"meathán" meaning in All languages combined

See meathán on Wiktionary

Noun [Irish]

IPA: /ˈmahanˠ/ [Ulster], /ˈmahan̪ˠ/ [Ulster]
Etymology: From Middle Irish methán. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|mga|methán}} Middle Irish methán Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|meatháin|||||||nominative plural|meatháin|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} meathán m (genitive singular meatháin, nominative plural meatháin), {{ga-noun|m|meatháin|meatháin}} meathán m (genitive singular meatháin, nominative plural meatháin) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: meatháin [genitive, singular], meatháin [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], meathán [indefinite, nominative, singular], meatháin [indefinite, nominative, plural], a mheatháin [indefinite, singular, vocative], a mheathána [indefinite, plural, vocative], meatháin [genitive, indefinite, singular], meathán [genitive, indefinite, plural], meathán [dative, indefinite, singular], meatháin [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an meathán [definite, nominative, singular], na meatháin [definite, nominative, plural], an mheatháin [definite, genitive, singular], na meathán [definite, genitive, plural], leis an meathán [dative, definite, singular], don mheathán [dative, definite, singular], leis na meatháin [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], meathán [error-unrecognized-form], mheathán [error-unrecognized-form], - [error-unrecognized-form], mathán [alternative], meathach [alternative], meathánach [alternative], meitheán [alternative], miothán [alternative]
  1. anything pliable Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-meathán-ga-noun-pKN2PBeY
  2. sucker (stem growing up from the roots of a plant), twig, sapling Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-meathán-ga-noun-MQ2q3w3p Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Irish terms suffixed with -án, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Botany Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 3 50 9 32 6 Disambiguation of Irish terms suffixed with -án: 7 47 15 23 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 75 7 14 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 67 5 24 2 Disambiguation of Botany: 9 52 9 20 10
  3. splinter (fragment of material) Tags: masculine Synonyms: scealp, scealpóg
    Sense id: en-meathán-ga-noun-v3gdcN0T
  4. (crafts) splint (in basketweaving) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-meathán-ga-noun-KVIgaNuC Topics: arts, crafts, hobbies, lifestyle
  5. weakling Tags: masculine Synonyms: lagrachán, fágálach
    Sense id: en-meathán-ga-noun-~3KAZJPW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: meathán mara (english: sea rush), meathán íochtair (english: tiller (shoot of a plant))
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0 0 0
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  "categories": [
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      "_dis": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "ga",
      "name": "People",
      "orig": "ga:People",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "sea rush",
      "word": "meathán mara"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "tiller (shoot of a plant)",
      "word": "meathán íochtair"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "mga",
        "3": "methán"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish methán",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish methán.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "meatháin",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meatháin",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meathán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meatháin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a mheatháin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a mheathána",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meatháin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meathán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meathán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meatháin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an meathán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na meatháin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an mheatháin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na meathán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an meathán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don mheathán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na meatháin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meathán",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mheathán",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mathán",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meathach",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meathánach",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meitheán",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "miothán",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "10": "",
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        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "meatháin",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "meathán m (genitive singular meatháin, nominative plural meatháin)",
      "name": "head"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "m",
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      },
      "expansion": "meathán m (genitive singular meatháin, nominative plural meatháin)",
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    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "anything pliable"
      ],
      "id": "en-meathán-ga-noun-pKN2PBeY",
      "links": [
        [
          "pliable",
          "pliable"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "2 75 7 14 2",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 67 5 24 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 52 9 20 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Botany",
          "orig": "ga:Botany",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sucker (stem growing up from the roots of a plant), twig, sapling"
      ],
      "id": "en-meathán-ga-noun-MQ2q3w3p",
      "links": [
        [
          "sucker",
          "sucker"
        ],
        [
          "twig",
          "twig"
        ],
        [
          "sapling",
          "sapling"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "splinter (fragment of material)"
      ],
      "id": "en-meathán-ga-noun-v3gdcN0T",
      "links": [
        [
          "splinter",
          "splinter"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "scealp"
        },
        {
          "word": "scealpóg"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "splint (in basketweaving)"
      ],
      "id": "en-meathán-ga-noun-KVIgaNuC",
      "links": [
        [
          "splint",
          "splint"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(crafts) splint (in basketweaving)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "arts",
        "crafts",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "weakling"
      ],
      "id": "en-meathán-ga-noun-~3KAZJPW",
      "links": [
        [
          "weakling",
          "weakling"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "lagrachán"
        },
        {
          "word": "fágálach"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmahanˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmahan̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "meathán"
}
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    "Irish first-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish masculine nouns",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Middle Irish",
    "Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish",
    "Irish terms suffixed with -án",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ga:Botany",
    "ga:People"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "sea rush",
      "word": "meathán mara"
    },
    {
      "english": "tiller (shoot of a plant)",
      "word": "meathán íochtair"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": "mga",
        "3": "methán"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish methán",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish methán.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "meatháin",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meatháin",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meathán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meatháin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a mheatháin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a mheathána",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meatháin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meathán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meathán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meatháin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an meathán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na meatháin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an mheatháin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na meathán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an meathán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don mheathán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na meatháin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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      ]
    },
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mathán",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meathach",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meathánach",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meitheán",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "miothán",
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        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
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    }
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  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "anything pliable"
      ],
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        [
          "pliable",
          "pliable"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sucker (stem growing up from the roots of a plant), twig, sapling"
      ],
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        [
          "sucker",
          "sucker"
        ],
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          "twig",
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          "sapling",
          "sapling"
        ]
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        "masculine"
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "splinter (fragment of material)"
      ],
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        [
          "splinter",
          "splinter"
        ]
      ],
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          "word": "scealp"
        },
        {
          "word": "scealpóg"
        }
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "splint (in basketweaving)"
      ],
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        [
          "splint",
          "splint"
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        "(crafts) splint (in basketweaving)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "arts",
        "crafts",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "weakling"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "weakling",
          "weakling"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "lagrachán"
        },
        {
          "word": "fágálach"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmahanˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmahan̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "meathán"
}

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