"táin" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Irish]

IPA: /t̪ˠɑːnʲ/ [Connacht, Munster], /t̪ˠaːnʲ/ [Ulster]
Etymology: From Old Irish táin (“act of driving off”), verbal noun of do·aig (“to drive off”), from Proto-Celtic *to- + Proto-Celtic *ageti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-. Etymology templates: {{root|ga|ine-pro|*h₂eǵ-}}, {{inh|ga|sga|táin|t=act of driving off}} Old Irish táin (“act of driving off”), {{der|ga|cel-pro|*to-}} Proto-Celtic *to-, {{der|ga|cel-pro|*ageti}} Proto-Celtic *ageti, {{der|ga|ine-pro|*h₂eǵ-}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|tána|||||||nominative plural|táinte|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} táin f (genitive singular tána, nominative plural táinte), {{ga-noun|f|tána|táinte}} táin f (genitive singular tána, nominative plural táinte), {{tlb|ga|literary}} (literary) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: tána [genitive, singular], táinte [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], táin [indefinite, nominative, singular], táinte [indefinite, nominative, plural], a tháin [indefinite, singular, vocative], a tháinte [indefinite, plural, vocative], tána [genitive, indefinite, singular], táinte [genitive, indefinite, plural], táin [dative, indefinite, singular], táinte [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an táin [definite, nominative, singular], na táinte [definite, nominative, plural], na tána [definite, genitive, singular], na dtáinte [definite, genitive, plural], leis an táin [dative, definite, singular], don táin [dative, definite, singular], leis na táinte [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], táin [error-unrecognized-form], tháin [error-unrecognized-form], dtáin [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. cattle-raid, plundering expedition Tags: feminine, literary
    Sense id: en-táin-ga-noun-xDHtY0TU
  2. a story about a cattle-raid or plundering expedition Tags: feminine, literary
    Sense id: en-táin-ga-noun-~F1BATjK
  3. the cattle plundered in a cattle-raid Tags: feminine, literary
    Sense id: en-táin-ga-noun-HLDXXx1x Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Cattle Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 18 11 38 10 12 8 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 7 48 12 11 9 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 6 56 10 9 8 3 Disambiguation of Cattle: 0 0 86 14 0 0 0
  4. flock, herd Tags: feminine, literary Synonyms: tréad
    Sense id: en-táin-ga-noun-dzsZ4R63 Categories (other): Crime Disambiguation of Crime: 0 0 0 100 0 0 0
  5. (in the plural) wealth, fortune Tags: feminine, in-plural, literary Synonyms: saibhreas
    Sense id: en-táin-ga-noun-bp8buUTP
  6. (in the plural) a large amount, a great number Tags: feminine, in-plural, literary
    Sense id: en-táin-ga-noun-lzJHOscn
  7. a crowd Tags: feminine, literary Synonyms: dream, slua
    Sense id: en-táin-ga-noun-fhB27Ueh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: sa Táin (english: among the greats, the stuff of legend), is fearr an tsláinte ná na táinte (english: health is better than wealth)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "sa Táin"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "health is better than wealth",
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        "table-tags"
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      "form": "an táin",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na táinte",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "na dtáinte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "don táin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
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        "table-tags"
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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        "15": "",
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        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
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        [
          "plunder",
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          "expedition",
          "expedition"
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        "literary"
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        "(in the plural) a large amount, a great number"
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          "word": "dream"
        },
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          "word": "slua"
        }
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/t̪ˠɑːnʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t̪ˠaːnʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "táin"
}
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    "Irish literary terms",
    "Irish 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 *h₂eǵ-",
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      "english": "among the greats, the stuff of legend",
      "word": "sa Táin"
    },
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      "english": "health is better than wealth",
      "word": "is fearr an tsláinte ná na táinte"
    }
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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      "form": "táinte",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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        "singular",
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        "indefinite",
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        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
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        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
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        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
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    },
    {
      "form": "an táin",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na táinte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na tána",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "na dtáinte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an táin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don táin",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
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        "inflection-template"
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      "form": "táin",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "tháin",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "dtáin",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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        "6": "",
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        "8": "",
        "9": "",
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  "lang": "Irish",
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "cattle-raid, plundering expedition"
      ],
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        [
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          "raid",
          "raid"
        ],
        [
          "plunder",
          "plunder"
        ],
        [
          "expedition",
          "expedition"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a story about a cattle-raid or plundering expedition"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "story",
          "story"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the cattle plundered in a cattle-raid"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "flock, herd"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flock",
          "flock"
        ],
        [
          "herd",
          "herd"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "tréad"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wealth, fortune"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wealth",
          "wealth"
        ],
        [
          "fortune",
          "fortune"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) wealth, fortune"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "saibhreas"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "in-plural",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a large amount, a great number"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in the plural) a large amount, a great number"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "in-plural",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a crowd"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "crowd",
          "crowd"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dream"
        },
        {
          "word": "slua"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/t̪ˠɑːnʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t̪ˠaːnʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "táin"
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: táin/Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "táin"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "táin",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
  "path": [
    "táin"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "táin",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'eclipsis'",
  "path": [
    "táin"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "táin",
  "trace": ""
}

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