"féineach" meaning in Irish

See féineach in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈfʲeːnʲa(x)/ [Ulster], [ˈfʲei̯nʲa(x)] [Ulster]
Etymology: From féin + -ach; probably a calque of English selfish. Etymology templates: {{af|ga|féin|-ach|pos=adjective}} féin + -ach, {{clq|ga|en|selfish|nocap=1}} calque of English selfish Head templates: {{head|ga|adjective|genitive singular masculine|féinigh|genitive singular feminine|féiní||{{{gsf2}}}|plural|féineacha||{{{pl2}}}|comparative|féiní|||head=}} féineach (genitive singular masculine féinigh, genitive singular feminine féiní, plural féineacha, comparative féiní), {{ga-adj|comp=féiní|gsf=féiní|gsm=féinigh|pl=~a}} féineach (genitive singular masculine féinigh, genitive singular feminine féiní, plural féineacha, comparative féiní) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: féinigh [genitive, masculine, singular], féiní [feminine, genitive, singular], féineacha [plural], féiní [comparative], no-table-tags [table-tags], féineach [masculine, nominative, singular], fhéineach [feminine, nominative, singular], féineacha [error-unrecognized-form, nominative, plural], fhéineacha [error-unrecognized-form, nominative, plural], fhéinigh [masculine, singular, vocative], fhéineach [feminine, singular, vocative], féineacha [error-unrecognized-form, plural, vocative], fhéinigh [genitive, masculine, singular], féiní [feminine, genitive, singular], féineacha [error-unrecognized-form, genitive, plural], féineach [error-unrecognized-form, genitive, plural], féineach [dative, masculine, singular], fhéineach [dative, masculine, singular], fhéineach [dative, feminine, singular], fhéinigh [archaic, dative, feminine, singular], féineacha [dative, error-unrecognized-form, plural], fhéineacha [dative, error-unrecognized-form, plural], níos féiní [comparative, error-unrecognized-form], is féiní [error-unrecognized-form, superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], féineach [error-unrecognized-form], fhéineach [error-unrecognized-form], bhféineach [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. (Ulster) selfish Tags: Ulster Synonyms: leithleach, cóngarach duit féin, gar duit féin
    Sense id: en-féineach-ga-adj-GMdrWkpA Categories (other): Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach, Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Ulster Irish
     
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        "singular"
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        "singular"
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      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "fhéineacha",
      "source": "declension",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "níos féiní",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is féiní",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
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      ]
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      "form": "fhéineach",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
      "form": "bhféineach",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
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  "pos": "adj",
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      ],
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        },
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          "word": "cóngarach duit féin"
        },
        {
          "word": "gar duit féin"
        }
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      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfʲei̯nʲa(x)]",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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        "singular"
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      "tags": [
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
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      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
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      "form": "féineach",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "fhéineach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      "source": "declension",
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    {
      "form": "fhéineach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
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        "vocative"
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
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      "form": "féiní",
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        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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      "form": "féineacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
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      "form": "féineach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "fhéineach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine",
        "singular"
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        "feminine",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "níos féiní",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
      "form": "is féiní",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "superlative"
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      "source": "mutation",
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    },
    {
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      "source": "mutation",
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      ]
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        "Irish terms derived from English",
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        {
          "word": "gar duit féin"
        }
      ],
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        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
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      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfʲei̯nʲa(x)]",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "féineach"
}

Download raw JSONL data for féineach meaning in Irish (4.4kB)

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