See Seán on Wiktionary
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Sean",
"3": "Shaun",
"4": "Shawn",
"5": "Shon",
"6": "Shane",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: Sean, Shaun, Shawn, Shon, Shane",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: Sean, Shaun, Shawn, Shon, Shane"
}
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"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "fro",
"3": "Jehan"
},
"expansion": "Old French Jehan",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "la",
"3": "Iōhannēs"
},
"expansion": "Latin Iōhannēs",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "grc",
"3": "Ἰωάννης"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "he",
"3": "יוֹחָנָן",
"lit": "God is gracious",
"tr": "yōḥānān"
},
"expansion": "Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (yōḥānān, literally “God is gracious”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Old French Jehan, from Latin Iōhannēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), contraction from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (yōḥānān, literally “God is gracious”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Seáin",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "Seán",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "a Sheáin",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "Seáin",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Seán",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "an Seán",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "an tSeáin",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "leis an Seán",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "don Seán",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ga-mut",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "Seán",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "Sheán",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "tSeán",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "Seaán",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "Seaghán",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"10": "",
"2": "proper noun",
"3": "genitive",
"4": "Seáin",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"9": "",
"f1request": "1",
"f4request": "1",
"g": "m",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "Seán m (genitive Seáin)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "m",
"2": "Seáin"
},
"expansion": "Seán m (genitive Seáin)",
"name": "ga-proper noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "ga-mut"
}
],
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Irish given names",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Irish male given names",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "Seáinín"
},
{
"english": "watered whiskey",
"word": "Seán báite"
},
{
"english": "John Bull",
"word": "Seán Buí"
},
{
"english": "jack-o’-lantern",
"word": "Seán na gealaí"
}
],
"glosses": [
"a male given name from Old French, equivalent to English John or French Jean"
],
"id": "en-Seán-ga-name-fbPha1p2",
"links": [
[
"given name",
"given name"
],
[
"John",
"John#English"
],
[
"Jean",
"Jean#French"
]
],
"related": [
{
"word": "Eoin"
}
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ʃɑːn̪ˠ/",
"tags": [
"Munster"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ʃɑːnˠ/",
"tags": [
"Connacht"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ʃɑːn̪ˠ/",
"tags": [
"Connacht"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ʃaːnˠ/",
"tags": [
"Ulster"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ʃaːn̪ˠ/",
"tags": [
"Ulster"
]
}
],
"word": "Seán"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"word": "Seáinín"
},
{
"english": "watered whiskey",
"word": "Seán báite"
},
{
"english": "John Bull",
"word": "Seán Buí"
},
{
"english": "jack-o’-lantern",
"word": "Seán na gealaí"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Sean",
"3": "Shaun",
"4": "Shawn",
"5": "Shon",
"6": "Shane",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: Sean, Shaun, Shawn, Shon, Shane",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: Sean, Shaun, Shawn, Shon, Shane"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "fro",
"3": "Jehan"
},
"expansion": "Old French Jehan",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "la",
"3": "Iōhannēs"
},
"expansion": "Latin Iōhannēs",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "grc",
"3": "Ἰωάννης"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "he",
"3": "יוֹחָנָן",
"lit": "God is gracious",
"tr": "yōḥānān"
},
"expansion": "Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (yōḥānān, literally “God is gracious”)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Old French Jehan, from Latin Iōhannēs, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), contraction from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (yōḥānān, literally “God is gracious”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Seáin",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "Seán",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "a Sheáin",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "Seáin",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Seán",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "an Seán",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "an tSeáin",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "leis an Seán",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "don Seán",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ga-mut",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "Seán",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "Sheán",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "tSeán",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "Seaán",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "Seaghán",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"10": "",
"2": "proper noun",
"3": "genitive",
"4": "Seáin",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"9": "",
"f1request": "1",
"f4request": "1",
"g": "m",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "Seán m (genitive Seáin)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "m",
"2": "Seáin"
},
"expansion": "Seán m (genitive Seáin)",
"name": "ga-proper noun"
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"name": "ga-mut"
}
],
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"pos": "name",
"related": [
{
"word": "Eoin"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Irish entries with incorrect language header",
"Irish first-declension nouns",
"Irish given names",
"Irish lemmas",
"Irish male given names",
"Irish male given names from Old French",
"Irish masculine nouns",
"Irish proper nouns",
"Irish terms borrowed from Old French",
"Irish terms derived from Ancient Greek",
"Irish terms derived from Hebrew",
"Irish terms derived from Latin",
"Irish terms derived from Old French",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"a male given name from Old French, equivalent to English John or French Jean"
],
"links": [
[
"given name",
"given name"
],
[
"John",
"John#English"
],
[
"Jean",
"Jean#French"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ʃɑːn̪ˠ/",
"tags": [
"Munster"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ʃɑːnˠ/",
"tags": [
"Connacht"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ʃɑːn̪ˠ/",
"tags": [
"Connacht"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ʃaːnˠ/",
"tags": [
"Ulster"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ʃaːn̪ˠ/",
"tags": [
"Ulster"
]
}
],
"word": "Seán"
}
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"msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: Seán/Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
"path": [
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],
"section": "Irish",
"subsection": "proper noun",
"title": "Seán",
"trace": ""
}
{
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"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
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],
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"title": "Seán",
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}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'eclipsis'",
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