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{
"form": "bhallach",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "mballach",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"10": "",
"11": "nominative plural",
"12": "ballaigh",
"13": "",
"14": "",
"15": "",
"16": "",
"2": "noun",
"3": "genitive singular",
"4": "ballaigh",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"9": "",
"cat2": "",
"f1request": "1",
"f4request": "1",
"g": "m",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "ballach m (genitive singular ballaigh, nominative plural ballaigh)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "m",
"2": "ballaigh",
"3": "ballaigh"
},
"expansion": "ballach m (genitive singular ballaigh, nominative plural ballaigh)",
"name": "ga-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"bal‧lach"
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "ga-mut"
}
],
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"wrasse"
],
"links": [
[
"wrasse",
"wrasse"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbˠal̪ˠəx/",
"tags": [
"Connacht"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈbˠal̪ˠa(x)/",
"tags": [
"Ulster"
]
}
],
"word": "ballach"
}
Download raw JSONL data for ballach meaning in Irish (7.8kB)
{
"called_from": "parser/1336",
"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
"path": [
"ballach"
],
"section": "Irish",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "ballach",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "parser/1336",
"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
"path": [
"ballach"
],
"section": "Irish",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "ballach",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'strong noun'",
"path": [
"ballach"
],
"section": "Irish",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "ballach",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'weak noun'",
"path": [
"ballach"
],
"section": "Irish",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "ballach",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/865",
"msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: ballach/Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
"path": [
"ballach"
],
"section": "Irish",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "ballach",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
"path": [
"ballach"
],
"section": "Irish",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "ballach",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'eclipsis'",
"path": [
"ballach"
],
"section": "Irish",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "ballach",
"trace": ""
}
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