"Dún" meaning in Irish

See Dún in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: an Dún [canonical, masculine], an Dúin [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Dún [error-unrecognized-form], Dhún [error-unrecognized-form], nDún [error-unrecognized-form]
Etymology: From dún (“fort”). Head templates: {{head|ga|proper noun|genitive|an Dúin|||||||f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=an Dún}} an Dún m (genitive an Dúin), {{ga-proper noun|m|an Dúin|head=an Dún}} an Dún m (genitive an Dúin) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}}
  1. Down (a county of Northern Ireland) Categories (place): Counties of Northern Ireland, County Down, Northern Ireland, Places in Northern Ireland Synonyms: Contae an Dúin
    Sense id: en-Dún-ga-name-NFs4S7uR Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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  "etymology_text": "From dún (“fort”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "an Dún",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an Dúin",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dún",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dhún",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nDún",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "3": "genitive",
        "4": "an Dúin",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "an Dún"
      },
      "expansion": "an Dún m (genitive an Dúin)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "an Dúin",
        "head": "an Dún"
      },
      "expansion": "an Dún m (genitive an Dúin)",
      "name": "ga-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Counties of Northern Ireland",
          "orig": "ga:Counties of Northern Ireland",
          "parents": [
            "Counties",
            "Places",
            "Political divisions",
            "Names",
            "Polities",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "County Down, Northern Ireland",
          "orig": "ga:County Down, Northern Ireland",
          "parents": [
            "Counties of Northern Ireland",
            "Counties",
            "Places",
            "Political divisions",
            "Names",
            "Polities",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Places in Northern Ireland",
          "orig": "ga:Places in Northern Ireland",
          "parents": [
            "Places",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Down (a county of Northern Ireland)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Dún-ga-name-NFs4S7uR",
      "links": [
        [
          "Down",
          "Down#English"
        ],
        [
          "Northern Ireland",
          "Northern Ireland#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Contae an Dúin"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Dún"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "From dún (“fort”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "an Dún",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an Dúin",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dún",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Dhún",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nDún",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "3": "genitive",
        "4": "an Dúin",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "an Dún"
      },
      "expansion": "an Dún m (genitive an Dúin)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "an Dúin",
        "head": "an Dún"
      },
      "expansion": "an Dún m (genitive an Dúin)",
      "name": "ga-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Irish lemmas",
        "Irish masculine nouns",
        "Irish proper nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "ga:Counties of Northern Ireland",
        "ga:County Down, Northern Ireland",
        "ga:Places in Northern Ireland"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Down (a county of Northern Ireland)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Down",
          "Down#English"
        ],
        [
          "Northern Ireland",
          "Northern Ireland#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Contae an Dúin"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Dún"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Dún meaning in Irish (1.5kB)

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  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: Dún/Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "Dún"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "Dún",
  "trace": ""
}

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

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

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