"nèamh" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

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Noun

Forms: nèimh [genitive, singular], nèamhan [plural]
Etymology: From Old Irish nem (compare Irish neamh, Manx niau), from Proto-Celtic *nemos (“heaven, sky”) (compare Welsh and Cornish nef, Breton neñv), from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (compare Russian не́бо (nébo)). Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|sga|nem}} Old Irish nem, {{cog|ga|neamh}} Irish neamh, {{cog|gv|niau}} Manx niau, {{inh|gd|cel-pro|*nemos||heaven, sky}} Proto-Celtic *nemos (“heaven, sky”), {{inh|gd|ine-pro|*nébʰos}} Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos, {{cog|ru|не́бо}} Russian не́бо (nébo) Head templates: {{head|gd|noun|||||||genitive singular|nèimh|||||||plural|nèamhan||||||{{{pl4}}}|||cat2=|f10accel-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=p|f8accel-form=p|f9accel-form=p|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} nèamh m (genitive singular nèimh, plural nèamhan), {{gd-noun|g=m|gen=nèimh|pl=nèamhan|sort=neamh}} nèamh m (genitive singular nèimh, plural nèamhan)
  1. heaven, paradise Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Religion
    Sense id: en-nèamh-gd-noun-mwQOZ4x7 Disambiguation of Religion: 57 43 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 49 51
  2. (rare) heavens, sky Tags: masculine, rare
    Sense id: en-nèamh-gd-noun-piH2fRmR Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nèamhaidh

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nèamhaidh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "nem"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish nem",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "neamh"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish neamh",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gv",
        "2": "niau"
      },
      "expansion": "Manx niau",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*nemos",
        "4": "",
        "5": "heaven, sky"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *nemos (“heaven, sky”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*nébʰos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "не́бо"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian не́бо (nébo)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish nem (compare Irish neamh, Manx niau), from Proto-Celtic *nemos (“heaven, sky”) (compare Welsh and Cornish nef, Breton neñv), from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (compare Russian не́бо (nébo)).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nèimh",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nèamhan",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "10": "nèimh",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "plural",
        "18": "nèamhan",
        "19": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "20": "",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "{{{pl4}}}",
        "25": "",
        "26": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "genitive singular",
        "cat2": "",
        "f10accel-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": "p",
        "f8accel-form": "p",
        "f9accel-form": "p",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "nèamh m (genitive singular nèimh, plural nèamhan)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "gen": "nèimh",
        "pl": "nèamhan",
        "sort": "neamh"
      },
      "expansion": "nèamh m (genitive singular nèimh, plural nèamhan)",
      "name": "gd-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "57 43",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "gd",
          "name": "Religion",
          "orig": "gd:Religion",
          "parents": [
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "heaven, paradise"
      ],
      "id": "en-nèamh-gd-noun-mwQOZ4x7",
      "links": [
        [
          "heaven",
          "heaven"
        ],
        [
          "paradise",
          "paradise"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "heavens, sky"
      ],
      "id": "en-nèamh-gd-noun-piH2fRmR",
      "links": [
        [
          "heavens",
          "heavens"
        ],
        [
          "sky",
          "sky"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) heavens, sky"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "nèamh"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Scottish Gaelic lemmas",
    "Scottish Gaelic masculine nouns",
    "Scottish Gaelic nouns",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "gd-noun 2",
    "gd:Religion"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "nèamhaidh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "nem"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish nem",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "neamh"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish neamh",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gv",
        "2": "niau"
      },
      "expansion": "Manx niau",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*nemos",
        "4": "",
        "5": "heaven, sky"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *nemos (“heaven, sky”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*nébʰos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "не́бо"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian не́бо (nébo)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish nem (compare Irish neamh, Manx niau), from Proto-Celtic *nemos (“heaven, sky”) (compare Welsh and Cornish nef, Breton neñv), from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (compare Russian не́бо (nébo)).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nèimh",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nèamhan",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "10": "nèimh",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "plural",
        "18": "nèamhan",
        "19": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "20": "",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "{{{pl4}}}",
        "25": "",
        "26": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "genitive singular",
        "cat2": "",
        "f10accel-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": "p",
        "f8accel-form": "p",
        "f9accel-form": "p",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "nèamh m (genitive singular nèimh, plural nèamhan)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "gen": "nèimh",
        "pl": "nèamhan",
        "sort": "neamh"
      },
      "expansion": "nèamh m (genitive singular nèimh, plural nèamhan)",
      "name": "gd-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "heaven, paradise"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "heaven",
          "heaven"
        ],
        [
          "paradise",
          "paradise"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Scottish Gaelic terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "heavens, sky"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "heavens",
          "heavens"
        ],
        [
          "sky",
          "sky"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) heavens, sky"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "nèamh"
}

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