"olc" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

See olc in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɔl̪ˠk/ (note: Lewis, Harris), [ɔl̪̊ˠk] (note: Lewis, Harris), /ɔl̪ˠxk/ (note: Uist, Barra, Skye), [ɔl̪̊ˠxk] (note: Uist, Barra, Skye) Forms: miosa [comparative], no-table-tags [table-tags], olc [error-unrecognized-form], n-olc [error-unrecognized-form], h-olc [error-unrecognized-form], t-olc [error-unrecognized-form]
Etymology: From Old Irish olc, from Proto-Celtic *ulkos. Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|sga|olc}} Old Irish olc, {{inh|gd|cel-pro|*ulkos}} Proto-Celtic *ulkos Head templates: {{head|gd|adjective|||||||||comparative|miosa|||||qualitative noun|miosad|||f1accel-form=gen|s|m|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|head=}} olc (comparative miosa, qualitative noun miosad), {{gd-adj|comp=miosa|qual=miosad}} olc (comparative miosa, qualitative noun miosad)
  1. evil, wicked, bad
    Sense id: en-olc-gd-adj-9yWNzTCb
  2. infamous, untoward, reprobate
    Sense id: en-olc-gd-adj-p4Cw~rrx Categories (other): Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 21 31 5 23 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dona, droch Derived forms: cha tig olc à teine (english: fire purifies (fig.)), co-olc (english: anger), co-olcach (english: angry), co-olcail (english: angry, annoyed), eadar math is olc (english: both good and bad), olc no èiginn (english: one way or another, anyway), olcas (english: wickedness, badness), thig an t-olc na bheachd (english: speak of the Devil), thig an t-olc ri iomradh (english: speak of the Devil)

Noun

IPA: /ɔl̪ˠk/ (note: Lewis, Harris), [ɔl̪̊ˠk] (note: Lewis, Harris), /ɔl̪ˠxk/ (note: Uist, Barra, Skye), [ɔl̪̊ˠxk] (note: Uist, Barra, Skye) Forms: uilc [genitive], uilc [plural]
Etymology: From Old Irish olc, from Proto-Celtic *ulkos. Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|sga|olc}} Old Irish olc, {{inh|gd|cel-pro|*ulkos}} Proto-Celtic *ulkos Head templates: {{head|gd|noun|genitive|uilc|plural|uilc|g=m}} olc m (genitive uilc, plural uilc)
  1. evil, wickedness Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-olc-gd-noun-NifLMxYK
  2. harm, hurt Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-olc-gd-noun-6bIjHETY
  3. infamy, mischief, wrongdoing Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-olc-gd-noun-2Pbc87PG

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "1": "gd",
        "2": "sga",
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      "expansion": "Old Irish olc",
      "name": "inh"
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        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*ulkos"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *ulkos",
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  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish olc, from Proto-Celtic *ulkos.",
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      "form": "uilc",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "english": "See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.",
          "text": "Nar fhaiceam olc, nar chluinneam olc, nar labhram olc.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The only way to conceal evil is not to commit it.",
          "text": "Chan eil cleith air an olc ach gun a dhèanamh.",
          "type": "example"
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      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ɔl̪ˠk/",
      "note": "Lewis, Harris"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɔl̪̊ˠk]",
      "note": "Lewis, Harris"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔl̪ˠxk/",
      "note": "Uist, Barra, Skye"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɔl̪̊ˠxk]",
      "note": "Uist, Barra, Skye"
    }
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "fire purifies (fig.)",
      "word": "cha tig olc à teine"
    },
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      "english": "anger",
      "word": "co-olc"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "angry",
      "word": "co-olcach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "angry, annoyed",
      "word": "co-olcail"
    },
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      "english": "both good and bad",
      "word": "eadar math is olc"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "one way or another, anyway",
      "word": "olc no èiginn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "wickedness, badness",
      "word": "olcas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "speak of the Devil",
      "word": "thig an t-olc na bheachd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "speak of the Devil",
      "word": "thig an t-olc ri iomradh"
    }
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    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
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      "form": "n-olc",
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      "form": "h-olc",
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      "form": "t-olc",
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        "2": "adjective",
        "20": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
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          "english": "It's a bad sign on the rock for the birds to go away.",
          "text": "'S olc an comharradh air a' chreig na h-eòin a bhith a' falbh aiste",
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        }
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          "untoward",
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        ]
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      "ipa": "/ɔl̪ˠk/",
      "note": "Lewis, Harris"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɔl̪̊ˠk]",
      "note": "Lewis, Harris"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔl̪ˠxk/",
      "note": "Uist, Barra, Skye"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɔl̪̊ˠxk]",
      "note": "Uist, Barra, Skye"
    }
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "dona"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "droch"
    }
  ],
  "word": "olc"
}
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        {
          "english": "See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.",
          "text": "Nar fhaiceam olc, nar chluinneam olc, nar labhram olc.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The only way to conceal evil is not to commit it.",
          "text": "Chan eil cleith air an olc ach gun a dhèanamh.",
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        "evil, wickedness"
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      "glosses": [
        "infamy, mischief, wrongdoing"
      ],
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        ],
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          "mischief",
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          "wrongdoing",
          "wrongdoing"
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        "masculine"
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      "ipa": "/ɔl̪ˠk/",
      "note": "Lewis, Harris"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɔl̪̊ˠk]",
      "note": "Lewis, Harris"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔl̪ˠxk/",
      "note": "Uist, Barra, Skye"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɔl̪̊ˠxk]",
      "note": "Uist, Barra, Skye"
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    {
      "english": "fire purifies (fig.)",
      "word": "cha tig olc à teine"
    },
    {
      "english": "anger",
      "word": "co-olc"
    },
    {
      "english": "angry",
      "word": "co-olcach"
    },
    {
      "english": "angry, annoyed",
      "word": "co-olcail"
    },
    {
      "english": "both good and bad",
      "word": "eadar math is olc"
    },
    {
      "english": "one way or another, anyway",
      "word": "olc no èiginn"
    },
    {
      "english": "wickedness, badness",
      "word": "olcas"
    },
    {
      "english": "speak of the Devil",
      "word": "thig an t-olc na bheachd"
    },
    {
      "english": "speak of the Devil",
      "word": "thig an t-olc ri iomradh"
    }
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      "form": "h-olc",
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    },
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        {
          "english": "It's a bad sign on the rock for the birds to go away.",
          "text": "'S olc an comharradh air a' chreig na h-eòin a bhith a' falbh aiste",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "evil, wicked, bad"
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          "bad",
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "infamous, untoward, reprobate"
      ],
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        [
          "infamous",
          "infamous"
        ],
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          "untoward",
          "untoward"
        ],
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          "reprobate",
          "reprobate"
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔl̪ˠk/",
      "note": "Lewis, Harris"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɔl̪̊ˠk]",
      "note": "Lewis, Harris"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɔl̪ˠxk/",
      "note": "Uist, Barra, Skye"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɔl̪̊ˠxk]",
      "note": "Uist, Barra, Skye"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "dona"
    },
    {
      "word": "droch"
    }
  ],
  "word": "olc"
}

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

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  "msg": "unrecognized head form: qualitative noun miosad",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "olc",
  "trace": ""
}

{
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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: olc/Scottish Gaelic 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "olc"
  ],
  "section": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "olc",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'eclipsis'",
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  "section": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "olc",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: olc/Scottish Gaelic 'with h-prothesis' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form'}",
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  "subsection": "adjective",
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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: olc/Scottish Gaelic 'with t-prothesis' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form'}",
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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 2025-02-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-02-02 using wiktextract (ca09fec and c40eb85). 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.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.