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]
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"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
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"indefinite",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
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"form": "a bhalbhána",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
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},
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"genitive",
"indefinite",
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},
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"source": "declension",
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"plural"
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},
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},
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"form": "an balbhán",
"source": "declension",
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"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "na balbháin",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "an bhalbháin",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "na mbalbhán",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "leis an mbalbhán",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "don bhalbhán",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "leis na balbháin",
"source": "declension",
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"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
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},
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"tags": [
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},
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"form": "balbhán",
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"tags": [
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},
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"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
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"form": "mbalbhán",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
}
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"5": "",
"6": "",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"9": "",
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],
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}
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}
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]
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],
[
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"(card games) dummy"
],
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],
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbˠɔlˠəwanˠ/",
"tags": [
"Ulster"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbˠɔl̪ˠəwan̪ˠ/",
"tags": [
"Ulster"
]
}
],
"word": "balbhán"
}
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"Irish entries with incorrect language header",
"Irish first-declension nouns",
"Irish lemmas",
"Irish masculine nouns",
"Irish nouns",
"Irish terms derived from Middle Irish",
"Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish",
"Irish terms suffixed with -án",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"ga:People"
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"derived": [
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"english": "puffball",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "balbhán béice"
}
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"1": "ga",
"2": "mga",
"3": "*balbán"
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"expansion": "Middle Irish *balbán",
"name": "inh"
},
{
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"1": "gd",
"2": "balbhan"
},
"expansion": "Scottish Gaelic balbhan",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "balbh",
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"t1": "dumb, mute; inarticulate; dull; silent"
},
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"name": "affix"
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],
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"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "balbháin",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
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},
{
"form": "balbhán",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "balbháin",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "a bhalbháin",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "a bhalbhána",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "balbháin",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "balbhán",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "balbhán",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "balbháin",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "an balbhán",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "na balbháin",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "an bhalbháin",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "na mbalbhán",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "leis an mbalbhán",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "don bhalbhán",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "leis na balbháin",
"source": "declension",
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"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
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]
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},
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"error-unrecognized-form"
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},
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"glosses": [
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"ipa": "/ˈbˠɔl̪ˠəwan̪ˠ/",
"tags": [
"Ulster"
]
}
],
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}
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