warrior
→
braggart, boaster
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| NEW Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Irish Gaelic | |
| lexeme | gaiscíoch | |
| meaning 1 | man of prowess (in arms); hero, warrior | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | braggart, boaster | |
| reference | Ó Dónaill 1977 eDIL | |
| comment | From Middle Irish gaiscedach 'warrior', from Old Irish gaisced 'weapons' + -ach New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024 http://www.focloir.ie/en/search/ei/adv?q=gaisc%C3%ADoch&inlanguage=ga de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm http://www.teanglann.ie/en/eid/gaisc%C3%ADoch |
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