"eyga" meaning in Faroese

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɛiːja/
Rhymes: -ɛiːja Etymology: From Old Norse auga, from Proto-Germanic *augô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Etymology templates: {{der|fo|non|auga}} Old Norse auga, {{der|fo|gem-pro|*augô}} Proto-Germanic *augô, {{der|fo|ine-pro|*h₃ekʷ-||eye; to see}} Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”) Head templates: {{head|fo|noun|g=n|head=}} eyga n, {{fo-noun|n|eyga|eygu}} eyga n (genitive singular eyga, plural eygu) Inflection templates: {{fo-decl-noun-n1|eyg}} Forms: eyga [genitive, singular], eygu [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], eyga [indefinite, nominative, singular], eygað [definite, nominative, singular], eygu [indefinite, nominative, plural], eygur [indefinite, nominative, plural], eyguni [definite, nominative, plural], eyga [accusative, indefinite, singular], eygað [accusative, definite, singular], eygu [accusative, indefinite, plural], eygur [accusative, indefinite, plural], eyguni [accusative, definite, plural], eyga [dative, indefinite, singular], eyganum [dative, definite, singular], eygum [dative, indefinite, plural], eygunum [dative, definite, plural], eyga [genitive, indefinite, singular], eygans [definite, genitive, singular], eygna [genitive, indefinite, plural], eygnanna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. eye Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-eyga-fo-noun-R8IVtfcO Categories (other): Anatomy Disambiguation of Anatomy: 20 20 20 20 20
  2. view Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-eyga-fo-noun-K8tDy8j2 Categories (other): Anatomy Disambiguation of Anatomy: 20 20 20 20 20
  3. (plural only) face Tags: neuter, plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-eyga-fo-noun-AoLZt59C Categories (other): Faroese pluralia tantum, Anatomy Disambiguation of Anatomy: 20 20 20 20 20
  4. stitch Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-eyga-fo-noun-hkpCxL-B Categories (other): Anatomy Disambiguation of Anatomy: 20 20 20 20 20
  5. small hollow in a cliff Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-eyga-fo-noun-lkmqjziT Categories (other): Faroese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Anatomy Disambiguation of Faroese entries with incorrect language header: 10 10 10 10 61 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 15 15 15 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 10 10 10 61 Disambiguation of Anatomy: 20 20 20 20 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: eygnalækni, eygnasteinur, eygnaviðgerð

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "eygnalækni"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "eygnasteinur"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "eygnaviðgerð"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "auga"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse auga",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*augô"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *augô",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₃ekʷ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "eye; to see"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse auga, from Proto-Germanic *augô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "eyga",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eygu",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fo-decl-noun-n1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eyga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eygað",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eygu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eygur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eyguni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eyga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eygað",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eygu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eygur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eyguni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eyga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eyganum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eygum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eygunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eyga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eygans",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eygna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eygnanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "n",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "eyga n",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "eyga",
        "3": "eygu"
      },
      "expansion": "eyga n (genitive singular eyga, plural eygu)",
      "name": "fo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eyg"
      },
      "name": "fo-decl-noun-n1"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Faroese",
  "lang_code": "fo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "20 20 20 20 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fo",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "fo:Anatomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              18,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "english": "a guest/foreigner notices more than others",
          "literal_meaning": "clear is the guest's eye",
          "text": "gløgt er gestsins eyga",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "eye"
      ],
      "id": "en-eyga-fo-noun-R8IVtfcO",
      "links": [
        [
          "eye",
          "eye"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "20 20 20 20 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fo",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "fo:Anatomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "view"
      ],
      "id": "en-eyga-fo-noun-K8tDy8j2",
      "links": [
        [
          "view",
          "view"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Faroese pluralia tantum",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 20 20 20 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fo",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "fo:Anatomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "face"
      ],
      "id": "en-eyga-fo-noun-AoLZt59C",
      "links": [
        [
          "face",
          "face"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(plural only) face"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "plural-only"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "20 20 20 20 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fo",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "fo:Anatomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "stitch"
      ],
      "id": "en-eyga-fo-noun-hkpCxL-B",
      "links": [
        [
          "stitch",
          "stitch"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 10 10 10 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Faroese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 15 15 15 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 10 10 10 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 20 20 20 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fo",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "fo:Anatomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "small hollow in a cliff"
      ],
      "id": "en-eyga-fo-noun-lkmqjziT",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛiːja/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛiːja"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "eygað"
    }
  ],
  "word": "eyga"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Faroese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Faroese lemmas",
    "Faroese neuter nouns",
    "Faroese nouns",
    "Faroese terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Faroese terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Faroese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Faroese terms with homophones",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Faroese/ɛiːja",
    "fo:Anatomy"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "eygnalækni"
    },
    {
      "word": "eygnasteinur"
    },
    {
      "word": "eygnaviðgerð"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "auga"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse auga",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*augô"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *augô",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₃ekʷ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "eye; to see"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse auga, from Proto-Germanic *augô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "eyga",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eygu",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fo-decl-noun-n1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eyga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eygað",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eygu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eygur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eyguni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eyga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eygað",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eygu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eygur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eyguni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eyga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eyganum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eygum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eygunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eyga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eygans",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eygna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eygnanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "n",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "eyga n",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
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        "1": "n",
        "2": "eyga",
        "3": "eygu"
      },
      "expansion": "eyga n (genitive singular eyga, plural eygu)",
      "name": "fo-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eyg"
      },
      "name": "fo-decl-noun-n1"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Faroese",
  "lang_code": "fo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Faroese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              18,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "english": "a guest/foreigner notices more than others",
          "literal_meaning": "clear is the guest's eye",
          "text": "gløgt er gestsins eyga",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "eye"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "eye",
          "eye"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "view"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "view",
          "view"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Faroese pluralia tantum"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "face"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "face",
          "face"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(plural only) face"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "plural-only"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "stitch"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stitch",
          "stitch"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "small hollow in a cliff"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛiːja/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛiːja"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "eygað"
    }
  ],
  "word": "eyga"
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'n1'",
  "path": [
    "eyga"
  ],
  "section": "Faroese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "eyga",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'n1'",
  "path": [
    "eyga"
  ],
  "section": "Faroese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "eyga",
  "trace": ""
}

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