"ball" meaning in Irish

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Noun

IPA: /bˠɑul̪ˠ/ [Munster], /bˠɑːl̪ˠ/ [Galway], /bˠal̪ˠ/ [Mayo], /bˠal̪ˠ/ [Ulster]
Etymology: From Old Irish ball, from Proto-Celtic *ballos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, swell, inflate”); compare English ball, Greek φαλλός (phallós, “penis”). Etymology templates: {{root|ga|ine-pro|*bʰel-|id=blow}}, {{inh|ga|sga|ball}} Old Irish ball, {{inh|ga|cel-pro|*ballos}} Proto-Celtic *ballos, {{inh|ga|ine-pro|*bʰel-||to blow, swell, inflate}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, swell, inflate”), {{cog|en|ball}} English ball, {{m|grc|φαλλός||penis}} φαλλός (phallós, “penis”) Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|baill|||||||nominative plural|baill|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} ball m (genitive singular baill, nominative plural baill), {{ga-noun|m|baill|baill}} ball m (genitive singular baill, nominative plural baill) Inflection templates: {{ga-decl-m1|b|all|aill}}, {{ga-mut}} Forms: baill [genitive, singular], baill [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], ball [indefinite, nominative, singular], baill [indefinite, nominative, plural], a bhaill [indefinite, singular, vocative], a bhalla [indefinite, plural, vocative], baill [genitive, indefinite, singular], ball [genitive, indefinite, plural], ball [dative, indefinite, singular], baill [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an ball [definite, nominative, singular], na baill [definite, nominative, plural], an bhaill [definite, genitive, singular], na mball [definite, genitive, plural], leis an mball [dative, definite, singular], don bhall [dative, definite, singular], leis na baill [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], ball [mutation, mutation-radical], bhall [lenition, mutation], mball [eclipsis, mutation]
  1. (anatomy) organ Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-ball-ga-noun-4PtubGMF Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. component part Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-ball-ga-noun-z7p4j9kw
  3. member Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-ball-ga-noun-4xq2Q8RP
  4. article Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-ball-ga-noun-hDk63YxI
  5. spot, place Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-ball-ga-noun-giC2z9~2
  6. spot, mark Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-ball-ga-noun-p8N0qpdF
  7. (sets) element, member Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-ball-ga-noun-uWq0akT0 Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 21 2 2 30 2 2 42 Topics: mathematics, sciences, sets
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: an ball is mó ar deireadh (english: last but not least), ar an mball (english: immediately, on the spot), ar ball (english: a while ago; after a while), ar fud an bhaill (english: all over the place), baill bheatha (english: vitals) [masculine, plural], baill dho-laghdaithe (english: irreducible elements), baill ghiniúna (english: genitals) [masculine, plural], baill inmheánacha (english: internal organs) [masculine, plural], baill scoite (english: discrete members) [masculine], ball acra (english: implement) [masculine], ball airtléire (english: piece of artillery) [masculine], ball breac (english: mottle) [masculine], ball broinne (english: birthmark) [masculine], ball dearg (english: strawberry mark) [masculine], ball dobhráin (english: mole (on skin)) [masculine], ball dóite (english: burn) [masculine], ball dúchais (english: congenital mark) [masculine], ball éadaigh [article, masculine], ball easpach [article, defective, masculine], ball éisteachta (english: hearing organ, ear) [masculine], ball fearga (english: penis) [masculine], ball fo-éadaigh (english: undergarment) [masculine], ball gréine (english: sun-spot) [masculine], ball inbhéartach (english: inverse element) [masculine], ball ionannais (english: identity element) [masculine], ball nimhneach (english: sore spot) [masculine], ball oibre (english: spell of work) [masculine], ball seirce (english: love spot, patch) [masculine], ball séire (english: bungler; fool) [masculine], ball súiche (english: smut) [masculine], ball tosaigh (english: stempiece (of boat)) [masculine], ball trasna (english: cross-member), ball trioc [article, masculine], ball troscáin [article, masculine], ball uirlise (english: implement) [masculine], ballra (english: members) [masculine], i lár baill (english: right in the middle), i mball éigin (english: somewhere), i mball eile (english: elsewhere), i ngach aon bhall (english: everywhere), i ngach aon treo baill (english: in all directions), in aon bhall (english: in one place, together), láithreach baill (english: on the spot, instantly), ó bhall go post (english: from stem to stern)

Inflected forms

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{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "last but not least",
      "word": "an ball is mó ar deireadh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "immediately, on the spot",
      "word": "ar an mball"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "a while ago; after a while",
      "word": "ar ball"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "all over the place",
      "word": "ar fud an bhaill"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "vitals",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "baill bheatha"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "irreducible elements",
      "word": "baill dho-laghdaithe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "genitals",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "baill ghiniúna"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "internal organs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "baill inmheánacha"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "discrete members",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "baill scoite"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "implement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball acra"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "piece of artillery",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball airtléire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "mottle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball breac"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "birthmark",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball broinne"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "strawberry mark",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball dearg"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "mole (on skin)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball dobhráin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "burn",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball dóite"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "congenital mark",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball dúchais"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "raw_tags": [
        "of clothing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "article",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball éadaigh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "article",
        "defective",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball easpach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "hearing organ, ear",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball éisteachta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "penis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball fearga"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "undergarment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball fo-éadaigh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "sun-spot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball gréine"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "inverse element",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball inbhéartach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "identity element",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball ionannais"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "sore spot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball nimhneach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "spell of work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball oibre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "love spot, patch",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball seirce"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "bungler; fool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball séire"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "smut",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball súiche"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "stempiece (of boat)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball tosaigh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "cross-member",
      "word": "ball trasna"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "raw_tags": [
        "of furniture"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "article",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball trioc"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "raw_tags": [
        "of furniture"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "article",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball troscáin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "implement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball uirlise"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "members",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ballra"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "right in the middle",
      "word": "i lár baill"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "somewhere",
      "word": "i mball éigin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "elsewhere",
      "word": "i mball eile"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "everywhere",
      "word": "i ngach aon bhall"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "in all directions",
      "word": "i ngach aon treo baill"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "in one place, together",
      "word": "in aon bhall"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "on the spot, instantly",
      "word": "láithreach baill"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "from stem to stern",
      "word": "ó bhall go post"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰel-",
        "id": "blow"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "ball"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish ball",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*ballos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *ballos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰel-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to blow, swell, inflate"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, swell, inflate”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ball"
      },
      "expansion": "English ball",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "φαλλός",
        "3": "",
        "4": "penis"
      },
      "expansion": "φαλλός (phallós, “penis”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish ball, from Proto-Celtic *ballos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, swell, inflate”); compare English ball, Greek φαλλός (phallós, “penis”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "baill",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baill",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-decl-m1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ball",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baill",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a bhaill",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a bhalla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baill",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ball",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ball",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baill",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-decl-m1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an ball",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na baill",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an bhaill",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na mball",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an mball",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don bhall",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na baill",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ball",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhall",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mball",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "baill",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "baill",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ball m (genitive singular baill, nominative plural baill)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "baill",
        "3": "baill"
      },
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      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "b",
        "2": "all",
        "3": "aill"
      },
      "name": "ga-decl-m1"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "ga:Anatomy",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Medicine",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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      ],
      "id": "en-ball-ga-noun-4PtubGMF",
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        [
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          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "organ",
          "organ"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) organ"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "component part"
      ],
      "id": "en-ball-ga-noun-z7p4j9kw",
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        [
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          "component"
        ],
        [
          "part",
          "part"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "member"
      ],
      "id": "en-ball-ga-noun-4xq2Q8RP",
      "links": [
        [
          "member",
          "member"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "article"
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        [
          "article",
          "article"
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "spot, place"
      ],
      "id": "en-ball-ga-noun-giC2z9~2",
      "links": [
        [
          "spot",
          "spot"
        ],
        [
          "place",
          "place"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "spot, mark"
      ],
      "id": "en-ball-ga-noun-p8N0qpdF",
      "links": [
        [
          "mark",
          "mark"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "21 2 2 30 2 2 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "element, member"
      ],
      "id": "en-ball-ga-noun-uWq0akT0",
      "links": [
        [
          "element",
          "element"
        ],
        [
          "member",
          "member"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sets) element, member"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences",
        "sets"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bˠɑul̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bˠɑːl̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Galway"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bˠal̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Mayo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bˠal̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ball"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Irish first-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish masculine nouns",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰel- (blow)",
    "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "Irish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Irish terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "last but not least",
      "word": "an ball is mó ar deireadh"
    },
    {
      "english": "immediately, on the spot",
      "word": "ar an mball"
    },
    {
      "english": "a while ago; after a while",
      "word": "ar ball"
    },
    {
      "english": "all over the place",
      "word": "ar fud an bhaill"
    },
    {
      "english": "vitals",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "baill bheatha"
    },
    {
      "english": "irreducible elements",
      "word": "baill dho-laghdaithe"
    },
    {
      "english": "genitals",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "baill ghiniúna"
    },
    {
      "english": "internal organs",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "baill inmheánacha"
    },
    {
      "english": "discrete members",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "baill scoite"
    },
    {
      "english": "implement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball acra"
    },
    {
      "english": "piece of artillery",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball airtléire"
    },
    {
      "english": "mottle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball breac"
    },
    {
      "english": "birthmark",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball broinne"
    },
    {
      "english": "strawberry mark",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball dearg"
    },
    {
      "english": "mole (on skin)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball dobhráin"
    },
    {
      "english": "burn",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball dóite"
    },
    {
      "english": "congenital mark",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball dúchais"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "of clothing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "article",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball éadaigh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "article",
        "defective",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball easpach"
    },
    {
      "english": "hearing organ, ear",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball éisteachta"
    },
    {
      "english": "penis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball fearga"
    },
    {
      "english": "undergarment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball fo-éadaigh"
    },
    {
      "english": "sun-spot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball gréine"
    },
    {
      "english": "inverse element",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball inbhéartach"
    },
    {
      "english": "identity element",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball ionannais"
    },
    {
      "english": "sore spot",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball nimhneach"
    },
    {
      "english": "spell of work",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball oibre"
    },
    {
      "english": "love spot, patch",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball seirce"
    },
    {
      "english": "bungler; fool",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball séire"
    },
    {
      "english": "smut",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball súiche"
    },
    {
      "english": "stempiece (of boat)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball tosaigh"
    },
    {
      "english": "cross-member",
      "word": "ball trasna"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "of furniture"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "article",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball trioc"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "of furniture"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "article",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball troscáin"
    },
    {
      "english": "implement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ball uirlise"
    },
    {
      "english": "members",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ballra"
    },
    {
      "english": "right in the middle",
      "word": "i lár baill"
    },
    {
      "english": "somewhere",
      "word": "i mball éigin"
    },
    {
      "english": "elsewhere",
      "word": "i mball eile"
    },
    {
      "english": "everywhere",
      "word": "i ngach aon bhall"
    },
    {
      "english": "in all directions",
      "word": "i ngach aon treo baill"
    },
    {
      "english": "in one place, together",
      "word": "in aon bhall"
    },
    {
      "english": "on the spot, instantly",
      "word": "láithreach baill"
    },
    {
      "english": "from stem to stern",
      "word": "ó bhall go post"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
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        "id": "blow"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "ball"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish ball",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*ballos"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰel-",
        "4": "",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ball"
      },
      "expansion": "English ball",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "φαλλός",
        "3": "",
        "4": "penis"
      },
      "expansion": "φαλλός (phallós, “penis”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish ball, from Proto-Celtic *ballos, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, swell, inflate”); compare English ball, Greek φαλλός (phallós, “penis”).",
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    {
      "form": "baill",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baill",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-decl-m1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ball",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baill",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a bhaill",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a bhalla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baill",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ball",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ball",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "baill",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-decl-m1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an ball",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na baill",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an bhaill",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na mball",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an mball",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don bhall",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na baill",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ball",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhall",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mball",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "baill",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "baill",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ball m (genitive singular baill, nominative plural baill)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "baill",
        "3": "baill"
      },
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      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "b",
        "2": "all",
        "3": "aill"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "ga:Anatomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "organ"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
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          "organ"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) organ"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "component part"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "component",
          "component"
        ],
        [
          "part",
          "part"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "member"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "member",
          "member"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "article"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "article",
          "article"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "spot, place"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spot",
          "spot"
        ],
        [
          "place",
          "place"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "spot, mark"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mark",
          "mark"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "element, member"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "element",
          "element"
        ],
        [
          "member",
          "member"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sets) element, member"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences",
        "sets"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/bˠɑul̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bˠɑːl̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Galway"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bˠal̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Mayo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bˠal̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ball"
}
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  "path": [
    "ball"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "ball",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/2466",
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  "path": [
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