"fainne" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfɑnjə/ [Ireland], /ˈfɔnjə/ [Ireland] Forms: fainnes [plural], fainni [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Irish fáinne (“ring”). Doublet of fawny. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ga|fáinne|t=ring}} Irish fáinne (“ring”), {{doublet|en|fawny}} Doublet of fawny Head templates: {{en-noun|s|fainni}} fainne (plural fainnes or fainni)
  1. a pin badge worn to show fluency in, or a willingness to speak, the Irish language. Synonyms: Fainne, Fáinne, fáinne
    Sense id: en-fainne-en-noun-Lprmn0Dm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 48 2 49 1

Adjective [Irish]

Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|ga|adjective form}} fainne
  1. inflection of fann:
    feminine genitive singular
    Tags: feminine, form-of, genitive, singular Form of: fann
    Sense id: en-fainne-ga-adj-6KXR5ZGE
  2. inflection of fann:
    comparative degree
    Tags: comparative, form-of Form of: fann
    Sense id: en-fainne-ga-adj-EHqX0CWt Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 48 2 49 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 1 61 1 Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Irish]

Forms: fainne [genitive, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], fainne [mutation, mutation-radical], fhainne [lenition, mutation], bhfainne [eclipsis, mutation]
Etymology: From Old Irish fainne (“weakness”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|fainne||weakness}} Old Irish fainne (“weakness”) Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|fainne||||||||-|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} fainne f (genitive singular fainne), {{ga-noun|f|~|-}} fainne f (genitive singular fainne) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}}
  1. weakness Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-fainne-ga-noun-RIVFGJsA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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