"daba" meaning in Irish

See daba in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: daba [genitive, singular], dabaí [nominative, plural]
Etymology: From English dab. Etymology templates: {{der|ga|en|dab}} English dab Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|daba|||||||nominative plural|dabaí|||||altform=|cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} daba m (genitive singular daba, nominative plural dabaí), {{ga-noun|m|~|~í}} daba m (genitive singular daba, nominative plural dabaí)
  1. dab, daub Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-daba-ga-noun-~hfFX0WY
  2. blob; lump, dollop Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-daba-ga-noun-7w1xNuZ~
  3. clod, lout (of person) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-daba-ga-noun-RgPn-ffM
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dabáil (english: (act of) dabbing, daubing) [feminine], dabán (english: little daub; small lump) [masculine], mac an daba (english: ring finger) [masculine]
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0 0

Noun

Etymology: Borrowed from English dab. Etymology templates: {{bor|ga|en|dab|id=fish}} English dab Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|daba|||||||nominative plural|dabaí|||||altform=|cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} daba m (genitive singular daba, nominative plural dabaí), {{ga-noun|m|~|~í}} daba m (genitive singular daba, nominative plural dabaí) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: daba [genitive, singular], dabaí [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], daba [indefinite, nominative, singular], dabaí [indefinite, nominative, plural], a dhaba [indefinite, singular, vocative], a dhabaí [indefinite, plural, vocative], daba [genitive, indefinite, singular], dabaí [genitive, indefinite, plural], daba [dative, indefinite, singular], dabaí [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an daba [definite, nominative, singular], na dabaí [definite, nominative, plural], an daba [definite, genitive, singular], na ndabaí [definite, genitive, plural], leis an daba [dative, definite, singular], don daba [dative, definite, singular], leis na dabaí [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], daba [error-unrecognized-form], dhaba [error-unrecognized-form], ndaba [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. dab (flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-daba-ga-noun-tKcQbYKW Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 10 entries, Pages with entries, Flatfish Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 12 29 17 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 10 entries: 15 18 16 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 12 10 68 Disambiguation of Flatfish: 0 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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          "dab",
          "dab"
        ],
        [
          "Pleuronectidae",
          "Pleuronectidae#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "daba"
}

Download raw JSONL data for daba meaning in Irish (5.2kB)

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

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

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

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