"foirceann" meaning in Irish

See foirceann in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Old Irish forcenn, from Proto-Celtic *uɸerkʷennom; cognate with Cornish gorfen. By surface analysis, for- + ceann. Etymology templates: {{der|ga|sga|forcenn}} Old Irish forcenn, {{der|ga|cel-pro|*uɸerkʷennom}} Proto-Celtic *uɸerkʷennom, {{cog|kw|gorfen}} Cornish gorfen, {{surf|ga|for-|ceann}} By surface analysis, for- + ceann Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|foircinn|||||||nominative plural|foircinn|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|var=}} foirceann m (genitive singular foircinn, nominative plural foircinn), {{ga-noun|m|foircinn|foircinn}} foirceann m (genitive singular foircinn, nominative plural foircinn) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: foircinn [genitive, singular], foircinn [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an foirceann [definite, nominative, singular], na foircinn [definite, nominative, plural], an fhoircinn [definite, genitive, singular], na bhfoirceann [definite, genitive, plural], leis an bhfoirceann [dative, definite, singular], don fhoirceann [dative, definite, singular], leis na foircinn [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], foirceann [error-unrecognized-form], fhoirceann [lenition], bhfoirceann [eclipsis], foircheann [alternative]
  1. end, extremity Tags: masculine Synonyms (end, extremity): ceann
    Sense id: en-foirceann-ga-noun-0t3Dhw~7 Categories (other): Irish terms with collocations Disambiguation of 'end, extremity': 84 5 1 8 3
  2. (linguistic morphology) ending, termination, desinence Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-foirceann-ga-noun-C-No~QIM Categories (other): Linguistic morphology, Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 7 45 10 7 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 41 11 11 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 62 8 8 15 Topics: human-sciences, linguistic-morphology, linguistics, morphology, sciences
  3. limit (final, utmost, or furthest point), term Tags: masculine Synonyms (limit, term): teorainn
    Sense id: en-foirceann-ga-noun-slNIV6Tj Categories (other): Irish terms prefixed with for- Disambiguation of Irish terms prefixed with for-: 8 29 36 8 20 Disambiguation of 'limit, term': 0 24 76 0 0
  4. end, conclusion Tags: masculine Synonyms (end, conclusion): críoch, deireadh
    Sense id: en-foirceann-ga-noun-6mcru2z0 Disambiguation of 'end, conclusion': 9 7 0 82 2
  5. extreme (each of the things at opposite ends of a range or scale) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-foirceann-ga-noun-jtsVoahj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: foircneach
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      "*uɸerkʷennom",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/uɸerkʷennom"
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    [
      "gorfen",
      "gorfen#Cornish"
    ],
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      "for-#Irish"
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      },
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "don fhoirceann",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "15": "",
        "16": "",
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        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
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          "english": "to the ends of the earth",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "end, conclusion",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "singular"
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      "form": "bhfoirceann",
      "source": "mutation",
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          "english": "to the ends of the earth",
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          "term",
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    {
      "sense": "end, conclusion",
      "word": "críoch"
    },
    {
      "sense": "end, conclusion",
      "word": "deireadh"
    }
  ],
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}

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