See balbh in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "dumb person, mute; stammerer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"translation": "dumb person, mute; stammerer",
"word": "balbhán"
}
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"balb",
"balb#Old_Irish"
],
[
"balbus",
"balbus#Latin"
]
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "sga",
"3": "balb"
},
"expansion": "Old Irish balb",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "la",
"3": "balbus"
},
"expansion": "Latin balbus",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "<span class=\"cited-source\">Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (<span class=\"None\" lang=\"und\">2019), “balb”, in <cite>eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language</cite></span></span>"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "ref"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Irish balb, from Latin balbus.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "bailbh",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bailbhe",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "balbha",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bailbhe",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "l-self",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "balbh",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bhalbh",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "balbha",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bhalbha",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bhailbh",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "bhalbh",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "balbha",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "bhailbh",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bailbhe",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "balbha",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "balbh",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "balbh",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bhalbh",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bhalbh",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bhailbh",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"dative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "balbha",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bhalbha",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "níos bailbhe",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "is bailbhe",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ga-mut",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "balbh",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "bhalbh",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"lenition"
]
},
{
"form": "mbalbh",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"eclipsis"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"10": "balbha",
"11": "",
"12": "{{{pl2}}}",
"13": "comparative",
"14": "bailbhe",
"15": "",
"16": "",
"2": "adjective",
"3": "genitive singular masculine",
"4": "bailbh",
"5": "genitive singular feminine",
"6": "bailbhe",
"7": "",
"8": "{{{gsf2}}}",
"9": "plural",
"head": "",
"var": ""
},
"expansion": "balbh (genitive singular masculine bailbh, genitive singular feminine bailbhe, plural balbha, comparative bailbhe)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"comp": "bailbhe",
"gsf": "bailbhe",
"gsm": "bailbh",
"pl": "balbha"
},
"expansion": "balbh (genitive singular masculine bailbh, genitive singular feminine bailbhe, plural balbha, comparative bailbhe)",
"name": "ga-adj"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "ga-mut"
}
],
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "80 17 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "75 8 0 17 0",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 2 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "86 4 0 9 0",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"mute, dumb"
],
"id": "en-balbh-ga-adj-PwGagjlv",
"links": [
[
"mute",
"mute"
],
[
"dumb",
"dumb"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "maon"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"inarticulate"
],
"id": "en-balbh-ga-adj-upj75txo",
"links": [
[
"inarticulate",
"inarticulate"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"dull (of sound)"
],
"id": "en-balbh-ga-adj-bR9WgqKR",
"links": [
[
"dull",
"dull"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbˠɑl̪ˠəvˠ/",
"tags": [
"Munster"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbˠɑləvˠ/",
"tags": [
"Galway"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbˠalˠəvˠ/",
"tags": [
"Galway"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbˠalˠuː/",
"tags": [
"Mayo"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbˠɔlˠu(ː)/",
"tags": [
"Ulster"
]
}
],
"word": "balbh"
}
{
"categories": [
"Irish adjectives",
"Irish entries with incorrect language header",
"Irish lemmas",
"Irish terms derived from Latin",
"Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
"Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "dumb person, mute; stammerer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"translation": "dumb person, mute; stammerer",
"word": "balbhán"
}
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"balb",
"balb#Old_Irish"
],
[
"balbus",
"balbus#Latin"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "sga",
"3": "balb"
},
"expansion": "Old Irish balb",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"2": "la",
"3": "balbus"
},
"expansion": "Latin balbus",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "<span class=\"cited-source\">Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (<span class=\"None\" lang=\"und\">2019), “balb”, in <cite>eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language</cite></span></span>"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "ref"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Irish balb, from Latin balbus.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "bailbh",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bailbhe",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "balbha",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bailbhe",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "l-self",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "balbh",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bhalbh",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "balbha",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bhalbha",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bhailbh",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "bhalbh",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "balbha",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "bhailbh",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bailbhe",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "balbha",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "balbh",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "balbh",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bhalbh",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bhalbh",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bhailbh",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"dative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "balbha",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bhalbha",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "níos bailbhe",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "is bailbhe",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ga-mut",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "balbh",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "bhalbh",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"lenition"
]
},
{
"form": "mbalbh",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"eclipsis"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"10": "balbha",
"11": "",
"12": "{{{pl2}}}",
"13": "comparative",
"14": "bailbhe",
"15": "",
"16": "",
"2": "adjective",
"3": "genitive singular masculine",
"4": "bailbh",
"5": "genitive singular feminine",
"6": "bailbhe",
"7": "",
"8": "{{{gsf2}}}",
"9": "plural",
"head": "",
"var": ""
},
"expansion": "balbh (genitive singular masculine bailbh, genitive singular feminine bailbhe, plural balbha, comparative bailbhe)",
"name": "head"
},
{
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"gsf": "bailbhe",
"gsm": "bailbh",
"pl": "balbha"
},
"expansion": "balbh (genitive singular masculine bailbh, genitive singular feminine bailbhe, plural balbha, comparative bailbhe)",
"name": "ga-adj"
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"name": "ga-mut"
}
],
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"pos": "adj",
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{
"glosses": [
"mute, dumb"
],
"links": [
[
"mute",
"mute"
],
[
"dumb",
"dumb"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "maon"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"inarticulate"
],
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[
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"inarticulate"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"dull (of sound)"
],
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[
"dull",
"dull"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbˠɑl̪ˠəvˠ/",
"tags": [
"Munster"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbˠɑləvˠ/",
"tags": [
"Galway"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbˠalˠəvˠ/",
"tags": [
"Galway"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbˠalˠuː/",
"tags": [
"Mayo"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbˠɔlˠu(ː)/",
"tags": [
"Ulster"
]
}
],
"word": "balbh"
}
Download raw JSONL data for balbh meaning in Irish (4.9kB)
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"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'strong noun'",
"path": [
"balbh"
],
"section": "Irish",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "balbh",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'weak noun'",
"path": [
"balbh"
],
"section": "Irish",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "balbh",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/865",
"msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: balbh/Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
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}
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