"feabhas" meaning in Irish

See feabhas in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /fʲəusˠ/ [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||||||||-|||||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-decl-m1-nopl|f|eabhas|eabhais}}, {{ga-mut}} Forms: feabhais [genitive, singular], no-plural [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 [mutation, mutation-radical], fheabhas [lenition, mutation], bhfeabhas [eclipsis, mutation]
  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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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "excellent",
      "word": "ar fheabhas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "improve, make better",
      "word": "cuir feabhas ar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "improve, get better",
      "word": "téigh i bhfeabhas"
    }
  ],
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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    {
      "form": "feabhais",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "no-plural",
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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    },
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      "form": "feabhas",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "a fheabhais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feabhais",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feabhas",
      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "an fheabhais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an bhfeabhas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don fheabhas",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feabhas",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
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        "mutation-radical"
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    {
      "form": "fheabhas",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhfeabhas",
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        "mutation"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "ga",
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        {
          "english": "He has greatly improved.",
          "text": "Tá feabhas mór air.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "His appearance improved.",
          "text": "Tháinig feabhas ar a chuma.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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          "word": "biseach"
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      "ipa": "/fʲəusˠ/",
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        "Connacht",
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fʲoːsˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}
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    "Irish first-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
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    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "gd-noun 2"
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    {
      "english": "excellent",
      "word": "ar fheabhas"
    },
    {
      "english": "improve, make better",
      "word": "cuir feabhas ar"
    },
    {
      "english": "improve, get better",
      "word": "téigh i bhfeabhas"
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
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        "singular"
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        "indefinite",
        "singular"
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        "singular"
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "singular"
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