"ban-" meaning in Irish

See ban- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], ban- [error-unrecognized-form], bhan- [error-unrecognized-form], mban- [error-unrecognized-form]
Etymology: PIE word *gʷḗn From bean (“woman”). Etymology templates: {{PIE word|ga|gʷḗn}} PIE word *gʷḗn Head templates: {{head|ga|prefix}} ban- Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}}
  1. A prefix appended to words to make a female form, similar to -ette or -ess in English Tags: morpheme Synonyms: bain- [sometimes]
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "gʷḗn"
      },
      "expansion": "PIE word\n *gʷḗn",
      "name": "PIE word"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "PIE word\n *gʷḗn\nFrom bean (“woman”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ban-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhan-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mban-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "ban-",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "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 using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "ban- + ab (“abbot”) → ban-ab (“abbess”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "ban- + draíodóir (“magician”) → bandraíodóir (“enchantress”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "ban- + stiúrthóir (“director; conductor”) → banstiúrthóir (“directress, directrix; conductress”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A prefix appended to words to make a female form, similar to -ette or -ess in English"
      ],
      "id": "en-ban--ga-prefix-hc2iWuvp",
      "links": [
        [
          "-ette",
          "-ette#English"
        ],
        [
          "-ess",
          "-ess#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "used before a slender consonant or vowel"
          ],
          "tags": [
            "sometimes"
          ],
          "word": "bain-"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ban-"
}
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "gʷḗn"
      },
      "expansion": "PIE word\n *gʷḗn",
      "name": "PIE word"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "PIE word\n *gʷḗn\nFrom bean (“woman”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ban-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhan-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mban-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "prefix"
      },
      "expansion": "ban-",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Irish lemmas",
        "Irish prefixes",
        "Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *gʷḗn",
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "ban- + ab (“abbot”) → ban-ab (“abbess”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "ban- + draíodóir (“magician”) → bandraíodóir (“enchantress”)",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "ban- + stiúrthóir (“director; conductor”) → banstiúrthóir (“directress, directrix; conductress”)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A prefix appended to words to make a female form, similar to -ette or -ess in English"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-ette",
          "-ette#English"
        ],
        [
          "-ess",
          "-ess#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "used before a slender consonant or vowel"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "sometimes"
      ],
      "word": "bain-"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ban-"
}

Download raw JSONL data for ban- meaning in Irish (1.7kB)

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

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
  "path": [
    "ban-"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "prefix",
  "title": "ban-",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'eclipsis'",
  "path": [
    "ban-"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "prefix",
  "title": "ban-",
  "trace": ""
}

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