting (of an insect) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-gath-gd-noun-on2SEQZz
  6. knot, lump Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-gath-gd-noun-uiiVTu17

Inflected forms

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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɡah/"
    }
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      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
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        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beam",
          "beam"
        ],
        [
          "ray",
          "ray"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "barb, thorn"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "barb",
          "barb"
        ],
        [
          "thorn",
          "thorn"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "spear, javelin"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spear",
          "spear"
        ],
        [
          "javelin",
          "javelin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "arrow, dart"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "arrow",
          "arrow"
        ],
        [
          "dart",
          "dart"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sting (of an insect)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sting",
          "sting"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "knot, lump"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "knot",
          "knot"
        ],
        [
          "lump",
          "lump"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡah/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "arrow",
      "word": "saighead"
    },
    {
      "sense": "spear",
      "word": "sleagh"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gath"
}

Download raw JSONL data for gath meaning in Scottish Gaelic (5.3kB)

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  "section": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "gath",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "Colspan 999 over 30, set to 1",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Scottish Gaelic dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-20 using wiktextract (c15a5ce and 5c11237). 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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