tau in Icelandic

IPA: /tʰøyː/ [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Rhymes: -øyː Etymology: Borrowed from Danish tøj. Etymology templates: {{bor+|is|da|tøj}} Borrowed from Danish tøj Head templates: {{is-noun|@@}} tau n (genitive singular taus, no plural) Inflection templates: {{is-ndecl|n.sg}} Forms: taus [genitive, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], tau [indefinite, nominative, singular], tauið [definite, nominative, singular], tau [accusative, indefinite, singular], tauið [accusative, definite, singular], taui [dative, indefinite, singular], tauinu [dative, definite, singular], taus [genitive, indefinite, singular], tausins [definite, genitive, singular]

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{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "da",
        "3": "tøj"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Danish tøj",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Danish tøj.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "taus",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tauið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tauið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taui",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tauinu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tausins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "@@"
      },
      "expansion": "tau n (genitive singular taus, no plural)",
      "name": "is-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n.sg"
      },
      "name": "is-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fabric"
      ],
      "id": "en-tau-is-noun-rSpULITH",
      "links": [
        [
          "fabric",
          "fabric"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "no-plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "clothing"
      ],
      "id": "en-tau-is-noun-EtJk3gml",
      "links": [
        [
          "clothing",
          "clothing"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "no-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰøyː/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-øyː"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tau"
}

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{
  "categories": [
    "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Icelandic lemmas",
    "Icelandic neuter nouns",
    "Icelandic nouns",
    "Icelandic terms borrowed from Danish",
    "Icelandic terms derived from Danish",
    "Icelandic terms with redundant head parameter",
    "Icelandic uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 47 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Icelandic/øyː",
    "Rhymes:Icelandic/øyː/1 syllable"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "da",
        "3": "tøj"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Danish tøj",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Danish tøj.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "taus",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tauið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tau",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tauið",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taui",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tauinu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tausins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "@@"
      },
      "expansion": "tau n (genitive singular taus, no plural)",
      "name": "is-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n.sg"
      },
      "name": "is-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Icelandic",
  "lang_code": "is",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fabric"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fabric",
          "fabric"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "no-plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "clothing"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "clothing",
          "clothing"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "no-plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰøyː/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-øyː"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tau"
}

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"tau" meaning in Icelandic

Noun