"fathach" meaning in Irish

See fathach in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈfˠɑhəx/ [Munster], /ˈfˠahəx/ [Connacht], /ˈfˠax/ [Connacht, Cois-Fharraige], [ˈfˠaːx] [Connacht], /ˈfˠaiha(x)/ [Ulster] (note: corresponding to faitheach), /fˠaːx/ [Ulster]
Etymology: From Old Irish aithech (“farmer, peasant”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic athach. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|aithech|t=farmer, peasant}} Old Irish aithech (“farmer, peasant”), {{cog|gd|athach}} Scottish Gaelic athach Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|fathaigh|||||||nominative plural|fathaigh|||||altform=|cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} fathach m (genitive singular fathaigh, nominative plural fathaigh), {{ga-noun|m|fathaigh|fathaigh}} fathach m (genitive singular fathaigh, nominative plural fathaigh) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: fathaigh [genitive, singular], fathaigh [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], fathach [indefinite, nominative, singular], fathaigh [indefinite, nominative, plural], a fhathaigh [indefinite, singular, vocative], a fhathacha [indefinite, plural, vocative], fathaigh [genitive, indefinite, singular], fathach [genitive, indefinite, plural], fathach [dative, indefinite, singular], fathaigh [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an fathach [definite, nominative, singular], na fathaigh [definite, nominative, plural], an fhathaigh [definite, genitive, singular], na bhfathach [definite, genitive, plural], leis an bhfathach [dative, definite, singular], don fhathach [dative, definite, singular], leis na fathaigh [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], fathach [error-unrecognized-form], fhathach [error-unrecognized-form], bhfathach [error-unrecognized-form], aitheach [alternative], athach [alternative], faitheach [alternative]
  1. giant Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-fathach-ga-noun-CxMuovbN
  2. giant star Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-fathach-ga-noun-1L3grDPq Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Mythological creatures, Stars Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 1 83 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 97 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 97 2 Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 4 90 6 Disambiguation of Stars: 2 96 3
  3. bear (big man) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-fathach-ga-noun-QuIHb8gT Categories (other): Male people Disambiguation of Male people: 9 33 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: banfhathach (english: giantess), fathach dearg (english: red giant), fathach fir (english: huge man, giant of a man), fathach gorm (english: blue giant), fathach-tuatha (english: plebeian), finéal fathaigh (english: giant fennel), fo-fhathach (english: subgiant), obair fathaigh (english: gigantic, herculean, task), ollfhathach (english: supergiant) Related terms: abhac

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "english": "giantess",
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    {
      "english": "red giant",
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      "word": "fathach dearg"
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      "word": "fathach gorm"
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      "word": "finéal fathaigh"
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      "english": "gigantic, herculean, task",
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      "word": "obair fathaigh"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfˠax/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Cois-Fharraige"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfˠaːx]",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfˠaiha(x)/",
      "note": "corresponding to faitheach",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fˠaːx/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fathach"
}

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{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: fathach/Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "fathach"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "fathach",
  "trace": ""
}

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

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

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