"faol" meaning in Irish

See faol in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /fˠeːlˠ/ [Munster], /fˠiːlˠ/ [Connacht, Ulster]
Etymology: From Middle Irish fáel, from Proto-Celtic *wailos, from Proto-Indo-European *waylos. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|mga|fáel}} Middle Irish fáel, {{inh|ga|cel-pro|*wailos}} Proto-Celtic *wailos, {{inh|ga|ine-pro|*waylos}} Proto-Indo-European *waylos Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|faoil|||||||nominative plural|faoil|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} faol m (genitive singular faoil, nominative plural faoil), {{ga-noun|m|faoil|faoil}} faol m (genitive singular faoil, nominative plural faoil) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: faoil [genitive, singular], faoil [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], faol [indefinite, nominative, singular], faoil [indefinite, nominative, plural], a fhaoil [indefinite, singular, vocative], a fhaola [indefinite, plural, vocative], faoil [genitive, indefinite, singular], faol [genitive, indefinite, plural], faol [dative, indefinite, singular], faoil [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an faol [definite, nominative, singular], na faoil [definite, nominative, plural], an fhaoil [definite, genitive, singular], na bhfaol [definite, genitive, plural], leis an bhfaol [dative, definite, singular], don fhaol [dative, definite, singular], leis na faoil [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], faol [error-unrecognized-form], fhaol [error-unrecognized-form], bhfaol [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. (literary, archaic) wolf Tags: archaic, literary, masculine Categories (lifeform): Wolves Synonyms: faolchú, mac tíre, madra alla, madra allta Derived forms: faolchú, Faolán
    Sense id: en-faol-ga-noun-92thuWLb Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "mga",
        "3": "fáel"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish fáel",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*wailos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *wailos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*waylos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *waylos",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish fáel, from Proto-Celtic *wailos, from Proto-Indo-European *waylos.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "faoil",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "faoil",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "faol",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "faoil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a fhaoil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a fhaola",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "faoil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "faol",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "faol",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "faoil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an faol",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na faoil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an fhaoil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na bhfaol",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an bhfaol",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don fhaol",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na faoil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "faol",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fhaol",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhfaol",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "faoil",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "faoil",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "faol m (genitive singular faoil, nominative plural faoil)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "faoil",
        "3": "faoil"
      },
      "expansion": "faol m (genitive singular faoil, nominative plural faoil)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "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": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Wolves",
          "orig": "ga:Wolves",
          "parents": [
            "Canids",
            "Carnivores",
            "Mammals",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "faolchú"
        },
        {
          "word": "Faolán"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wolf"
      ],
      "id": "en-faol-ga-noun-92thuWLb",
      "links": [
        [
          "wolf",
          "wolf"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary, archaic) wolf"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "faolchú"
        },
        {
          "word": "mac tíre"
        },
        {
          "word": "madra alla"
        },
        {
          "word": "madra allta"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "literary",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fˠeːlˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fˠiːlˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "faol"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "faolchú"
    },
    {
      "word": "Faolán"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "mga",
        "3": "fáel"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish fáel",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*wailos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *wailos",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*waylos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *waylos",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish fáel, from Proto-Celtic *wailos, from Proto-Indo-European *waylos.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "faoil",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "faoil",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "faol",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "faoil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a fhaoil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a fhaola",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "faoil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "faol",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "faol",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "faoil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an faol",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na faoil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an fhaoil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na bhfaol",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an bhfaol",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don fhaol",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na faoil",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "faol",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fhaol",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhfaol",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "faoil",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "faoil",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
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        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "faol m (genitive singular faoil, nominative plural faoil)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
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      },
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      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Irish first-declension nouns",
        "Irish lemmas",
        "Irish literary terms",
        "Irish masculine nouns",
        "Irish nouns",
        "Irish terms derived from Middle Irish",
        "Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
        "Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish",
        "Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
        "Irish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Irish terms with archaic senses",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "ga:Wolves"
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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        [
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        ]
      ],
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        "(literary, archaic) wolf"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "faolchú"
        },
        {
          "word": "mac tíre"
        },
        {
          "word": "madra alla"
        },
        {
          "word": "madra allta"
        }
      ],
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        "archaic",
        "literary",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fˠeːlˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fˠiːlˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "faol"
}

Download raw JSONL data for faol meaning in Irish (4.0kB)

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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: faol/Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "faol"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "faol",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
  "path": [
    "faol"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "faol",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'eclipsis'",
  "path": [
    "faol"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "faol",
  "trace": ""
}

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