"feidhm" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Irish]

IPA: /fʲəimʲ/ [Munster], [fʲëimʲ] [Munster], /fʲəimʲ/ [Ulster], [fʲeimʲ] [Ulster], [fʲɛːmʲ] [Ulster]
Etymology: From Old Irish feidm (“effort”), from Proto-Celtic *wedesman, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to lead”). Compare Scottish Gaelic feum. Etymology templates: {{root|ga|ine-pro|*wedʰ-}}, {{inh|ga|sga|feidm||effort}} Old Irish feidm (“effort”), {{inh|ga|cel-pro|*wedesman}} Proto-Celtic *wedesman, {{der|ga|ine-pro|*wedʰ-|t=to lead}} Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to lead”), {{cog|gd|feum}} Scottish Gaelic feum Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|feidhme|||||||nominative plural|feidhmeanna|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} feidhm f (genitive singular feidhme, nominative plural feidhmeanna), {{ga-noun|f|~e|~eanna}} feidhm f (genitive singular feidhme, nominative plural feidhmeanna) Inflection templates: {{ga-decl-f2|f|eidhm|eidhme|pl=eidhmeanna}}, {{ga-mut}} Forms: feidhme [genitive, singular], feidhmeanna [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], feidhm [indefinite, nominative, singular], feidhmeanna [indefinite, nominative, plural], a fheidhm [indefinite, singular, vocative], a fheidhmeanna [indefinite, plural, vocative], feidhme [genitive, indefinite, singular], feidhmeanna [genitive, indefinite, plural], feidhm [dative, indefinite, singular], feidhmeanna [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an fheidhm [definite, nominative, singular], na feidhmeanna [definite, nominative, plural], na feidhme [definite, genitive, singular], na bhfeidhmeanna [definite, genitive, plural], leis an bhfeidhm [dative, definite, singular], don fheidhm [dative, definite, singular], leis na feidhmeanna [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], feidhm [mutation, mutation-radical], fheidhm [lenition, mutation], bhfeidhm [eclipsis, mutation]
  1. use, application Tags: feminine Synonyms (use, function): úsáid
    Sense id: en-feidhm-ga-noun-8p2WIEE5 Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 22 5 5 31 5 32 Disambiguation of 'use, function': 73 0 21 4 0 2
  2. service Tags: feminine Synonyms (service): seirbhís
    Sense id: en-feidhm-ga-noun-nfawJqjG Disambiguation of 'service': 0 100 0 0 0 0
  3. function Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-feidhm-ga-noun-ePmsAY5V
  4. business, affair Tags: feminine Synonyms (function, business, affair): gnó
    Sense id: en-feidhm-ga-noun-z53wx55u Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 22 5 5 31 5 32 Disambiguation of 'function, business, affair': 7 0 36 56 1 1
  5. effect, effectiveness Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-feidhm-ga-noun-e0ZW64iL
  6. need, necessity Tags: feminine Synonyms (need):
    Sense id: en-feidhm-ga-noun-pMk6CIFD Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 22 5 5 31 5 32 Disambiguation of 'need': 4 0 0 1 1 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: aonfheidhmeach (english: monofunctional), cuir i bhfeidhm, feidhmchlár (english: computer application), feidhmchumhacht, feidhmeach, feidhmeannach (english: executive, official, agent), feidhmeannas (english: function, service), feidhmeannas, feidhmeanta, feidhmigh, feidhmitheach, feidhmiú, feidhmiúchán, feidhmiúil, feidhmiúlacht, feidhmlár, feidhmliosta, feidhmnigh, feidhmniú, i bhfeidhm, tar i bhfeidhm, téigh i bhfeidhm

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "monofunctional",
      "word": "aonfheidhmeach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cuir i bhfeidhm"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "computer application",
      "word": "feidhmchlár"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "feidhmchumhacht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "feidhmeach"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "executive, official, agent",
      "word": "feidhmeannach"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "function, service",
      "word": "feidhmeannas"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "feidhmeannas"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "feidhmeanta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "feidhmigh"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "feidhmitheach"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "feidhmiú"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "feidhmiúchán"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "feidhmiúil"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "feidhmiúlacht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "feidhmlár"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "feidhmliosta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "feidhmnigh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "feidhmniú"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "i bhfeidhm"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tar i bhfeidhm"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "téigh i bhfeidhm"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*wedesman"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *wedesman",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
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        "3": "*wedʰ-",
        "t": "to lead"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to lead”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "feum"
      },
      "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic feum",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish feidm (“effort”), from Proto-Celtic *wedesman, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to lead”). Compare Scottish Gaelic feum.",
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    {
      "form": "feidhme",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feidhmeanna",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-decl-f2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feidhm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feidhmeanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a fheidhm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a fheidhmeanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feidhme",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feidhmeanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feidhm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feidhmeanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-decl-f2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an fheidhm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na feidhmeanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na feidhme",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na bhfeidhmeanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an bhfeidhm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don fheidhm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na feidhmeanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feidhm",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fheidhm",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhfeidhm",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "feidhmeanna",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "feidhme",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "feidhm f (genitive singular feidhme, nominative plural feidhmeanna)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "~e",
        "3": "~eanna"
      },
      "expansion": "feidhm f (genitive singular feidhme, nominative plural feidhmeanna)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "eidhm",
        "3": "eidhme",
        "pl": "eidhmeanna"
      },
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    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "22 5 5 31 5 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        "use, application"
      ],
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          "use",
          "use"
        ],
        [
          "application",
          "application"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "73 0 21 4 0 2",
          "sense": "use, function",
          "word": "úsáid"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "service"
      ],
      "id": "en-feidhm-ga-noun-nfawJqjG",
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        [
          "service",
          "service"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100 0 0 0 0",
          "sense": "service",
          "word": "seirbhís"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "function"
      ],
      "id": "en-feidhm-ga-noun-ePmsAY5V",
      "links": [
        [
          "function",
          "function"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "22 5 5 31 5 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "business, affair"
      ],
      "id": "en-feidhm-ga-noun-z53wx55u",
      "links": [
        [
          "business",
          "business"
        ],
        [
          "affair",
          "affair"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "7 0 36 56 1 1",
          "sense": "function, business, affair",
          "word": "gnó"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "effect, effectiveness"
      ],
      "id": "en-feidhm-ga-noun-e0ZW64iL",
      "links": [
        [
          "effect",
          "effect"
        ],
        [
          "effectiveness",
          "effectiveness"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "22 5 5 31 5 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "There’s no need to do that.",
          "text": "Níl feidhm é sin a dhéanamh.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "need, necessity"
      ],
      "id": "en-feidhm-ga-noun-pMk6CIFD",
      "links": [
        [
          "need",
          "need"
        ],
        [
          "necessity",
          "necessity"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "4 0 0 1 1 95",
          "sense": "need",
          "word": "gá"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fʲəimʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[fʲëimʲ]",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fʲəimʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[fʲeimʲ]",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[fʲɛːmʲ]",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "feidhm"
}
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    "Irish feminine nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish second-declension nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wedʰ-",
    "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "Irish terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "monofunctional",
      "word": "aonfheidhmeach"
    },
    {
      "word": "cuir i bhfeidhm"
    },
    {
      "english": "computer application",
      "word": "feidhmchlár"
    },
    {
      "word": "feidhmchumhacht"
    },
    {
      "word": "feidhmeach"
    },
    {
      "english": "executive, official, agent",
      "word": "feidhmeannach"
    },
    {
      "english": "function, service",
      "word": "feidhmeannas"
    },
    {
      "word": "feidhmeannas"
    },
    {
      "word": "feidhmeanta"
    },
    {
      "word": "feidhmigh"
    },
    {
      "word": "feidhmitheach"
    },
    {
      "word": "feidhmiú"
    },
    {
      "word": "feidhmiúchán"
    },
    {
      "word": "feidhmiúil"
    },
    {
      "word": "feidhmiúlacht"
    },
    {
      "word": "feidhmlár"
    },
    {
      "word": "feidhmliosta"
    },
    {
      "word": "feidhmnigh"
    },
    {
      "word": "feidhmniú"
    },
    {
      "word": "i bhfeidhm"
    },
    {
      "word": "tar i bhfeidhm"
    },
    {
      "word": "téigh i bhfeidhm"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wedʰ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "sga",
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        "4": "",
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *wedesman",
      "name": "inh"
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        "1": "ga",
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        "3": "*wedʰ-",
        "t": "to lead"
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      "name": "der"
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        "1": "gd",
        "2": "feum"
      },
      "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic feum",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish feidm (“effort”), from Proto-Celtic *wedesman, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to lead”). Compare Scottish Gaelic feum.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "feidhme",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feidhmeanna",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-decl-f2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feidhm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feidhmeanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a fheidhm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a fheidhmeanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feidhme",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feidhmeanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feidhm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feidhmeanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-decl-f2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an fheidhm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na feidhmeanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na feidhme",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na bhfeidhmeanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an bhfeidhm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don fheidhm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na feidhmeanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feidhm",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fheidhm",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhfeidhm",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "feidhmeanna",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "feidhme",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "feidhm f (genitive singular feidhme, nominative plural feidhmeanna)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "~e",
        "3": "~eanna"
      },
      "expansion": "feidhm f (genitive singular feidhme, nominative plural feidhmeanna)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "eidhm",
        "3": "eidhme",
        "pl": "eidhmeanna"
      },
      "name": "ga-decl-f2"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "use, application"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "use",
          "use"
        ],
        [
          "application",
          "application"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "service"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "service",
          "service"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "function"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "function",
          "function"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "business, affair"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "business",
          "business"
        ],
        [
          "affair",
          "affair"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "effect, effectiveness"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "effect",
          "effect"
        ],
        [
          "effectiveness",
          "effectiveness"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "There’s no need to do that.",
          "text": "Níl feidhm é sin a dhéanamh.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "need, necessity"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "need",
          "need"
        ],
        [
          "necessity",
          "necessity"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fʲəimʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[fʲëimʲ]",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fʲəimʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[fʲeimʲ]",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[fʲɛːmʲ]",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "need",
      "word": "gá"
    },
    {
      "sense": "function, business, affair",
      "word": "gnó"
    },
    {
      "sense": "service",
      "word": "seirbhís"
    },
    {
      "sense": "use, function",
      "word": "úsáid"
    }
  ],
  "word": "feidhm"
}

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