See máthair on Wiktionary
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},
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},
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32,
38
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19,
26
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},
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38
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26
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},
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},
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"4": "",
"5": "genitive",
"6": "máthar",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"9": "",
"cat2": "",
"g": "f",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "máthair f (genitive máthar, nominative plural máithir)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "f",
"2": "máthar",
"3": "máithir"
},
"expansion": "máthair f (genitive máthar, nominative plural máithir)",
"name": "sga-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Old Irish",
"lang_code": "sga",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "máthir"
}
],
"categories": [
"Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
"Old Irish feminine nouns",
"Old Irish lemmas",
"Old Irish nouns",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative spelling of máthir"
],
"links": [
[
"máthir",
"máthir#Old_Irish"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative",
"feminine"
]
}
],
"word": "máthair"
}
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"called_from": "inflection/865",
"msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: máthair/Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
"path": [
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],
"section": "Irish",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "máthair",
"trace": ""
}
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"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
"path": [
"máthair"
],
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"subsection": "noun",
"title": "máthair",
"trace": ""
}
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"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'eclipsis'",
"path": [
"máthair"
],
"section": "Irish",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "máthair",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/865",
"msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: máthair/Old Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
"path": [
"máthair"
],
"section": "Old Irish",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "máthair",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
"path": [
"máthair"
],
"section": "Old Irish",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "máthair",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'nasalization'",
"path": [
"máthair"
],
"section": "Old Irish",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "máthair",
"trace": ""
}
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