"faighin" meaning in Irish

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Noun

Etymology: From Old Irish faigen (“sheath, scabbard”), from Latin vāgīna. Cognate with Manx fine and Scottish Gaelic faighean. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|faigen|t=sheath, scabbard}} Old Irish faigen (“sheath, scabbard”), {{der|ga|la|vāgīna}} Latin vāgīna, {{cog|gv|fine}} Manx fine, {{cog|gd|faighean}} Scottish Gaelic faighean Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|faighne|||||||nominative plural|faighneacha|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} faighin f (genitive singular faighne, nominative plural faighneacha), {{ga-noun|f|faighne|faighneacha}} faighin f (genitive singular faighne, nominative plural faighneacha) Inflection templates: {{ga-decl-f2|f|aighin|aighne|pl=aighneacha}}, {{ga-mut}} Forms: faighne [genitive, singular], faighneacha [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], faighin [indefinite, nominative, singular], faighneacha [indefinite, nominative, plural], a fhaighin [indefinite, singular, vocative], a fhaighneacha [indefinite, plural, vocative], faighne [genitive, indefinite, singular], faighneacha [genitive, indefinite, plural], faighin [dative, indefinite, singular], faighneacha [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an fhaighin [definite, nominative, singular], na faighneacha [definite, nominative, plural], na faighne [definite, genitive, singular], na bhfaighneacha [definite, genitive, plural], leis an bhfaighin [dative, definite, singular], don fhaighin [dative, definite, singular], leis na faighneacha [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], faighin [mutation, mutation-radical], fhaighin [lenition, mutation], bhfaighin [eclipsis, mutation]
  1. sheath
    scabbard
    Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Female, Organs
    Sense id: en-faighin-ga-noun-qAV77CSe Disambiguation of Female: 68 16 16 Disambiguation of Organs: 77 11 11 Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 70 15 15
  2. sheath
    case, shell
    Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-faighin-ga-noun-JHzgI0KT
  3. vagina Tags: feminine Synonyms: coinín [colloquial], pit
    Sense id: en-faighin-ga-noun-BQimNERd
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: faighean Derived forms: faighneog

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an bhfaighin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don fhaighin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
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        "15": "",
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        "6": "",
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        "8": "",
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            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
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          "sheath",
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          "shell"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
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      ],
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        ]
      ],
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          "word": "coinín"
        },
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        }
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    }
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}
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    "Irish terms derived from Latin",
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        "singular"
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        "nominative",
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        "singular",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "faighin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an fhaighin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na faighneacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na faighne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na bhfaighneacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an bhfaighin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "don fhaighin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
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        "6": "",
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      "tags": [
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        "vagina"
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          "vagina",
          "vagina"
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        {
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
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        },
        {
          "word": "pit"
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        "feminine"
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    }
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  "synonyms": [
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}

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