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Noun [Irish]

IPA: /fˠɑːh/ [Munster], /fˠɑː/ [Connacht], /fˠaː/ [Ulster]
Etymology: From Old Irish fáth, from Proto-Celtic *wātus (“inspired utterance”) (compare Welsh gwawd (“song, praise, poetry”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t-. Etymology templates: {{root|ga|ine-pro|*weh₂t-}}, {{der|ga|sga|fáth}} Old Irish fáth, {{der|ga|cel-pro|*wātus||inspired utterance}} Proto-Celtic *wātus (“inspired utterance”), {{cog|cy|gwawd||song, praise, poetry}} Welsh gwawd (“song, praise, poetry”), {{der|ga|ine-pro|*weh₂t-}} Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t- Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|fátha|||||||nominative plural|fáthanna|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} fáth m (genitive singular fátha, nominative plural fáthanna), {{ga-noun|m|fátha|fáthanna}} fáth m (genitive singular fátha, nominative plural fáthanna) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: fátha [genitive, singular], fáthanna [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], fáth [indefinite, nominative, singular], fáthanna [indefinite, nominative, plural], a fháth [indefinite, singular, vocative], a fháthanna [indefinite, plural, vocative], fátha [genitive, indefinite, singular], fáthanna [genitive, indefinite, plural], fáth [dative, indefinite, singular], fáthanna [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an fáth [definite, nominative, singular], na fáthanna [definite, nominative, plural], an fhátha [definite, genitive, singular], na bhfáthanna [definite, genitive, plural], leis an bhfáth [dative, definite, singular], don fháth [dative, definite, singular], leis na fáthanna [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], fáth [error-unrecognized-form], fháth [error-unrecognized-form], bhfáth [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. cause Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-fáth-ga-noun-an7x7Z8V Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. reason Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-fáth-ga-noun-j8~M9nWx Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ábhar, bunúdar, cúis, údar Derived forms: cén fáth

Noun [Old Irish]

IPA: [ɸaːθ]
Etymology: From Proto-Celtic *wātus (“inspired utterance”) (compare Welsh gwawd (“song, praise, poetry”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t-. Etymology templates: {{root|sga|ine-pro|*weh₂t-}}, {{inh|sga|cel-pro|*wātus||inspired utterance}} Proto-Celtic *wātus (“inspired utterance”), {{cog|cy|gwawd||song, praise, poetry}} Welsh gwawd (“song, praise, poetry”), {{der|sga|ine-pro|*weh₂t-}} Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t- Head templates: {{head|sga|noun||||{{{2}}}||||||||{{{3}}}||{{{pl2}}}||{{{pl3}}}|cat2=|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} fáth m, {{sga-noun|m}} fáth m Inflection templates: {{sga-decl-u}}, {{sga-decl-noun|acc_du=fáth+L|acc_du2=|acc_du3=|acc_pl=fáthu|acc_pl2=|acc_pl3=|acc_sg=fáth+N|acc_sg2=|acc_sg3=|class=u-m|dat_du=fáthaib|dat_du2=|dat_du3=|dat_pl=fáthaib|dat_pl2=|dat_pl3=|dat_sg=fáth+L|dat_sg2=|dat_sg3=|gen_du=fátho|gen_du2=fátha|gen_du3=|gen_du4=|gen_pl=fáthae+N|gen_pl2=|gen_pl3=|gen_sg=fátho+H|gen_sg2=fátha+H|gen_sg3=|gen_sg4=|n=|nom_du=fáth+L|nom_du2=|nom_du3=|nom_pl=fáthae|nom_pl2=|nom_pl3=|nom_pl4=|nom_sg=fáth|nom_sg2=|nom_sg3=|voc_du=fáth+L|voc_du2=|voc_du3=|voc_pl=fáthu|voc_pl2=|voc_pl3=|voc_sg=fáth|voc_sg2=|voc_sg3=}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], fáth [nominative, singular], fáth [dual, nominative], fáthae [nominative, plural], fáth [singular, vocative], fáth [dual, vocative], fáthu [plural, vocative], fáth [accusative, singular], fáth [accusative, dual], fáthu [accusative, plural], fátho [genitive, singular], fátha [genitive, singular], fátho [dual, genitive], fátha [dual, genitive], fáthae [genitive, plural], fáth [dative, singular], fáthaib [dative, dual], fáthaib [dative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], fáth [error-unrecognized-form], ḟáth [error-unrecognized-form], fáth
  1. cause, reason Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-fáth-sga-noun-P7lx6SUB
  2. motive, object Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-fáth-sga-noun-FGuB92xi Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 7 7 7 22 24 27 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 7 7 22 23 26 7
  3. subject, matter Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-fáth-sga-noun-wIlc4048 Categories (other): Old Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old Irish entries with incorrect language header: 4 4 4 17 34 13 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 7 7 7 22 24 27 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 7 7 22 23 26 7
  4. prophecy Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-fáth-sga-noun-0ND~lGKq Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 7 7 7 22 24 27 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 7 7 22 23 26 7
  5. composition, maxim Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-fáth-sga-noun-kSejXPWQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fáthach, fáthaige, fáthamail
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cén fáth"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*weh₂t-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "fáth"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish fáth",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*wātus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "inspired utterance"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *wātus (“inspired utterance”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "gwawd",
        "3": "",
        "4": "song, praise, poetry"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh gwawd (“song, praise, poetry”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*weh₂t-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t-",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish fáth, from Proto-Celtic *wātus (“inspired utterance”) (compare Welsh gwawd (“song, praise, poetry”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fátha",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fáthanna",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fáth",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fáthanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a fháth",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a fháthanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fátha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fáthanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fáth",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fáthanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an fáth",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na fáthanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an fhátha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na bhfáthanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an bhfáth",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don fháth",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na fáthanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fáth",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fháth",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhfáth",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "fáthanna",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "fátha",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "fáth m (genitive singular fátha, nominative plural fáthanna)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "fátha",
        "3": "fáthanna"
      },
      "expansion": "fáth m (genitive singular fátha, nominative plural fáthanna)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cause"
      ],
      "id": "en-fáth-ga-noun-an7x7Z8V",
      "links": [
        [
          "cause",
          "cause"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I have no reason to stay.",
          "text": "Níl fáth agam le fanacht.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "reason"
      ],
      "id": "en-fáth-ga-noun-j8~M9nWx",
      "links": [
        [
          "reason",
          "reason"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fˠɑːh/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fˠɑː/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fˠaː/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ábhar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "bunúdar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cúis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "údar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fáth"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fáthach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fáthaige"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fáthamail"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "fáth"
          },
          "expansion": "Irish: fáth",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Irish: fáth"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gv",
            "2": "fa"
          },
          "expansion": "Manx: fa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Manx: fa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gd",
            "2": "fàth"
          },
          "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic: fàth",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scottish Gaelic: fàth"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*weh₂t-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*wātus",
        "4": "",
        "5": "inspired utterance"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *wātus (“inspired utterance”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "gwawd",
        "3": "",
        "4": "song, praise, poetry"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh gwawd (“song, praise, poetry”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*weh₂t-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t-",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *wātus (“inspired utterance”) (compare Welsh gwawd (“song, praise, poetry”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-decl-u",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fáth",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fáth",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fáthae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fáth",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fáth",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fáthu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fáth",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fáth",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fáthu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fátho",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fátha",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fátho",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fátha",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fáthae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fáth",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fáthaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fáthaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fáth",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ḟáth",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fáth",
      "source": "mutation"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "{{{3}}}",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{pl2}}}",
        "17": "",
        "18": "{{{pl3}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "{{{2}}}",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "fáth m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "fáth m",
      "name": "sga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sga-decl-u"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "acc_du": "fáth+L",
        "acc_du2": "",
        "acc_du3": "",
        "acc_pl": "fáthu",
        "acc_pl2": "",
        "acc_pl3": "",
        "acc_sg": "fáth+N",
        "acc_sg2": "",
        "acc_sg3": "",
        "class": "u-m",
        "dat_du": "fáthaib",
        "dat_du2": "",
        "dat_du3": "",
        "dat_pl": "fáthaib",
        "dat_pl2": "",
        "dat_pl3": "",
        "dat_sg": "fáth+L",
        "dat_sg2": "",
        "dat_sg3": "",
        "gen_du": "fátho",
        "gen_du2": "fátha",
        "gen_du3": "",
        "gen_du4": "",
        "gen_pl": "fáthae+N",
        "gen_pl2": "",
        "gen_pl3": "",
        "gen_sg": "fátho+H",
        "gen_sg2": "fátha+H",
        "gen_sg3": "",
        "gen_sg4": "",
        "n": "",
        "nom_du": "fáth+L",
        "nom_du2": "",
        "nom_du3": "",
        "nom_pl": "fáthae",
        "nom_pl2": "",
        "nom_pl3": "",
        "nom_pl4": "",
        "nom_sg": "fáth",
        "nom_sg2": "",
        "nom_sg3": "",
        "voc_du": "fáth+L",
        "voc_du2": "",
        "voc_du3": "",
        "voc_pl": "fáthu",
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  "word": "fáth"
}

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

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
  "path": [
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  ],
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  "title": "fáth",
  "trace": ""
}

{
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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'eclipsis'",
  "path": [
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  ],
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "fáth",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: fáth/Old Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
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  ],
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "fáth",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "fáth",
  "trace": ""
}

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

{
  "called_from": "inflection/1826",
  "msg": "inflection table: empty tags for fáth",
  "path": [
    "fáth"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "fáth",
  "trace": ""
}

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