"fothain" meaning in All languages combined

See fothain on Wiktionary

Noun [Irish]

IPA: /ˈfˠɪhənʲ/ [Munster]
Etymology: From Middle Irish foithin. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|mga|foithin}} Middle Irish foithin Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|fothana||||||||-|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} fothain f (genitive singular fothana), {{ga-noun|f|fothana|-}} fothain f (genitive singular fothana) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: fothana [genitive, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], fothain [indefinite, nominative, singular], a fhothain [indefinite, singular, vocative], fothana [genitive, indefinite, singular], fothain [dative, indefinite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], an fhothain [definite, nominative, singular], na fothana [definite, genitive, singular], leis an bhfothain [dative, definite, singular], don fhothain [dative, definite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], fothain [error-unrecognized-form], fhothain [error-unrecognized-form], bhfothain [error-unrecognized-form], fathain [alternative], foithin [alternative], fuithin [alternative], fuithint [alternative]
  1. shelter Tags: feminine Synonyms: foscadh
    Sense id: en-fothain-ga-noun-zZa13vTt Categories (other): Irish terms with collocations, Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 25 18 25 31
  2. covert (hiding place) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-fothain-ga-noun-55IXZoIP Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 25 18 25 31
  3. lee Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-fothain-ga-noun-FQi2l4la Categories (other): Irish terms with collocations, Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 25 18 25 31
  4. secret-keeping ability Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-fothain-ga-noun-Snc2qp9S Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 25 18 25 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 21 15 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 14 12 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fothaineach, fothainigh, fothainiúil
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fothaineach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fothainigh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fothainiúil"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "mga",
        "3": "foithin"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish foithin.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fothana",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "fothain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a fhothain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fothana",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fothain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an fhothain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na fothana",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an bhfothain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don fhothain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fothain",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fhothain",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhfothain",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fathain",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foithin",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fuithin",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fuithint",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "10": "",
        "11": "",
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        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
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        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "fothana",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "fothana",
        "3": "-"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish terms with collocations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with collocations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 18 25 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
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              5,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "english": "sheltered, screened",
          "text": "faoi fhothain",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "shelter"
      ],
      "id": "en-fothain-ga-noun-zZa13vTt",
      "links": [
        [
          "shelter",
          "shelter"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "foscadh"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "25 18 25 31",
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          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "covert (hiding place)"
      ],
      "id": "en-fothain-ga-noun-55IXZoIP",
      "links": [
        [
          "covert",
          "covert"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "kind": "other",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 18 25 31",
          "kind": "other",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "english": "the leeward side",
          "text": "taobh na fothana",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lee"
      ],
      "id": "en-fothain-ga-noun-FQi2l4la",
      "links": [
        [
          "lee",
          "lee"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "25 18 25 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 21 15 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 14 12 56",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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            [
              12,
              34
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I can’t keep a secret.",
          "literal_meaning": "There is no secret-keeping ability in me.",
          "text": "Níl aon fhothain ionam.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "secret-keeping ability"
      ],
      "id": "en-fothain-ga-noun-Snc2qp9S",
      "links": [
        [
          "secret",
          "secret"
        ],
        [
          "keep",
          "keep"
        ],
        [
          "ability",
          "ability"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfˠɪhənʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fothain"
}
{
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    "Irish feminine nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Middle Irish",
    "Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish",
    "Irish third-declension nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "fothaineach"
    },
    {
      "word": "fothainigh"
    },
    {
      "word": "fothainiúil"
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish foithin.",
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      "form": "fothana",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fothain",
      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a fhothain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fothana",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fothain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an fhothain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na fothana",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an bhfothain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don fhothain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fothain",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fhothain",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhfothain",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fathain",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foithin",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fuithin",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fuithint",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
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        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
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    },
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      "args": {
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      "args": {},
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  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Irish terms with collocations"
      ],
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        {
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            [
              5,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "english": "sheltered, screened",
          "text": "faoi fhothain",
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        }
      ],
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      ],
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        [
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      ],
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        {
          "word": "foscadh"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "covert (hiding place)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "covert",
          "covert"
        ]
      ],
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        "feminine"
      ]
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            [
              9,
              16
            ]
          ],
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          "text": "taobh na fothana",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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          "lee",
          "lee"
        ]
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              8,
              16
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          "english": "I can’t keep a secret.",
          "literal_meaning": "There is no secret-keeping ability in me.",
          "text": "Níl aon fhothain ionam.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "secret-keeping ability"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "secret",
          "secret"
        ],
        [
          "keep",
          "keep"
        ],
        [
          "ability",
          "ability"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfˠɪhənʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fothain"
}

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