"fiosrach" meaning in Irish

See fiosrach in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈfʲɨsˠɾˠɑ(x)/ [Ulster], [ˈfʲɨʂɾˠɑ(x)] [Ulster]
Etymology: From fiosraigh (“to inquire”) (from fios (“knowledge”)) + -ach. Etymology templates: {{root|ga|ine-pro|*weyd-}}, {{af|ga|-ach|pos=adjective}} -ach Head templates: {{head|ga|adjective|genitive singular masculine|fiosraigh|genitive singular feminine|fiosraí||{{{gsf2}}}|plural|fiosracha||{{{pl2}}}|comparative|fiosraí|||head=|var=}} fiosrach (genitive singular masculine fiosraigh, genitive singular feminine fiosraí, plural fiosracha, comparative fiosraí), {{ga-adj|comp=fiosraí|gsf=fiosraí|gsm=fiosraigh|pl=~a}} fiosrach (genitive singular masculine fiosraigh, genitive singular feminine fiosraí, plural fiosracha, comparative fiosraí) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: fiosraigh [genitive, masculine, singular], fiosraí [feminine, genitive, singular], fiosracha [plural], fiosraí [comparative], no-table-tags [table-tags], fiosrach [masculine, nominative, singular], fhiosrach [feminine, nominative, singular], fiosracha [error-unrecognized-form, nominative, plural], fhiosracha [error-unrecognized-form, nominative, plural], fhiosraigh [masculine, singular, vocative], fhiosrach [feminine, singular, vocative], fiosracha [error-unrecognized-form, plural, vocative], fhiosraigh [genitive, masculine, singular], fiosraí [feminine, genitive, singular], fiosracha [error-unrecognized-form, genitive, plural], fiosrach [error-unrecognized-form, genitive, plural], fiosrach [dative, masculine, singular], fhiosrach [dative, masculine, singular], fhiosrach [dative, feminine, singular], fhiosraigh [archaic, dative, feminine, singular], fiosracha [dative, error-unrecognized-form, plural], fhiosracha [dative, error-unrecognized-form, plural], níos fiosraí [comparative, error-unrecognized-form], is fiosraí [error-unrecognized-form, superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], fiosrach [error-unrecognized-form], fhiosrach [lenition], bhfiosrach [eclipsis]
  1. curious, inquiring, inquisitive, nosy, prying, questioning Derived forms: ainfhiosrach (english: overcurious) [adjective] Related terms: fiosracht (english: inquisitiveness) [feminine]
    Sense id: en-fiosrach-ga-adj-Bj1M8Wjv Categories (other): Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach, Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 72 4 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 63 3 34

Inflected forms

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      "form": "fiosracha",
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      "form": "fiosraí",
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    },
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      "form": "fhiosraigh",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
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    },
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      "form": "fiosraí",
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      "form": "fiosracha",
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    },
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      "form": "fhiosracha",
      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "níos fiosraí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "is fiosraí",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "form": "fhiosrach",
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      "form": "bhfiosrach",
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  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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  "word": "fiosrach"
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      "word": "ainfhiosrach"
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  "etymology_text": "From fiosraigh (“to inquire”) (from fios (“knowledge”)) + -ach.",
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    {
      "form": "fhiosraigh",
      "source": "declension",
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    {
      "form": "fiosraí",
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      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "fhiosrach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fhiosrach",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "fhiosraigh",
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        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "fiosracha",
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "níos fiosraí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "is fiosraí",
      "source": "declension",
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      ],
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}

Download raw JSONL data for fiosrach meaning in Irish (4.7kB)

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  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "fiosrach",
  "trace": ""
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  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "fiosrach",
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