"cailín" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Irish]

IPA: /kɑˈlʲiːnʲ/ [Munster], /ˈkalʲiːnʲ/ [Connacht], /ˈkælʲinʲ/ [Ulster], /ˈkal̠ʲinʲ/ [Ulster]
Etymology: From caile (“maid”) + -ín (diminutive suffix). Etymology templates: {{af|ga|caile|-ín|pos2=diminutive suffix|t1=maid}} caile (“maid”) + -ín (diminutive suffix) Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|cailín|||||||nominative plural|cailíní|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} cailín m (genitive singular cailín, nominative plural cailíní), {{ga-noun|m|~|~í}} cailín m (genitive singular cailín, nominative plural cailíní) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: cailín [genitive, singular], cailíní [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], cailín [indefinite, nominative, singular], cailíní [indefinite, nominative, plural], a chailín [indefinite, singular, vocative], a chailíní [indefinite, plural, vocative], cailín [genitive, indefinite, singular], cailíní [genitive, indefinite, plural], cailín [dative, indefinite, singular], cailíní [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an cailín [definite, nominative, singular], na cailíní [definite, nominative, plural], an chailín [definite, genitive, singular], na gcailíní [definite, genitive, plural], leis an gcailín [dative, definite, singular], don chailín [dative, definite, singular], leis na cailíní [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], cailín [error-unrecognized-form], chailín [error-unrecognized-form], gcailín [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. girl; young, unmarried woman Tags: masculine Synonyms: gearrchaile, girseach
    Sense id: en-cailín-ga-noun-dHbmfNKu
  2. girlfriend Tags: masculine Synonyms: girseach
    Sense id: en-cailín-ga-noun-6pKmEnvz Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 11 36 44
  3. female servant, maid Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-cailín-ga-noun-6IYt5Ncl Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Irish terms suffixed with -ín, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Female children, Female people Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 7 6 62 24 Disambiguation of Irish terms suffixed with -ín: 9 8 57 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 11 36 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 27 46 24 Disambiguation of Female children: 1 3 86 9 Disambiguation of Female people: 18 3 72 7
  4. useful thing (referring to a feminine noun) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-cailín-ga-noun-3gLiGejc Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 11 36 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: bean (english: woman), buachaill (english: boy, unmarried young man), fear (english: man)
Derived forms: cailín aimsire (english: servant-girl), cailín báire (english: tomboy), cailín bán (english: stoat), cailín bláthanna (english: flower-girl), cailín coimhdeachta (english: bridesmaid), cailín dearg (english: tongue), cailín freastail (english: waitress), cailín óg (english: young girl; bride), cailín oibre (english: work-girl), cailín scoile (english: schoolgirl), cailín siopa (english: shop-girl), cailín tí (english: housemaid)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "woman",
      "word": "bean"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "boy, unmarried young man",
      "word": "buachaill"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "man",
      "word": "fear"
    }
  ],
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "servant-girl",
      "word": "cailín aimsire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "tomboy",
      "word": "cailín báire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "stoat",
      "word": "cailín bán"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "flower-girl",
      "word": "cailín bláthanna"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "bridesmaid",
      "word": "cailín coimhdeachta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "tongue",
      "word": "cailín dearg"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "waitress",
      "word": "cailín freastail"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "young girl; bride",
      "word": "cailín óg"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "work-girl",
      "word": "cailín oibre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "schoolgirl",
      "word": "cailín scoile"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "shop-girl",
      "word": "cailín siopa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "housemaid",
      "word": "cailín tí"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "colleen",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: colleen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: colleen"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sth",
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
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      ],
      "text": "Shelta: lakeen"
    }
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      "name": "af"
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  "etymology_text": "From caile (“maid”) + -ín (diminutive suffix).",
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    {
      "form": "cailín",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cailíní",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "cailín",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a chailín",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "a chailíní",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cailín",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cailíní",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cailín",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cailíní",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an cailín",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na cailíní",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an chailín",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na gcailíní",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcailín",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don chailín",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na cailíní",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cailín",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chailín",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "gcailín",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
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        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
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        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "cailín",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
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      },
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      "name": "head"
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      },
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    }
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    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "girl; young, unmarried woman"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "girl",
          "girl"
        ],
        [
          "young",
          "young"
        ],
        [
          "unmarried",
          "unmarried"
        ],
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "gearrchaile"
        },
        {
          "word": "girseach"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "_dis": "9 11 36 44",
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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        }
      ],
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        "girlfriend"
      ],
      "id": "en-cailín-ga-noun-6pKmEnvz",
      "links": [
        [
          "girlfriend",
          "girlfriend"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "girseach"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 6 62 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 27 46 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 3 86 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Female children",
          "orig": "ga:Female children",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 3 72 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Female people",
          "orig": "ga:Female people",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "female servant, maid"
      ],
      "id": "en-cailín-ga-noun-6IYt5Ncl",
      "links": [
        [
          "servant",
          "servant"
        ],
        [
          "maid",
          "maid"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "9 11 36 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              23,
              27
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              17,
              23
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The drill is the right tool for the job.",
          "text": "Is í an druil an cailín chun na hoibre.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "useful thing (referring to a feminine noun)"
      ],
      "id": "en-cailín-ga-noun-3gLiGejc",
      "links": [
        [
          "useful",
          "useful"
        ],
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɑˈlʲiːnʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkalʲiːnʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkælʲinʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkal̠ʲinʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cailín"
}
{
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    "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Irish fourth-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish masculine nouns",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish terms suffixed with -ín",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ga:Female children",
    "ga:Female people"
  ],
  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "english": "woman",
      "word": "bean"
    },
    {
      "english": "boy, unmarried young man",
      "word": "buachaill"
    },
    {
      "english": "man",
      "word": "fear"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "servant-girl",
      "word": "cailín aimsire"
    },
    {
      "english": "tomboy",
      "word": "cailín báire"
    },
    {
      "english": "stoat",
      "word": "cailín bán"
    },
    {
      "english": "flower-girl",
      "word": "cailín bláthanna"
    },
    {
      "english": "bridesmaid",
      "word": "cailín coimhdeachta"
    },
    {
      "english": "tongue",
      "word": "cailín dearg"
    },
    {
      "english": "waitress",
      "word": "cailín freastail"
    },
    {
      "english": "young girl; bride",
      "word": "cailín óg"
    },
    {
      "english": "work-girl",
      "word": "cailín oibre"
    },
    {
      "english": "schoolgirl",
      "word": "cailín scoile"
    },
    {
      "english": "shop-girl",
      "word": "cailín siopa"
    },
    {
      "english": "housemaid",
      "word": "cailín tí"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "colleen",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: colleen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: colleen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sth",
            "2": "lakeen"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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    }
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        "t1": "maid"
      },
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      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From caile (“maid”) + -ín (diminutive suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cailín",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cailíní",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cailín",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cailíní",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a chailín",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a chailíní",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cailín",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cailíní",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cailín",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cailíní",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an cailín",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na cailíní",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an chailín",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na gcailíní",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcailín",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don chailín",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na cailíní",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cailín",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chailín",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gcailín",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "16": "",
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        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
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        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "cailín m (genitive singular cailín, nominative plural cailíní)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "~",
        "3": "~í"
      },
      "expansion": "cailín m (genitive singular cailín, nominative plural cailíní)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "girl; young, unmarried woman"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "girl",
          "girl"
        ],
        [
          "young",
          "young"
        ],
        [
          "unmarried",
          "unmarried"
        ],
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "gearrchaile"
        },
        {
          "word": "girseach"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "girlfriend"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "girlfriend",
          "girlfriend"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "girseach"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "female servant, maid"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "servant",
          "servant"
        ],
        [
          "maid",
          "maid"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              23,
              27
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              17,
              23
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The drill is the right tool for the job.",
          "text": "Is í an druil an cailín chun na hoibre.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "useful thing (referring to a feminine noun)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "useful",
          "useful"
        ],
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɑˈlʲiːnʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkalʲiːnʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkælʲinʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkal̠ʲinʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cailín"
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: cailín/Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "cailín"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "cailín",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
  "path": [
    "cailín"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "cailín",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'eclipsis'",
  "path": [
    "cailín"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "cailín",
  "trace": ""
}

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