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Irish

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Irish
-a
suffix
A common suffix attached to words to indicate grammatical pluralization, specific adjective cases, or noun genitive forms.

“Is iad na capaill na ainmhithe a rith.”

The horses are the animals that ran.

Also means
  1. plural ending of certain nouns
  2. plural ending of adjectives in the nominative, vocative, dative, and strong genitive cases
  3. genitive singular ending of third-declension nouns

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Irish
ab[abˠ]
noun
The head of an abbey or monastery.

“Labhair an t-ab leis na manaigh.”

The abbot spoke to the monks.

Also means
  1. abbot

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Irish
am[aumˠ]
noun
This word refers to a specific moment or a period of time.

“Is fada an t-am é.”

It is a long time.

Also means
  1. time

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Irish
abb
noun
An older spelling for the word meaning the head of an abbey.

“Scríobh an t-abb an litir.”

The abbot wrote the letter.

Also means
  1. obsolete spelling of ab (“abbot”)
  2. abbot

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Irish
aer[eːɾˠ]
noun
The invisible mixture of gases that surrounds the earth or a melody of music.

“Tá an t-aer glan agus úr maidin inniu.”

The air is clean and fresh this morning.

Also means
  1. air
  2. sky
  3. climate
  4. gaiety, pleasure
  5. air, tune

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Irish
age[ˈɛɡə]
prep
A Munster regional variation of the preposition 'ag'. It is used specifically before a possessive determiner.

“Ní raibh aoinne cloinne age n-a muinntir ach í agus do mhéaduigh sin uirrim agus grádh na ndaoine don inghean óg so.”

Her parents had no children but her, and that increased the esteem and love of the people for this young girl.

Also means
  1. Munster form of ag (used before a possessive determiner)
  2. Munster form of ag

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Irish
arc[aɾˠk]
noun
A young pig or a small creature or person.

“Bhí an t-arc ag rith sa chlós.”

The piglet was running in the yard.

Also means
  1. piglet
  2. diminutive animal or person

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Irish
abra
verb
This is the present subjunctive form of the verb to say.

“Ní gá duit a rá go n-abra tú é.”

You do not need to say that you say it.

Also means
  1. present subjunctive analytic of abair
  2. say

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Irish
ainm[AN-yim]
noun
name

“Cad é an t-ainm atá ort?”

What is your name?

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Irish
arma
noun
This is a grammatical form of the noun 'arm', which means weapon.

“Tá an t-arma ag an saighdiúir.”

The soldier has the weapon.

Also means
  1. inflection of arm:
  2. inflection of arm

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Irish
abraid[ˈabˠɾˠədʲ]
verb
A specific grammatical form of the verb 'abair', which means 'to say'.

“Níor mhaith liom go n-abraid siad é.”

I would not like them to say it.

Also means
  1. inflection of abair:
  2. inflection of abair

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Irish
anchor
noun
This noun describes the act of treating someone badly or cruelly.

“Bhí an t-anchor le feiceáil sa chás sin.”

The ill-treatment was visible in that case.

Also means
  1. ill-treatment

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Irish
scar[ˈskaɾˠ]
verb
This verb means to break apart, divide, or pull away from someone or something.

“Do bhí brón mór air a bheith ag scaramhaint le n-a chailín ach ni raibh leigheas air, chaithfeadh sé imtheacht.”

He was very sorry to be separating from his girl, but it couldn’t be helped, he had to go.

Also means
  1. to sever, to tear asunder
  2. to separate, to part
  3. to spread
  4. to separate

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Irish
dream[d̪ˠɾˠaumˠ]
noun
A word used to describe a group of people who are traveling together or doing something together.

“Thug sé scilling do’n té ab’ fhearr is gach rang agus ar shíneadh na scillinge ’nár rang-ne ní h-aenne de’n dream mór do fuair í ach me féin.”

He gave a shilling to the best one in each class, and when he was giving out shillings in our class, there wasn't one in that big group who got one but me myself.

Also means
  1. crowd, group of people, party (group of people traveling or attending an event together, or participating in the same activity)
  2. crowd

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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Irish
praise
adj
This is a grammatical form of the adjective 'pras'. It is used in specific sentence structures in Irish.

“Tá an t-am pras.”

The time is quick.

Also means
  1. inflection of pras

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 2 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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