foinse in Irish

IPA: /ˈfʷiːnʲʃə/ [Munster] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Inherited from Old Irish foinsi n pl (“wells, springs”). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ga|sga|foinsi||wells, springs|g=n-p|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Irish foinsi n pl (“wells, springs”), {{inh+|ga|sga|foinsi|g=n-p|t=wells, springs}} Inherited from Old Irish foinsi n pl (“wells, springs”) Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|foinse|||||||nominative plural|foinsí|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|var=}} foinse f (genitive singular foinse, nominative plural foinsí), {{ga-noun|f|~|foinsí}} foinse f (genitive singular foinse, nominative plural foinsí) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: foinse [genitive, singular], foinsí [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an fhoinse [definite, nominative, singular], na foinsí [definite, nominative, plural], na foinse [definite, genitive, singular], na bhfoinsí [definite, genitive, plural], leis an bhfoinse [dative, definite, singular], don fhoinse [dative, definite, singular], leis na foinsí [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], foinse [error-unrecognized-form], fhoinse [lenition], bhfoinse [eclipsis]

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      "english": "river-head",
      "translation": "river-head",
      "word": "foinse abhann"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "open source",
      "translation": "open source",
      "word": "foinse oscailte"
    },
    {
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      "english": "hot spring",
      "translation": "hot spring",
      "word": "foinse the"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "word": "foinseach"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "well up, spring forth",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "translation": "well up, spring forth",
      "word": "foinsigh"
    }
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      "form": "na bhfoinsí",
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      "form": "leis an bhfoinse",
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      "ipa": "/ˈfʷiːnʲʃə/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "foinse"
}

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    "Irish fourth-declension nouns",
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    },
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      "english": "open source",
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      "word": "foinse oscailte"
    },
    {
      "english": "hot spring",
      "translation": "hot spring",
      "word": "foinse the"
    },
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      "english": "source, original",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
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    {
      "english": "well up, spring forth",
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      "tags": [
        "Munster"
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    }
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  "word": "foinse"
}

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"foinse" meaning in Irish

Noun