"Alba" meaning in Irish

See Alba in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈal̪ˠəbˠə/, /ˈalˠəbˠə/
Etymology: From Old Irish Albu, from Proto-Celtic *albiyū. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|Albu}} Old Irish Albu, {{inh|ga|cel-pro|*albiyū}} Proto-Celtic *albiyū Head templates: {{head|ga|proper noun|genitive|Alban|||||||altform=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} Alba f (genitive Alban), {{ga-proper noun|f|Alban}} Alba f (genitive Alban) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: Alban [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Alba [indefinite, nominative, singular], a Alba [indefinite, singular, vocative], Alban [genitive, indefinite, singular], Albain [dative, indefinite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], an Alba [definite, nominative, singular], na hAlban [definite, genitive, singular], leis an Albain [dative, definite, singular], don Albain [dative, definite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], Alba [error-unrecognized-form], nAlba [error-unrecognized-form], hAlba [error-unrecognized-form], - [error-unrecognized-form], Albain [alternative]
  1. (dated) Scotland (a constituent country of the United Kingdom) Tags: dated, feminine Categories (place): Places in the United Kingdom Derived forms: Alba Nua (english: Nova Scotia) [feminine]
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      "name": "inh"
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  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish Albu, from Proto-Celtic *albiyū.",
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    {
      "form": "Alban",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a Alba",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Alban",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Albain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an Alba",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na hAlban",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an Albain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don Albain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "Alba",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
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      "form": "nAlba",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "hAlba",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Albain",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
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        "f4request": "1",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
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      },
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      "name": "head"
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  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 11 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Constituent countries of the United Kingdom",
          "orig": "ga:Constituent countries of the United Kingdom",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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          "langcode": "ga",
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          "orig": "ga:Places in the United Kingdom",
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          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Scotland",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
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        {
          "english": "Nova Scotia",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "translation": "Nova Scotia",
          "word": "Alba Nua"
        }
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      ],
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        ],
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        ],
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈal̪ˠəbˠə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈalˠəbˠə/"
    }
  ],
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}
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "translation": "Nova Scotia",
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    }
  ],
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      "form": "Alban",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Alba",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "a Alba",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Alban",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Albain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "an Alba",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na hAlban",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an Albain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don Albain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Alba",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nAlba",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hAlba",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Albain",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "10": "",
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        "4": "Alban",
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        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
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        "f1request": "1",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
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      "name": "head"
    },
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        "2": "Alban"
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      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "Irish dated terms",
        "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Irish feminine nouns",
        "Irish fifth-declension nouns",
        "Irish lemmas",
        "Irish proper nouns",
        "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
        "Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
        "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
        "Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈal̪ˠəbˠə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈalˠəbˠə/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Alba"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Alba meaning in Irish (3.2kB)

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  "subsection": "proper noun",
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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: Alba/Irish 'with t-prothesis' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form'}",
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