"feabhas" meaning in Irish

See feabhas in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /fʲausˠ/ [Connacht, Munster], /fʲoːsˠ/ [Ulster]
Etymology: From Old Irish febas (“excellence”), from feb (“excellence”) + -as. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|febas|t=excellence}} Old Irish febas (“excellence”), {{af|sga|feb|-as|nocat=1|t1=excellence}} feb (“excellence”) + -as Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|feabhais||||||||-|||||altform=|cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} feabhas m (genitive singular feabhais), {{ga-noun|m|feabhais|-}} feabhas m (genitive singular feabhais) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: feabhais [genitive, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], feabhas [indefinite, nominative, singular], a fheabhais [indefinite, singular, vocative], feabhais [genitive, indefinite, singular], feabhas [dative, indefinite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], an feabhas [definite, nominative, singular], an fheabhais [definite, genitive, singular], leis an bhfeabhas [dative, definite, singular], don fheabhas [dative, definite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], feabhas [error-unrecognized-form], fheabhas [error-unrecognized-form], bhfeabhas [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. excellence Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-feabhas-ga-noun-h0CbHFo0 Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. improvement Tags: masculine Synonyms: biseach
    Sense id: en-feabhas-ga-noun-YqSg6fv~ Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ar fheabhas (english: excellent), cuir feabhas ar (english: improve, make better), téigh i bhfeabhas (english: improve, get better)

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "excellent",
      "translation": "excellent",
      "word": "ar fheabhas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "improve, make better",
      "translation": "improve, make better",
      "word": "cuir feabhas ar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "improve, get better",
      "translation": "improve, get better",
      "word": "téigh i bhfeabhas"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "febas",
        "t": "excellence"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish febas (“excellence”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "feb",
        "3": "-as",
        "nocat": "1",
        "t1": "excellence"
      },
      "expansion": "feb (“excellence”) + -as",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish febas (“excellence”), from feb (“excellence”) + -as.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "feabhais",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feabhas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a fheabhais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feabhais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feabhas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an feabhas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an fheabhais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an bhfeabhas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don fheabhas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feabhas",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fheabhas",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhfeabhas",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "-",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "feabhais",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "feabhas m (genitive singular feabhais)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "feabhais",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "feabhas m (genitive singular feabhais)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "excellence"
      ],
      "id": "en-feabhas-ga-noun-h0CbHFo0",
      "links": [
        [
          "excellence",
          "excellence"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "english": "He has greatly improved.",
          "text": "Tá feabhas mór air.",
          "translation": "He has greatly improved.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "english": "His appearance improved.",
          "text": "Tháinig feabhas ar a chuma.",
          "translation": "His appearance improved.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "improvement"
      ],
      "id": "en-feabhas-ga-noun-YqSg6fv~",
      "links": [
        [
          "improvement",
          "improvement"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "biseach"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fʲausˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fʲoːsˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "feabhas"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Irish first-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish masculine nouns",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "gd-noun 2"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "excellent",
      "translation": "excellent",
      "word": "ar fheabhas"
    },
    {
      "english": "improve, make better",
      "translation": "improve, make better",
      "word": "cuir feabhas ar"
    },
    {
      "english": "improve, get better",
      "translation": "improve, get better",
      "word": "téigh i bhfeabhas"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "febas",
        "t": "excellence"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish febas (“excellence”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "feb",
        "3": "-as",
        "nocat": "1",
        "t1": "excellence"
      },
      "expansion": "feb (“excellence”) + -as",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish febas (“excellence”), from feb (“excellence”) + -as.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "feabhais",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feabhas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a fheabhais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feabhais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feabhas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an feabhas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an fheabhais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an bhfeabhas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don fheabhas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feabhas",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fheabhas",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhfeabhas",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "-",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "feabhais",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "feabhas m (genitive singular feabhais)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "feabhais",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "feabhas m (genitive singular feabhais)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "excellence"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "excellence",
          "excellence"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "english": "He has greatly improved.",
          "text": "Tá feabhas mór air.",
          "translation": "He has greatly improved.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "english": "His appearance improved.",
          "text": "Tháinig feabhas ar a chuma.",
          "translation": "His appearance improved.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "improvement"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "improvement",
          "improvement"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "biseach"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fʲausˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fʲoːsˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "feabhas"
}

Download raw JSONL data for feabhas meaning in Irish (3.7kB)

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

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

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