"fónamh" meaning in Irish

See fónamh in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈfˠoːn̪ˠəvˠ/ [Munster], [ˈfˠõːn̪ˠəvˠ] [Munster]
Etymology: From Old Irish fognam, verbal noun of fo·gní. By surface analysis, fóin + -amh. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic fòghnadh and Manx foaynoo and, more distantly, Welsh gweini. Etymology templates: {{root|ga|ine-pro|*ǵenh₁-}}, {{inh|ga|sga|fognam}} Old Irish fognam, {{surf|ga|fóin|-amh}} By surface analysis, fóin + -amh, {{cog|gd|fòghnadh}} Scottish Gaelic fòghnadh, {{cog|gv|foaynoo}} Manx foaynoo, {{cog|cy|gweini}} Welsh gweini Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular as substantive|fónaimh|||||genitive as verbal noun|fónta||-|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} fónamh m (genitive singular as substantive fónaimh, genitive as verbal noun fónta), {{ga-noun|m|fónaimh|-|vngen=fónta}} fónamh m (genitive singular as substantive fónaimh, genitive as verbal noun fónta) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: fónaimh [genitive, singular, substantive], as verbal noun fónta [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], fónamh [indefinite, nominative, singular], a fhónaimh [indefinite, singular, vocative], fónaimh [genitive, indefinite, singular], fónamh [dative, indefinite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], an fónamh [definite, nominative, singular], an fhónaimh [definite, genitive, singular], leis an bhfónamh [dative, definite, singular], don fhónamh [dative, definite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], fónamh [indefinite, nominative, singular], a fhónamh [indefinite, singular, vocative], fónta [genitive, indefinite, singular], fónamh [dative, indefinite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], an fónamh [definite, nominative, singular], an fhónta [definite, genitive, singular], leis an bhfónamh [dative, definite, singular], don fhónamh [dative, definite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], fónamh [error-unrecognized-form], fhónamh [error-unrecognized-form], bhfónamh [error-unrecognized-form], fónadh [alternative], foghnadh [alternative], fóghnadh [alternative], foghnamh [alternative], fóghnamh [alternative]
  1. verbal noun of fóin Tags: form-of, masculine, noun-from-verb Form of: fóin
    Sense id: en-fónamh-ga-noun-nEoHbpD0
  2. serving (act), (rendering) service Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-fónamh-ga-noun-pwH12~N0 Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Irish terms suffixed with -amh, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 5 90 5 Disambiguation of Irish terms suffixed with -amh: 13 75 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 83 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 91 4
  3. utility, usefulness Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-fónamh-ga-noun-bWZfw2bW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ar fónamh (english: in good condition, well), gan fónamh (english: useless, shiftless)
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "in good condition, well",
      "word": "ar fónamh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "useless, shiftless",
      "word": "gan fónamh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵenh₁-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "fognam"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish fognam",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "fóin",
        "3": "-amh"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, fóin + -amh",
      "name": "surf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "fòghnadh"
      },
      "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic fòghnadh",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gv",
        "2": "foaynoo"
      },
      "expansion": "Manx foaynoo",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "gweini"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh gweini",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish fognam, verbal noun of fo·gní. By surface analysis, fóin + -amh. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic fòghnadh and Manx foaynoo and, more distantly, Welsh gweini.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fónaimh",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "as verbal noun fónta",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fónamh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a fhónaimh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fónaimh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fónamh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an fónamh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an fhónaimh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an bhfónamh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don fhónamh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fónamh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a fhónamh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fónta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fónamh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an fónamh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an fhónta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an bhfónamh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don fhónamh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fónamh",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fhónamh",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhfónamh",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fónadh",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foghnadh",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fóghnadh",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foghnamh",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fóghnamh",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "fónta",
        "11": "",
        "12": "-",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular as substantive",
        "4": "fónaimh",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "genitive as verbal noun",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "fónamh m (genitive singular as substantive fónaimh, genitive as verbal noun fónta)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "fónaimh",
        "3": "-",
        "vngen": "fónta"
      },
      "expansion": "fónamh m (genitive singular as substantive fónaimh, genitive as verbal noun fónta)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "fóin"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "verbal noun of fóin"
      ],
      "id": "en-fónamh-ga-noun-nEoHbpD0",
      "links": [
        [
          "fóin",
          "fóin#Irish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "masculine",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 90 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 75 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish terms suffixed with -amh",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 83 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 91 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "serving (act), (rendering) service"
      ],
      "id": "en-fónamh-ga-noun-pwH12~N0",
      "links": [
        [
          "serving",
          "serving"
        ],
        [
          "service",
          "service"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "utility, usefulness"
      ],
      "id": "en-fónamh-ga-noun-bWZfw2bW",
      "links": [
        [
          "utility",
          "utility"
        ],
        [
          "usefulness",
          "usefulness"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfˠoːn̪ˠəvˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfˠõːn̪ˠəvˠ]",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fónamh"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Irish first-declension nouns",
    "Irish irregular nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish masculine nouns",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁-",
    "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms suffixed with -amh",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "in good condition, well",
      "word": "ar fónamh"
    },
    {
      "english": "useless, shiftless",
      "word": "gan fónamh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵenh₁-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "fognam"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish fognam",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "fóin",
        "3": "-amh"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, fóin + -amh",
      "name": "surf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "fòghnadh"
      },
      "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic fòghnadh",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gv",
        "2": "foaynoo"
      },
      "expansion": "Manx foaynoo",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "gweini"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh gweini",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish fognam, verbal noun of fo·gní. By surface analysis, fóin + -amh. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic fòghnadh and Manx foaynoo and, more distantly, Welsh gweini.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fónaimh",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "as verbal noun fónta",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fónamh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a fhónaimh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fónaimh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fónamh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an fónamh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an fhónaimh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an bhfónamh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don fhónamh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fónamh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a fhónamh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fónta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fónamh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an fónamh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an fhónta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an bhfónamh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don fhónamh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fónamh",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fhónamh",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhfónamh",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fónadh",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foghnadh",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fóghnadh",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foghnamh",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fóghnamh",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "fónta",
        "11": "",
        "12": "-",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular as substantive",
        "4": "fónaimh",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "genitive as verbal noun",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "fónamh m (genitive singular as substantive fónaimh, genitive as verbal noun fónta)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "fónaimh",
        "3": "-",
        "vngen": "fónta"
      },
      "expansion": "fónamh m (genitive singular as substantive fónaimh, genitive as verbal noun fónta)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish verbal nouns"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "fóin"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "verbal noun of fóin"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fóin",
          "fóin#Irish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "masculine",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "serving (act), (rendering) service"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "serving",
          "serving"
        ],
        [
          "service",
          "service"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "utility, usefulness"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "utility",
          "utility"
        ],
        [
          "usefulness",
          "usefulness"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfˠoːn̪ˠəvˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfˠõːn̪ˠəvˠ]",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fónamh"
}

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