See caifeach in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "caifeacha",
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"plural"
]
},
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},
{
"form": "caifeach",
"source": "declension",
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"indefinite",
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]
},
{
"form": "caifeacha",
"source": "declension",
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"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "a chaifeach",
"source": "declension",
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"indefinite",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "a chaifeacha",
"source": "declension",
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},
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},
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"form": "caifeach",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
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"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "caifeach",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
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"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "caifeacha",
"source": "declension",
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]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
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},
{
"form": "an chaifeach",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "na caifeacha",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "na caifí",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "na gcaifeach",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "leis an gcaifeach",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "don chaifeach",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "leis na caifeacha",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
}
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"11": "nominative plural",
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"14": "",
"15": "",
"16": "",
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"5": "",
"6": "",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"9": "",
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"cat2": "",
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},
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "beannán"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "coif",
"translation": "coif",
"word": "caidhp"
}
],
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{
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"woman wearing coif"
],
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[
"woman",
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],
[
"coif",
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]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
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}
],
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}
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},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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},
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},
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}
],
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]
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"form": "caifeacha",
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]
},
{
"form": "l-self",
"source": "declension",
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]
},
{
"form": "caifeach",
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"masculine",
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"source": "declension",
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"error-unrecognized-form",
"nominative",
"plural"
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"masculine",
"singular",
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},
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"form": "chaifeach",
"source": "declension",
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"feminine",
"singular",
"vocative"
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},
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"feminine",
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"form": "caifeacha",
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"genitive",
"plural"
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},
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"form": "caifeach",
"source": "declension",
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"error-unrecognized-form",
"genitive",
"plural"
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},
{
"form": "caifeach",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
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"singular"
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},
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"form": "chaifeach",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "chaifeach",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "chaifigh",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"dative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "caifeacha",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "chaifeacha",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "níos caifí",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "is caifí",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "mutation",
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"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ga-mut",
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"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "caifeach",
"source": "mutation",
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"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
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"form": "chaifeach",
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"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
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"form": "gcaifeach",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "caitheamhach",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "caithmheach",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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},
"expansion": "caifeach (genitive singular masculine caifigh, genitive singular feminine caifí, plural caifeacha, comparative caifí)",
"name": "head"
},
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"args": {},
"name": "ga-mut"
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],
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
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{
"_dis": "72 17 11",
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"english": "prodigal, profligate",
"translation": "prodigal, profligate",
"word": "baothchaifeach"
},
{
"english": "prodigal, profligate, squanderer",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"word": "caifeachán"
},
{
"english": "prodigality, wastefulness",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"word": "caifeachas"
}
],
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"given to spending; prodigal, wasteful"
],
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[
"given",
"given"
],
[
"spend",
"spend"
],
[
"prodigal",
"prodigal"
],
[
"wasteful",
"wasteful"
]
]
}
],
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],
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"Irish terms derived from Middle Irish",
"Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
"Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish",
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"Pages with entries",
"ga:Female people"
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"etymology_number": 1,
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"tags": [
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]
},
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"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "caifeach",
"source": "declension",
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"indefinite",
"nominative",
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]
},
{
"form": "caifeacha",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "a chaifeach",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "a chaifeacha",
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"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
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"form": "caifí",
"source": "declension",
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"form": "caifeach",
"source": "declension",
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"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "caifeach",
"source": "declension",
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]
},
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"source": "declension",
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"dative",
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]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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{
"form": "an chaifeach",
"source": "declension",
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"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "na caifeacha",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "na caifí",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "na gcaifeach",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "leis an gcaifeach",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "don chaifeach",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "leis na caifeacha",
"source": "declension",
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"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
}
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"15": "",
"16": "",
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{
"english": "coif",
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"english": "prodigal, profligate",
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],
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},
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},
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"source": "declension",
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{
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"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
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"form": "caifeacha",
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},
{
"form": "chaifigh",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
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]
},
{
"form": "caifí",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "caifeacha",
"source": "declension",
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"error-unrecognized-form",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "caifeach",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "caifeach",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "chaifeach",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "chaifeach",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "chaifigh",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"archaic",
"dative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "caifeacha",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "chaifeacha",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"error-unrecognized-form",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "níos caifí",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "is caifí",
"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": "caifeach",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "chaifeach",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "gcaifeach",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "caitheamhach",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "caithmheach",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"10": "caifeacha",
"11": "",
"12": "{{{pl2}}}",
"13": "comparative",
"14": "caifí",
"15": "",
"16": "",
"2": "adjective",
"3": "genitive singular masculine",
"4": "caifigh",
"5": "genitive singular feminine",
"6": "caifí",
"7": "",
"8": "{{{gsf2}}}",
"9": "plural",
"altform": "",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "caifeach (genitive singular masculine caifigh, genitive singular feminine caifí, plural caifeacha, comparative caifí)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"comp": "caifí",
"gsf": "caifí",
"gsm": "caifigh",
"pl": "~a"
},
"expansion": "caifeach (genitive singular masculine caifigh, genitive singular feminine caifí, plural caifeacha, comparative caifí)",
"name": "ga-adj"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "ga-mut"
}
],
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"given to spending; prodigal, wasteful"
],
"links": [
[
"given",
"given"
],
[
"spend",
"spend"
],
[
"prodigal",
"prodigal"
],
[
"wasteful",
"wasteful"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈkaːfʲa(x)/",
"tags": [
"Ulster"
]
}
],
"word": "caifeach"
}
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{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'strong noun'",
"path": [
"caifeach"
],
"section": "Irish",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "caifeach",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'weak noun'",
"path": [
"caifeach"
],
"section": "Irish",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "caifeach",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/865",
"msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: caifeach/Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
"path": [
"caifeach"
],
"section": "Irish",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "caifeach",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
"path": [
"caifeach"
],
"section": "Irish",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "caifeach",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'eclipsis'",
"path": [
"caifeach"
],
"section": "Irish",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "caifeach",
"trace": ""
}
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