feamainn in Irish

IPA: /ˈfʲamˠən̠ʲ/, /ˈfʲæmˠən̠ʲ/, [ˈfʲæːmˠɪn̠ʲ], /ˈfʲamˠən/ [Aran] (note: as if spelled feamain) [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Middle Irish femain, femmain (“(edible) seaweed”), from Proto-Celtic *wimmonā, related to Old Breton goumon (late Proto-Brythonic *gwɨmon (“seaweed”)), whence French goémon. Etymology templates: {{der|ga|mga|femain}} Middle Irish femain, {{der|ga|cel-pro|*wimmonā}} Proto-Celtic *wimmonā, {{cog|obt|goumon}} Old Breton goumon, {{cog|cel-bry-pro|*gwɨmon|t=seaweed}} Proto-Brythonic *gwɨmon (“seaweed”), {{cog|fr|goémon}} French goémon Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|feamainne||||||||-|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} feamainn f (genitive singular feamainne), {{ga-noun|f|~e|-}} feamainn f (genitive singular feamainne) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: feamainne [genitive, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], feamainn [indefinite, nominative, singular], a fheamainn [indefinite, singular, vocative], feamainne [genitive, indefinite, singular], feamainn [dative, indefinite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], an fheamainn [definite, nominative, singular], na feamainne [definite, genitive, singular], leis an bhfeamainn [dative, definite, singular], don fheamainn [dative, definite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], feamainn [error-unrecognized-form], fheamainn [error-unrecognized-form], bhfeamainn [error-unrecognized-form]

Inflected forms

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      "name": "Seafood",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "feamnach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "feamnaigh"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "brown pollock",
      "word": "pollóg feamainne"
    }
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        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "don fheamainn",
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        "definite",
        "singular"
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          "wrack",
          "wrack"
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          "_dis": "44 56",
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          "name": "Alismatales order plants",
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          "_dis": "18 82",
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          "Zostera marina",
          "Zostera marina#Translingual"
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      "ipa": "/ˈfʲamˠən̠ʲ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfʲæmˠən̠ʲ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈfʲæːmˠɪn̠ʲ]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfʲamˠən/",
      "note": "as if spelled feamain",
      "tags": [
        "Aran"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "feamainn"
}

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    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish second-declension nouns",
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    "Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
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    },
    {
      "word": "feamnach"
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    {
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        "definite",
        "singular"
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        "definite",
        "singular"
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          "Zostera marina#Translingual"
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      "ipa": "/ˈfʲamˠən̠ʲ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfʲæmˠən̠ʲ/"
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      "ipa": "[ˈfʲæːmˠɪn̠ʲ]"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈfʲamˠən/",
      "note": "as if spelled feamain",
      "tags": [
        "Aran"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "feamainn"
}

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"feamainn" meaning in Irish

Noun

Inflected forms