See cuan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "harbour town",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"translation": "harbour town",
"word": "baile cuain"
},
{
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],
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},
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"word": "Cuan na hAraibe"
},
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],
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},
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],
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"word": "dícear cuain"
}
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},
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{
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"tags": [
"genitive",
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]
},
{
"form": "cuanta",
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"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
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},
{
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"source": "declension",
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"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "cuanta",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "a chuain",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "a chuanta",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "cuain",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "cuanta",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "cuan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"indefinite",
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]
},
{
"form": "cuanta",
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"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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},
{
"form": "an cuan",
"source": "declension",
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"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "na cuanta",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "an chuain",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "na gcuanta",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "leis an gcuan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "don chuan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "leis na cuanta",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "cuain",
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]
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},
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]
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"tags": [
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]
},
{
"ipa": "/kuənˠ/",
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"Connacht",
"Ulster"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kuːnˠ/",
"tags": [
"Connacht",
"Ulster"
]
}
],
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}
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{
"form": "cuaine",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "cuaineanna",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
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"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "cuan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "cuaineanna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "a chuan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "a chuaineanna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "cuaine",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "cuaineanna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "cuan",
"source": "declension",
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"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
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"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
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]
},
{
"form": "an chuan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "na cuaineanna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "na cuaine",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "na gcuaineanna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "leis an gcuan",
"source": "declension",
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"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "don chuan",
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"definite",
"singular"
]
},
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"plural"
]
},
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"error-unrecognized-form"
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],
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}
],
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],
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]
},
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"Ulster"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kuːnˠ/",
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"Ulster"
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}
],
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}
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{
"english": "harbour town",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"word": "baile cuain"
},
{
"english": "wharf, jetty",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"translation": "wharf, jetty",
"word": "caladh cuain"
},
{
"english": "the Arabian Gulf",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"word": "Cuan na hAraibe"
},
{
"english": "harbour channel",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"word": "cuisle cuain"
},
{
"english": "bay duiker",
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"masculine"
],
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}
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"form": "cuain",
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]
},
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"form": "cuanta",
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"nominative",
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},
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"form": "no-table-tags",
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},
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"form": "cuan",
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"nominative",
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]
},
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"form": "cuanta",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
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"form": "a chuain",
"source": "declension",
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"indefinite",
"singular",
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]
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"source": "declension",
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"indefinite",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "cuain",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
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]
},
{
"form": "cuanta",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "cuan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "cuanta",
"source": "declension",
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"dative",
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]
},
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"form": "no-table-tags",
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},
{
"form": "an cuan",
"source": "declension",
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"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "na cuanta",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "an chuain",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "na gcuanta",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "leis an gcuan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "don chuan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "leis na cuanta",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "cuain",
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}
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],
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"word": "bá"
}
],
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},
{
"glosses": [
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]
],
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"Connacht",
"Ulster"
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},
{
"ipa": "/kuːnˠ/",
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"Connacht",
"Ulster"
]
}
],
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"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "cuaineanna",
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"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
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"form": "no-table-tags",
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]
},
{
"form": "cuan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "cuaineanna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "a chuan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "a chuaineanna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "cuaine",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "cuaineanna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "cuan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "cuaineanna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "an chuan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "na cuaineanna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "na cuaine",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "na gcuaineanna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "leis an gcuan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "don chuan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "leis na cuaineanna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ga-mut",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "cuan",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "chuan",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "gcuan",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"10": "",
"11": "nominative plural",
"12": "cuaineanna",
"13": "",
"14": "",
"15": "",
"16": "",
"2": "noun",
"3": "genitive singular",
"4": "cuaine",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"9": "",
"altform": "",
"cat2": "",
"f1request": "1",
"f4request": "1",
"g": "m",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "cuan m (genitive singular cuaine, nominative plural cuaineanna)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "m",
"2": "cuaine",
"3": "cuaineanna"
},
"expansion": "cuan m (genitive singular cuaine, nominative plural cuaineanna)",
"name": "ga-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "ga-mut"
}
],
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"extra": "litter; brood; pack; band, company",
"word": "cuain"
}
],
"glosses": [
"alternative form of cuain (“litter; brood; pack; band, company”)"
],
"links": [
[
"cuain",
"cuain#Irish"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kuən̪ˠ/",
"tags": [
"Munster"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kuənˠ/",
"tags": [
"Connacht",
"Ulster"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kuːnˠ/",
"tags": [
"Connacht",
"Ulster"
]
}
],
"word": "cuan"
}
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{
"called_from": "inflection/865",
"msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: cuan/Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
"path": [
"cuan"
],
"section": "Irish",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "cuan",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
"path": [
"cuan"
],
"section": "Irish",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "cuan",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'eclipsis'",
"path": [
"cuan"
],
"section": "Irish",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "cuan",
"trace": ""
}
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