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Irish

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Irish
d'[ə]
particle
A small particle used before verbs beginning with a vowel to show that the action happened in the past.

“d’ól sé”

he drank

Also means
  1. apocopic form of do: Marker of the past tense.
  2. Used before vowel sounds (including when f has been lenited to fh before a vowel) and also before fr- lenited to fhr-. The variant form used before consonants, do, is generally omitted but may be encountered in Munster Irish and in literary language.
  3. marker of the past tense

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

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Irish
hard[haːɾˠd̪ˠ]
adj
This word is the form of 'ard' (meaning high) that appears after the letter 'h' is added in specific grammatical contexts.

“Tá an sliabh an-hard.”

The mountain is very high.

Also means
  1. h-prothesized form of ard

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

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Irish
braid
noun
This is the dative singular form of the noun 'brad'.

“Tá an t-iasc ina braid.”

The fish is in a state of decay.

Also means
  1. dative singular of brad

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

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Irish
pis[pʲɪʃ]Appears in an example
noun
A small, round, green vegetable that grows in pods.

“D'ith mé an phis.”

I ate the pea.

Also means
  1. pea

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

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Irish
pluma[ˈpˠl̪ˠumˠə]Appears in an example
noun
A small, round, sweet fruit that is usually purple or red when ripe.

“D'ith mé pluma milis.”

I ate a sweet plum.

Also means
  1. plum

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

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