"moy" meaning in Faroese

See moy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɔiːj/ Forms: moyar [genitive, singular], moyar [plural]
Etymology: From Old Norse mœr, mær, from Proto-Germanic *mawī, from Proto-Indo-European *magʰ-. Etymology templates: {{der|fo|non|mœr}} Old Norse mœr, {{der|fo|gem-pro|*mawī}} Proto-Germanic *mawī, {{der|fo|ine-pro|*magʰ-}} Proto-Indo-European *magʰ- Head templates: {{head|fo|noun|genitive singular|moyar|||||plural|moyar|||||cat2=|cat3=|g=f|head=}} moy f (genitive singular moyar, plural moyar), {{fo-noun|f|moyar|moyar}} moy f (genitive singular moyar, plural moyar)
  1. maid, maiden Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-moy-fo-noun-QJtdl89s Categories (other): Faroese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Faroese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. virgin Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-moy-fo-noun-QJjhqI~3 Categories (other): Faroese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Faroese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: moyggj
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  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "mœr",
      "mœr#Old_Norse"
    ],
    [
      "mær",
      "mær#Old_Norse"
    ],
    [
      "*mawī",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mawī"
    ],
    [
      "*magʰ-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/magʰ-"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "mœr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse mœr",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*mawī"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mawī",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*magʰ-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *magʰ-",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse mœr, mær, from Proto-Germanic *mawī, from Proto-Indo-European *magʰ-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "moyar",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moyar",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "10": "moyar",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "moyar",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "plural",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
        "g": "f",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "moy f (genitive singular moyar, plural moyar)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "moyar",
        "3": "moyar"
      },
      "expansion": "moy f (genitive singular moyar, plural moyar)",
      "name": "fo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Faroese",
  "lang_code": "fo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Faroese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "maid, maiden"
      ],
      "id": "en-moy-fo-noun-QJtdl89s",
      "links": [
        [
          "maid",
          "maid"
        ],
        [
          "maiden",
          "maiden"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Faroese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "virgin"
      ],
      "id": "en-moy-fo-noun-QJjhqI~3",
      "links": [
        [
          "virgin",
          "virgin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɔiːj/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "moyggj"
    }
  ],
  "word": "moy"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Faroese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Faroese feminine nouns",
    "Faroese lemmas",
    "Faroese nouns",
    "Faroese terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Faroese terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Faroese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Pages using etymon with no ID",
    "Pages with 7 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pages with etymon",
    "uz:Fats and oils"
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "mœr",
      "mœr#Old_Norse"
    ],
    [
      "mær",
      "mær#Old_Norse"
    ],
    [
      "*mawī",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mawī"
    ],
    [
      "*magʰ-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/magʰ-"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "mœr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse mœr",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*mawī"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mawī",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*magʰ-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *magʰ-",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse mœr, mær, from Proto-Germanic *mawī, from Proto-Indo-European *magʰ-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "moyar",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "moyar",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fo",
        "10": "moyar",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "moyar",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "plural",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
        "g": "f",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "moy f (genitive singular moyar, plural moyar)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "moyar",
        "3": "moyar"
      },
      "expansion": "moy f (genitive singular moyar, plural moyar)",
      "name": "fo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Faroese",
  "lang_code": "fo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "maid, maiden"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "maid",
          "maid"
        ],
        [
          "maiden",
          "maiden"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "virgin"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "virgin",
          "virgin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɔiːj/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "moyggj"
    }
  ],
  "word": "moy"
}

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