"féileacán" meaning in Irish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpʲəilʲəkɑːn̪ˠ/ [Cork] (note: as if spelled péileacán)
Etymology: From Old Irish etelachán (“little flying creature, butterfly”), from etelach (“flying, that flies”) + -án. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|etelachán||little flying creature, butterfly}} Old Irish etelachán (“little flying creature, butterfly”), {{suffix|ga||án}} + -án Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|féileacáin|||||||nominative plural|féileacáin|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} féileacán m (genitive singular féileacáin, nominative plural féileacáin), {{ga-noun|m|féileacáin|féileacáin}} féileacán m (genitive singular féileacáin, nominative plural féileacáin) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: féileacáin [genitive, singular], féileacáin [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], féileacán [indefinite, nominative, singular], féileacáin [indefinite, nominative, plural], a fhéileacáin [indefinite, singular, vocative], a fhéileacána [indefinite, plural, vocative], féileacáin [genitive, indefinite, singular], féileacán [genitive, indefinite, plural], féileacán [dative, indefinite, singular], féileacáin [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an féileacán [definite, nominative, singular], na féileacáin [definite, nominative, plural], an fhéileacáin [definite, genitive, singular], na bhféileacán [definite, genitive, plural], leis an bhféileacán [dative, definite, singular], don fhéileacán [dative, definite, singular], leis na féileacáin [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], féileacán [error-unrecognized-form], fhéileacán [error-unrecognized-form], bhféileacán [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. butterfly Tags: masculine Categories (lifeform): Butterflies Derived forms: féileacán oíche

Inflected forms

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      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "little flying creature, butterfly"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "",
        "3": "án"
      },
      "expansion": "+ -án",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish etelachán (“little flying creature, butterfly”), from etelach (“flying, that flies”) + -án.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "féileacáin",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "féileacáin",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "féileacán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "féileacáin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a fhéileacáin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a fhéileacána",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "féileacáin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "féileacán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "féileacán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "féileacáin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an féileacán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na féileacáin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an fhéileacáin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na bhféileacán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an bhféileacán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don fhéileacán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na féileacáin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "féileacán",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fhéileacán",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhféileacán",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "féileacáin",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "féileacáin",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "féileacán m (genitive singular féileacáin, nominative plural féileacáin)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "féileacáin",
        "3": "féileacáin"
      },
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      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish terms suffixed with -án",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Butterflies",
          "orig": "ga:Butterflies",
          "parents": [
            "Insects",
            "Arthropods",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
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        }
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        }
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      "links": [
        [
          "butterfly",
          "butterfly"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpʲəilʲəkɑːn̪ˠ/",
      "note": "as if spelled péileacán",
      "tags": [
        "Cork"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "féileacán"
}
{
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    {
      "word": "féileacán oíche"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "sga",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "little flying creature, butterfly"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "",
        "3": "án"
      },
      "expansion": "+ -án",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish etelachán (“little flying creature, butterfly”), from etelach (“flying, that flies”) + -án.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "féileacáin",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "féileacáin",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "féileacán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "féileacáin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a fhéileacáin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a fhéileacána",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "féileacáin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "féileacán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "féileacán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "féileacáin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an féileacán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na féileacáin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an fhéileacáin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na bhféileacán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an bhféileacán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don fhéileacán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na féileacáin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "féileacán",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fhéileacán",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhféileacán",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "féileacáin",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "féileacáin",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "féileacán m (genitive singular féileacáin, nominative plural féileacáin)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
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        "3": "féileacáin"
      },
      "expansion": "féileacán m (genitive singular féileacáin, nominative plural féileacáin)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Irish first-declension nouns",
        "Irish lemmas",
        "Irish masculine nouns",
        "Irish nouns",
        "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
        "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
        "Irish terms suffixed with -án",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
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      ],
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      ],
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          "butterfly"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpʲəilʲəkɑːn̪ˠ/",
      "note": "as if spelled péileacán",
      "tags": [
        "Cork"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "féileacán"
}

Download raw JSONL data for féileacán meaning in Irish (3.9kB)

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  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "féileacán",
  "trace": ""
}

{
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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
  "path": [
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "féileacán",
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}

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