"cointinn" meaning in Irish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɪn̠ʲtʲən̠ʲ/ [Ulster]
Etymology: From Old Irish contan, from Proto-Brythonic *konten, a substantivization of Latin contendō. Etymology templates: {{root|ga|ine-pro|*tend-|id=stretch}}, {{der|ga|sga|contan}} Old Irish contan, {{der|ga|cel-bry-pro|*konten}} Proto-Brythonic *konten, {{der|ga|la|contendō}} Latin contendō Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|cointinne||||||||-|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|var=}} cointinn f (genitive singular cointinne), {{ga-noun|f|~e|-}} cointinn f (genitive singular cointinne) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: cointinne [genitive, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], an chointinn [definite, nominative, singular], na cointinne [definite, genitive, singular], leis an gcointinn [dative, definite, singular], don chointinn [dative, definite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], cointinn [error-unrecognized-form], chointinn [lenition], gcointinn [eclipsis], coinntinn [alternative, obsolete]
  1. contention (argument, strife struggle) Tags: feminine Synonyms (contention): aighneas
    Sense id: en-cointinn-ga-noun-dLoxv2H1 Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'contention': 82 18
  2. controversy (debate of opposing opinions) Tags: feminine Synonyms (controversy): conspóid
    Sense id: en-cointinn-ga-noun-fgH76ugA Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'controversy': 31 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cointinneach
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cointinneach"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "contan",
      "contan#Old_Irish"
    ],
    [
      "*konten",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/konten"
    ],
    [
      "contendō",
      "contendo#Latin"
    ]
  ],
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      "name": "root"
    },
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*konten"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *konten",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "contendō"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin contendō",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish contan, from Proto-Brythonic *konten, a substantivization of Latin contendō.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cointinne",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an chointinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na cointinne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcointinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don chointinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cointinn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chointinn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gcointinn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coinntinn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
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        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "-",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "cointinne",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "cointinn f (genitive singular cointinne)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "~e",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "cointinn f (genitive singular cointinne)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "77 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "contention (argument, strife struggle)"
      ],
      "id": "en-cointinn-ga-noun-dLoxv2H1",
      "links": [
        [
          "contention",
          "contention"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "82 18",
          "sense": "contention",
          "word": "aighneas"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "controversy (debate of opposing opinions)"
      ],
      "id": "en-cointinn-ga-noun-fgH76ugA",
      "links": [
        [
          "controversy",
          "controversy"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "31 69",
          "sense": "controversy",
          "word": "conspóid"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɪn̠ʲtʲən̠ʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cointinn"
}
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    "Irish feminine nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish second-declension nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Latin",
    "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms derived from Proto-Brythonic",
    "Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *tend- (stretch)",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "cointinneach"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "contan",
      "contan#Old_Irish"
    ],
    [
      "*konten",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Brythonic/konten"
    ],
    [
      "contendō",
      "contendo#Latin"
    ]
  ],
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      "name": "root"
    },
    {
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        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*konten"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *konten",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "contendō"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin contendō",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish contan, from Proto-Brythonic *konten, a substantivization of Latin contendō.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cointinne",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an chointinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na cointinne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcointinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don chointinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cointinn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "chointinn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gcointinn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coinntinn",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "10": "",
        "11": "",
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        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
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        "4": "cointinne",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
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      "name": "head"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "~e",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "cointinn f (genitive singular cointinne)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
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    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "contention (argument, strife struggle)"
      ],
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          "contention",
          "contention"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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        "controversy (debate of opposing opinions)"
      ],
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          "controversy",
          "controversy"
        ]
      ],
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        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɪn̠ʲtʲən̠ʲ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "sense": "contention",
      "word": "aighneas"
    },
    {
      "sense": "controversy",
      "word": "conspóid"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cointinn"
}

Download raw JSONL data for cointinn meaning in Irish (3.1kB)

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  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
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