"éigean" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Irish]

IPA: /ˈeːɟən̪ˠ/, /ˈeːɟənˠ/, [ˈei̯ɟənˠ] [Ulster]
Etymology: From Old Irish éicen (“necessity”). Etymology templates: {{root|ga|ine-pro|*h₂neḱ-}}, {{inh|ga|sga|éicen||necessity}} Old Irish éicen (“necessity”) Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|éigin||||||||-|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=f|g3=|head=}} éigean m or f (genitive singular éigin), {{ga-noun|m|éigin|-|g2=f}} éigean m or f (genitive singular éigin) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut|msn}} Forms: éigin [genitive, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], éigean [indefinite, nominative, singular], a éigin [indefinite, singular, vocative], éigin [genitive, indefinite, singular], éigean [dative, indefinite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], an t-éigean [definite, nominative, singular], an éigin [definite, genitive, singular], leis an éigean [dative, definite, singular], don éigean [dative, definite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], éigean [nominative, singular], a éigean [singular, vocative], éigne [genitive, singular], éigean [dative, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], an éigean [definite, nominative, singular], na héigne [definite, genitive, singular], leis an éigean [dative, definite, singular], don éigean [dative, definite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], éigean [error-unrecognized-form], n-éigean [error-unrecognized-form], héigean [error-unrecognized-form], t-éigean [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. force, violence Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-éigean-ga-noun-AGcu8rwP Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 12 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 29 34
  2. necessity, compulsion Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-éigean-ga-noun-1LNfZvXw Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 12 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 29 34
  3. strait, difficulty; want, distress Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-éigean-ga-noun-ArqUCxTS Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 30 9 61 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 12 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 29 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ar ais nó ar éigean, ar éigean, banéigean, cíb ar éigean, d'éigean, éigean mná, éignigh, foréigean, gan éigean, in éigean, is éigean, le héigean, ní héigean, tarraingt ar éigean

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "ar ais nó ar éigean"
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    {
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      "word": "d'éigean"
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      "word": "éigean mná"
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      "word": "foréigean"
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      "word": "gan éigean"
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      "word": "in éigean"
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      "word": "is éigean"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "le héigean"
    },
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    },
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        "singular"
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      "form": "an t-éigean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an éigin",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "a éigean",
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      "form": "éigne",
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "éigean",
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        "singular"
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        "singular"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeːɟən̪ˠ/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈeːɟənˠ/"
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      "ipa": "[ˈei̯ɟənˠ]",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
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    }
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  "word": "éigean"
}
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    "Irish nouns with multiple genders",
    "Irish second-declension nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂neḱ-",
    "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
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    {
      "word": "ar ais nó ar éigean"
    },
    {
      "word": "ar éigean"
    },
    {
      "word": "banéigean"
    },
    {
      "word": "cíb ar éigean"
    },
    {
      "word": "d'éigean"
    },
    {
      "word": "éigean mná"
    },
    {
      "word": "éignigh"
    },
    {
      "word": "foréigean"
    },
    {
      "word": "gan éigean"
    },
    {
      "word": "in éigean"
    },
    {
      "word": "is éigean"
    },
    {
      "word": "le héigean"
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    {
      "word": "ní héigean"
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      "word": "tarraingt ar éigean"
    }
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    },
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      "form": "éigean",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "an t-éigean",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "leis an éigean",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don éigean",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "singular"
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "éigean",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an éigean",
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        "definite",
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          "difficulty",
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          "distress",
          "distress"
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        "masculine"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeːɟən̪ˠ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeːɟənˠ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈei̯ɟənˠ]",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "éigean"
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: éigean/Irish 'with h-prothesis' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form'}",
  "path": [
    "éigean"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "éigean",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: éigean/Irish 'with t-prothesis' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form'}",
  "path": [
    "éigean"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "éigean",
  "trace": ""
}

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