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"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "buaine"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "permanent, perpetual; fixed",
"translation": "permanent, perpetual; fixed",
"word": "buan-"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "buanfas"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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"tags": [
"adjective"
],
"translation": "impermanent",
"word": "neamhbhuan"
}
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"t": "lasting, enduring; constant, firm, persevering"
},
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}
],
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"form": "buain",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
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"feminine",
"genitive",
"singular"
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},
{
"form": "buana",
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"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "buaine",
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"comparative"
]
},
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},
{
"form": "buan",
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"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "bhuan",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"lenition"
]
},
{
"form": "mbuan",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"eclipsis"
]
}
],
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"11": "",
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"15": "",
"16": "",
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"4": "buain",
"5": "genitive singular feminine",
"6": "buaine",
"7": "",
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},
"expansion": "buan (genitive singular masculine buain, genitive singular feminine buaine, plural buana, comparative buaine)",
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},
{
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"gsf": "buaine",
"gsm": "buain",
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},
"expansion": "buan (genitive singular masculine buain, genitive singular feminine buaine, plural buana, comparative buaine)",
"name": "ga-adjective"
}
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],
"lang": "Irish",
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"pos": "adj",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "transitory",
"tags": [
"adjective"
],
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"word": "díomuan"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "perpetuate",
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translation": "perpetuate",
"word": "buanaigh"
}
],
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"name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
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}
],
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"enduring, permanent"
],
"id": "en-buan-ga-adj-gs2jryd9",
"links": [
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"enduring",
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],
[
"permanent",
"permanent"
]
]
},
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"steadfast, solid"
],
"id": "en-buan-ga-adj-t7sIOysT",
"links": [
[
"steadfast",
"steadfast"
],
[
"solid",
"solid"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/bˠuən̪ˠ/",
"tags": [
"Munster"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bˠuənˠ/",
"tags": [
"Connacht"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bˠuən̪ˠ/",
"tags": [
"Connacht"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bˠiːnˠ/",
"tags": [
"Ulster"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bˠiːn̪ˠ/",
"tags": [
"Ulster"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bˠɯːnˠ/",
"note": "older",
"tags": [
"Ulster"
]
}
],
"word": "buan"
}
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"Irish adjectives",
"Irish entries with incorrect language header",
"Irish lemmas",
"Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
"Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰuH-",
"Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
"Pages with 10 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "buaine"
},
{
"english": "permanent, perpetual; fixed",
"translation": "permanent, perpetual; fixed",
"word": "buan-"
},
{
"word": "buanfas"
},
{
"english": "impermanent",
"tags": [
"adjective"
],
"translation": "impermanent",
"word": "neamhbhuan"
}
],
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},
{
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"1": "ga",
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"3": "búan",
"t": "lasting, enduring; constant, firm, persevering"
},
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"name": "inh"
}
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"forms": [
{
"form": "buain",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "buaine",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "buana",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "buaine",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
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"tags": [
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{
"form": "buan",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "bhuan",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"lenition"
]
},
{
"form": "mbuan",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"eclipsis"
]
}
],
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"10": "buana",
"11": "",
"12": "{{{pl2}}}",
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"14": "buaine",
"15": "",
"16": "",
"2": "adjective",
"3": "genitive singular masculine",
"4": "buain",
"5": "genitive singular feminine",
"6": "buaine",
"7": "",
"8": "{{{gsf2}}}",
"9": "plural",
"altform": "",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "buan (genitive singular masculine buain, genitive singular feminine buaine, plural buana, comparative buaine)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
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"gsf": "buaine",
"gsm": "buain",
"pl": "~a"
},
"expansion": "buan (genitive singular masculine buain, genitive singular feminine buaine, plural buana, comparative buaine)",
"name": "ga-adjective"
}
],
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"name": "ga-mut"
}
],
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
"english": "transitory",
"tags": [
"adjective"
],
"translation": "transitory",
"word": "díomuan"
},
{
"english": "perpetuate",
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translation": "perpetuate",
"word": "buanaigh"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"enduring, permanent"
],
"links": [
[
"enduring",
"enduring"
],
[
"permanent",
"permanent"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"steadfast, solid"
],
"links": [
[
"steadfast",
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],
[
"solid",
"solid"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/bˠuən̪ˠ/",
"tags": [
"Munster"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bˠuənˠ/",
"tags": [
"Connacht"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bˠuən̪ˠ/",
"tags": [
"Connacht"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bˠiːnˠ/",
"tags": [
"Ulster"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bˠiːn̪ˠ/",
"tags": [
"Ulster"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bˠɯːnˠ/",
"note": "older",
"tags": [
"Ulster"
]
}
],
"word": "buan"
}
Download raw JSONL data for buan meaning in Irish (3.1kB)
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"trace": ""
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"msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: buan/Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
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