"fáir" meaning in Irish

See fáir in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Perhaps from Old Irish fóir (“site?”) Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|fóir|t=site?}} Old Irish fóir (“site?”) Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|fáire|||||||nominative plural|fáireacha|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} fáir f (genitive singular fáire, nominative plural fáireacha), {{ga-noun|f|fáire|fáireacha}} fáir f (genitive singular fáire, nominative plural fáireacha) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: fáire [genitive, singular], fáireacha [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], fáir [indefinite, nominative, singular], fáireacha [indefinite, nominative, plural], a fháir [indefinite, singular, vocative], a fháireacha [indefinite, plural, vocative], fáire [genitive, indefinite, singular], fáireacha [genitive, indefinite, plural], fáir [dative, indefinite, singular], fáireacha [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an fháir [definite, nominative, singular], na fáireacha [definite, nominative, plural], na fáire [definite, genitive, singular], na bhfáireacha [definite, genitive, plural], leis an bhfáir [dative, definite, singular], don fháir [dative, definite, singular], leis na fáireacha [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], fáir [error-unrecognized-form], fháir [error-unrecognized-form], bhfáir [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. nest Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-fáir-ga-noun-de8uMpvb
  2. rookery Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-fáir-ga-noun-s7zrgxPZ
  3. lair Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Animal dwellings
    Sense id: en-fáir-ga-noun-ZH79LU6y Disambiguation of Animal dwellings: 1 2 97 Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 7 21 72
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps from Old Irish fóir (“site?”)",
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "fáireacha",
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fáir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fáireacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a fháir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a fháireacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fáire",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fáireacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fáir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fáireacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an fháir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na fáireacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na fáire",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na bhfáireacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an bhfáir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don fháir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na fáireacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fáir",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fháir",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhfáir",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "ga",
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        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
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        "4": "fáire",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
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        "f4request": "1",
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        "g3": "",
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
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      "args": {},
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "nest"
      ],
      "id": "en-fáir-ga-noun-de8uMpvb",
      "links": [
        [
          "nest",
          "nest"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "seal rookery",
          "text": "fáir rón",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "rookery"
      ],
      "id": "en-fáir-ga-noun-s7zrgxPZ",
      "links": [
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          "rookery",
          "rookery"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 21 72",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 2 97",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Animal dwellings",
          "orig": "ga:Animal dwellings",
          "parents": [
            "Buildings and structures",
            "Zoology",
            "Architecture",
            "Biology",
            "Applied sciences",
            "Art",
            "Sciences",
            "Culture",
            "All topics",
            "Society",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "lair"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "lair",
          "lair"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fáir"
}
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    "Irish feminine nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "Irish third-declension nouns",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ga:Animal dwellings"
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fáire",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fáireacha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fáir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a fháir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a fháireacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fáire",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fáireacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fáir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fáireacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an fháir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na fáireacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na fáire",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na bhfáireacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an bhfáir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don fháir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na fáireacha",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fáir",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fháir",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhfáir",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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      "expansion": "fáir f (genitive singular fáire, nominative plural fáireacha)",
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    {
      "args": {},
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  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        "nest"
      ],
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        [
          "nest",
          "nest"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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      ],
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          "text": "fáir rón",
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        }
      ],
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        "rookery"
      ],
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        [
          "rookery",
          "rookery"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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        [
          "lair",
          "lair"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fáir"
}

Download raw JSONL data for fáir meaning in Irish (3.6kB)

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

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

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'eclipsis'",
  "path": [
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