"fail" meaning in Irish

See fail in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /fˠalʲ/
Etymology: From Old Irish foil, from Proto-Celtic *wali-, from Proto-Indo-European *wel-. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἕλιξ (hélix, “something twisted”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|foil}} Old Irish foil, {{inh|ga|cel-pro|*wali-}} Proto-Celtic *wali-, {{inh|ga|ine-pro|*wel-}} Proto-Indo-European *wel-, {{cog|grc|ἕλιξ||something twisted}} Ancient Greek ἕλιξ (hélix, “something twisted”) Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|faile|||||||nominative plural|faileanna|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} fail f (genitive singular faile, nominative plural faileanna), {{ga-noun|f|~e|~eanna}} fail f (genitive singular faile, nominative plural faileanna) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: faile [genitive, singular], faileanna [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], fail [indefinite, nominative, singular], faileanna [indefinite, nominative, plural], a fhail [indefinite, singular, vocative], a fhaileanna [indefinite, plural, vocative], faile [genitive, indefinite, singular], faileanna [genitive, indefinite, plural], fail [dative, indefinite, singular], faileanna [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an fhail [definite, nominative, singular], na faileanna [definite, nominative, plural], na faile [definite, genitive, singular], na bhfaileanna [definite, genitive, plural], leis an bhfail [dative, definite, singular], don fhail [dative, definite, singular], leis na faileanna [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], fail [error-unrecognized-form], fhail [error-unrecognized-form], bhfail [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. ring Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-fail-ga-noun-Frl0WDFV
  2. bracelet Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-fail-ga-noun-2n~C~9t1 Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 2 40 40 18
  3. wreath Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-fail-ga-noun-kgXjXxYY Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 2 40 40 18
  4. sty Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-fail-ga-noun-uq3cJHte Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 2 40 40 18

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "singular"
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      "ipa": "/fˠalʲ/"
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    "Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
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      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "leis an bhfail",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "don fhail",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "singular"
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      "ipa": "/fˠalʲ/"
    }
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  "word": "fail"
}

Download raw JSONL data for fail meaning in Irish (4.1kB)

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

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

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