"fáth" meaning in Irish

See fáth in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /fˠɑːh/ [Munster], /fˠɑː/ [Connacht], /fˠaː/ [Ulster]
Etymology: From Old Irish fáth, from Proto-Celtic *wātus (“inspired utterance”) (compare Welsh gwawd (“song, praise, poetry”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t-. Etymology templates: {{root|ga|ine-pro|*weh₂t-}}, {{der|ga|sga|fáth}} Old Irish fáth, {{der|ga|cel-pro|*wātus||inspired utterance}} Proto-Celtic *wātus (“inspired utterance”), {{cog|cy|gwawd||song, praise, poetry}} Welsh gwawd (“song, praise, poetry”), {{der|ga|ine-pro|*weh₂t-}} Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t- Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|fátha|||||||nominative plural|fáthanna|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} fáth m (genitive singular fátha, nominative plural fáthanna), {{ga-noun|m|fátha|fáthanna}} fáth m (genitive singular fátha, nominative plural fáthanna) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: fátha [genitive, singular], fáthanna [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], nominative [indefinite], fáth [indefinite, singular], fáthanna [indefinite, plural], vocative [indefinite], a fháth [indefinite, singular], a fháthanna [indefinite, plural], genitive [indefinite], fátha [indefinite, singular], dative [indefinite], no-table-tags [table-tags], nominative [definite], an fáth [definite, singular], na fáthanna [definite, plural], genitive [definite], an fhátha [definite, singular], na bhfáthanna [definite, plural], dative [definite], leis an bhfáth [definite, singular], don fháth [definite, singular], leis na fáthanna [definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], fáth [error-unrecognized-form], fháth [error-unrecognized-form], bhfáth [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. cause Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-fáth-ga-noun-an7x7Z8V Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Old Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of Old Irish entries with incorrect language header: 57 1 6 5 13 3 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 44 3 18 9 10 11 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 44 3 18 9 10 11 5
  2. reason Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-fáth-ga-noun-j8~M9nWx
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ábhar, bunúdar, cúis, údar Derived forms: cén fáth
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        "singular"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dative",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "leis an bhfáth",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "ipa": "/fˠɑːh/",
      "tags": [
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ábhar"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "bunúdar"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cúis"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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}
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    },
    {
      "word": "cúis"
    },
    {
      "word": "údar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fáth"
}

Download raw JSONL data for fáth meaning in Irish (5.1kB)

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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "fáth",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "rejected heuristic header: table cell identified as header and given candidate status, BUT the cleaned text is not in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS[Irish]; cleaned text: genitive",
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  "subsection": "noun",
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    "fáth"
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  "trace": ""
}

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

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Irish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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