"seillean" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

See seillean in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: seillein [genitive, singular], seilleanan [plural]
Etymology: Perhaps from a variant form of Middle Irish teillenn (“swarm of bees”). Compare Irish seileán (“(wild) honey-bee”) and Manx shellan (“bee”). Etymology templates: {{der|gd|mga|teillenn|t=swarm of bees}} Middle Irish teillenn (“swarm of bees”), {{cog|ga|seileán||(wild) honey-bee}} Irish seileán (“(wild) honey-bee”), {{cog|gv|shellan||bee}} Manx shellan (“bee”) Head templates: {{head|gd|noun|||||||genitive singular|seillein|||||||plural|seilleanan||||||{{{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=}} seillean m (genitive singular seillein, plural seilleanan), {{gd-noun|g=m|gen=seillein|pl=seilleanan}} seillean m (genitive singular seillein, plural seilleanan)
  1. bee, heath or field-bee (Superfamily Apoidea) Tags: masculine Categories (lifeform): Bees
    Sense id: en-seillean-gd-noun-tWCFoDmR Disambiguation of Bees: 89 11 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header, Scottish Gaelic links with redundant alt parameters, Scottish Gaelic links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11 Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic links with redundant alt parameters: 74 26 Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic links with redundant wikilinks: 77 23
  2. teasing request or repetition Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-seillean-gd-noun-9nW1184E
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bòl-sheillean, cèir-sheillean, cràin-sheillean, gath-seillein, marbhaiche-sheillean, mil-seillein, proimsheillean, seillean aodainn-bhuidhe, seillean càrdair cumanta, seillean càrdair na còinnich, seillean càrdair nan lurgann dearg, seillean gearradair-dhuilleag, seillean mòr, seillean-achaidh, seillean-cuthaige, seillean-dé, seillean-dìomhain, seillean-dìomhair, seillean-dubh, seillean-each, seillean-lunndach, seillean-meala, seillean-mil, seillean-mòr, seillean-mór, seillean-mòr a' bhlàir-fhraoich, seillean-mòr a' chrios bhriste, seillean-mòr an earbaill bhàin, seillean-mòr an earbaill bhuidhe-bhàn, seillean-mòr an earbaill dheirg, seillean-mòr buidhe, seillean-mòr cuthaig bharbut, seillean-mòr earball-bàn a' Chinn a Tuath, seillean-mòr gàrraidh, seillean-mòr na cuthaig achaidh, seillean-mòr na cuthaig coille, seillean-mòr na cuthaig shiopsaich, seillean-mòr nan dearcan-fraoich, seillean-mòr tràth, seillean-nimh, seillean-obrach, seillean-ruadh, seillean-seimhid, seillean-sgip Related terms: ainbheach, arc, beach, beach-eòlais, beach-lann, beach-thaigh, beachach, beachan, beachlannair, beachlannaireachd, beathmhan, blàrag, ciaran, còinneachan, connspeach, earc, List of bees of Great Britain, meach, proimbeallan, seimilear, snàthadag, stang, tainnleag, teilleag, teillean, tilleag, tuinnleag

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cràin-sheillean"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "gath-seillein"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "marbhaiche-sheillean"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mil-seillein"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "proimsheillean"
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    {
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      "word": "seillean aodainn-bhuidhe"
    },
    {
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      "word": "seillean càrdair cumanta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "seillean càrdair na còinnich"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "seillean càrdair nan lurgann dearg"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "seillean gearradair-dhuilleag"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "seillean mòr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "seillean-achaidh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "seillean-cuthaige"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "seillean-dé"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "seillean-dìomhain"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "seillean-dìomhair"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "seillean-dubh"
    },
    {
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      "word": "seillean-each"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "seillean-lunndach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "seillean-meala"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "seillean-mil"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "seillean-mór"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "seillean-mòr a' bhlàir-fhraoich"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "seillean-mòr a' chrios bhriste"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "seillean-mòr an earbaill bhàin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "seillean-mòr an earbaill bhuidhe-bhàn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "seillean-mòr an earbaill dheirg"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "seillean-mòr buidhe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "seillean-mòr cuthaig bharbut"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "seillean-mòr earball-bàn a' Chinn a Tuath"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "seillean-mòr gàrraidh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "seillean-mòr na cuthaig achaidh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "seillean-mòr na cuthaig coille"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "seillean-mòr na cuthaig shiopsaich"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "seillean-mòr nan dearcan-fraoich"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "seillean-mòr tràth"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "seillean-nimh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "seillean-obrach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "seillean-ruadh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "seillean-seimhid"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "seillean-sgip"
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      "name": "der"
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        "singular"
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    },
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        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "plural",
        "18": "seilleanan",
        "19": "",
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        "20": "",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "{{{pl4}}}",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
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        "f5accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f6accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f7accel-form": "p",
        "f8accel-form": "p",
        "f9accel-form": "p",
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        "g3": "",
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  "pos": "noun",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "arc"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "beach"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "beach-eòlais"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "beach-lann"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "beach-thaigh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "beachach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "beachan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "beachlannair"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "beachlannaireachd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "beathmhan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "blàrag"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ciaran"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "còinneachan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "connspeach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "earc"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "List of bees of Great Britain"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "meach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "proimbeallan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "seimilear"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "snàthadag"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "stang"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "tainnleag"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "teilleag"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "teillean"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "tilleag"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "tuinnleag"
    }
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          "kind": "lifeform",
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          "name": "Bees",
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          "parents": [
            "Beekeeping",
            "Hymenopterans",
            "Agriculture",
            "Insects",
            "Applied sciences",
            "Arthropods",
            "Sciences",
            "Animals",
            "All topics",
            "Lifeforms",
            "Fundamental",
            "Life",
            "Nature"
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        "bee, heath or field-bee (Superfamily Apoidea)"
      ],
      "id": "en-seillean-gd-noun-tWCFoDmR",
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        [
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          "bee"
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        [
          "Apoidea",
          "Apoidea#Translingual"
        ]
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        "masculine"
      ]
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      ],
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "other": "/ˈʃeʎan/"
    }
  ],
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    "Bee",
    "List of bees of Great Britain",
    "gd:seillean"
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  "word": "seillean"
}
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    "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Scottish Gaelic lemmas",
    "Scottish Gaelic links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Scottish Gaelic links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Scottish Gaelic masculine nouns",
    "Scottish Gaelic nouns",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Middle Irish",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    "gd:Bees"
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    {
      "word": "bòl-sheillean"
    },
    {
      "word": "cèir-sheillean"
    },
    {
      "word": "cràin-sheillean"
    },
    {
      "word": "gath-seillein"
    },
    {
      "word": "marbhaiche-sheillean"
    },
    {
      "word": "mil-seillein"
    },
    {
      "word": "proimsheillean"
    },
    {
      "word": "seillean aodainn-bhuidhe"
    },
    {
      "word": "seillean càrdair cumanta"
    },
    {
      "word": "seillean càrdair na còinnich"
    },
    {
      "word": "seillean càrdair nan lurgann dearg"
    },
    {
      "word": "seillean gearradair-dhuilleag"
    },
    {
      "word": "seillean mòr"
    },
    {
      "word": "seillean-achaidh"
    },
    {
      "word": "seillean-cuthaige"
    },
    {
      "word": "seillean-dé"
    },
    {
      "word": "seillean-dìomhain"
    },
    {
      "word": "seillean-dìomhair"
    },
    {
      "word": "seillean-dubh"
    },
    {
      "word": "seillean-each"
    },
    {
      "word": "seillean-lunndach"
    },
    {
      "word": "seillean-meala"
    },
    {
      "word": "seillean-mil"
    },
    {
      "word": "seillean-mòr"
    },
    {
      "word": "seillean-mór"
    },
    {
      "word": "seillean-mòr a' bhlàir-fhraoich"
    },
    {
      "word": "seillean-mòr a' chrios bhriste"
    },
    {
      "word": "seillean-mòr an earbaill bhàin"
    },
    {
      "word": "seillean-mòr an earbaill bhuidhe-bhàn"
    },
    {
      "word": "seillean-mòr an earbaill dheirg"
    },
    {
      "word": "seillean-mòr buidhe"
    },
    {
      "word": "seillean-mòr cuthaig bharbut"
    },
    {
      "word": "seillean-mòr earball-bàn a' Chinn a Tuath"
    },
    {
      "word": "seillean-mòr gàrraidh"
    },
    {
      "word": "seillean-mòr na cuthaig achaidh"
    },
    {
      "word": "seillean-mòr na cuthaig coille"
    },
    {
      "word": "seillean-mòr na cuthaig shiopsaich"
    },
    {
      "word": "seillean-mòr nan dearcan-fraoich"
    },
    {
      "word": "seillean-mòr tràth"
    },
    {
      "word": "seillean-nimh"
    },
    {
      "word": "seillean-obrach"
    },
    {
      "word": "seillean-ruadh"
    },
    {
      "word": "seillean-seimhid"
    },
    {
      "word": "seillean-sgip"
    }
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      "name": "der"
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        "4": "(wild) honey-bee"
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        "singular"
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        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "plural",
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        "20": "",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "{{{pl4}}}",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
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        "f9accel-form": "p",
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "arc"
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    {
      "word": "beach"
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    {
      "word": "beach-eòlais"
    },
    {
      "word": "beach-lann"
    },
    {
      "word": "beach-thaigh"
    },
    {
      "word": "beachach"
    },
    {
      "word": "beachan"
    },
    {
      "word": "beachlannair"
    },
    {
      "word": "beachlannaireachd"
    },
    {
      "word": "beathmhan"
    },
    {
      "word": "blàrag"
    },
    {
      "word": "ciaran"
    },
    {
      "word": "còinneachan"
    },
    {
      "word": "connspeach"
    },
    {
      "word": "earc"
    },
    {
      "word": "List of bees of Great Britain"
    },
    {
      "word": "meach"
    },
    {
      "word": "proimbeallan"
    },
    {
      "word": "seimilear"
    },
    {
      "word": "snàthadag"
    },
    {
      "word": "stang"
    },
    {
      "word": "tainnleag"
    },
    {
      "word": "teilleag"
    },
    {
      "word": "teillean"
    },
    {
      "word": "tilleag"
    },
    {
      "word": "tuinnleag"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bee, heath or field-bee (Superfamily Apoidea)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bee",
          "bee"
        ],
        [
          "Apoidea",
          "Apoidea#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "teasing request or repetition"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "/ˈʃeʎan/"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Bee",
    "List of bees of Great Britain",
    "gd:seillean"
  ],
  "word": "seillean"
}

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