See faighnich on Wiktionary
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"forms": [
{
"form": "dh'fhaighnich",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "faighnichidh",
"tags": [
"future"
]
},
{
"form": "faighneachd",
"tags": [
"noun-from-verb"
]
},
{
"form": "faighnichte",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
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"10": "{{{fut2}}}",
"11": "verbal noun",
"12": "faighneachd",
"13": "",
"14": "{{{vn2}}}",
"15": "",
"16": "{{{vn3}}}",
"17": "past participle",
"18": "faighnichte",
"19": "",
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"21": "",
"22": "{{{pp3}}}\n-->",
"3": "past",
"4": "dh'fhaighnich",
"5": "",
"6": "{{{past2}}}",
"7": "future",
"8": "faighnichidh",
"9": "",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "faighnich (past dh'fhaighnich, future faighnichidh, verbal noun faighneachd, past participle faighnichte)",
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},
{
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"past": "dh'fhaighnich",
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"expansion": "faighnich (past dh'fhaighnich, future faighnichidh, verbal noun faighneachd, past participle faighnichte)",
"name": "gd-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"lang_code": "gd",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
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}
],
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"english": "\"How are things going?\" he asked.",
"text": "\"Ciamar a tha cùisean a' dol?\" dh'fhaighnich e.",
"translation": "\"How are things going?\" he asked.",
"type": "example"
},
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],
"english": "Why are you asking?",
"text": "Carson a tha thu a' faighneachd?",
"translation": "Why are you asking?",
"type": "example"
},
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],
"english": "He asked me whether I was going there.",
"text": "Dh'fhaighnich e dhiom/dhomh an robh mi a' dol ann.",
"translation": "He asked me whether I was going there.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"ask, enquire"
],
"id": "en-faighnich-gd-verb-6RTnHefg",
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"ask"
],
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"enquire"
]
]
}
],
"word": "faighnich"
}
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"tags": [
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]
},
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"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "faighneachd",
"tags": [
"noun-from-verb"
]
},
{
"form": "faighnichte",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
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"19": "",
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"21": "",
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"4": "dh'fhaighnich",
"5": "",
"6": "{{{past2}}}",
"7": "future",
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},
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"name": "gd-verb"
}
],
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"pos": "verb",
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],
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"english": "\"How are things going?\" he asked.",
"text": "\"Ciamar a tha cùisean a' dol?\" dh'fhaighnich e.",
"translation": "\"How are things going?\" he asked.",
"type": "example"
},
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],
"english": "Why are you asking?",
"text": "Carson a tha thu a' faighneachd?",
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},
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],
"english": "He asked me whether I was going there.",
"text": "Dh'fhaighnich e dhiom/dhomh an robh mi a' dol ann.",
"translation": "He asked me whether I was going there.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"ask, enquire"
],
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"ask",
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],
[
"enquire",
"enquire"
]
]
}
],
"word": "faighnich"
}
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