"foireann" meaning in Irish

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfˠɪɾʲən̪ˠ/
Etymology: From Old Irish foirenn (“band, troop, group of people”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|foirenn||band, troop, group of people}} Old Irish foirenn (“band, troop, group of people”) Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|foirne|||||||nominative plural|foirne|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} foireann f (genitive singular foirne, nominative plural foirne), {{ga-noun|f|foirne|foirne}} foireann f (genitive singular foirne, nominative plural foirne) Inflection templates: {{ga-decl-f2|f|oireann|oirne|dat=oirinn|datoc=a}}, {{ga-mut}} Forms: foirne [genitive, singular], foirne [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], foireann [indefinite, nominative, singular], foireanna [indefinite, nominative, plural], a fhoireann [indefinite, singular, vocative], a fhoireanna [indefinite, plural, vocative], foirne [genitive, indefinite, singular], foireann [genitive, indefinite, plural], foireann [dative, indefinite, singular], foirinn [archaic, dative, dialectal, indefinite, singular], foireanna [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an fhoireann [definite, nominative, singular], na foireanna [definite, nominative, plural], na foirne [definite, genitive, singular], na bhfoireann [definite, genitive, plural], leis an bhfoireann [dative, definite, singular], leis an bhfoirinn [archaic, dative, definite, dialectal, singular], don fhoireann [dative, definite, singular], don fhoirinn [archaic, dative, definite, dialectal, singular], leis na foireanna [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], foireann [mutation, mutation-radical], fhoireann [lenition, mutation], bhfoireann [eclipsis, mutation]
  1. number, group, of people; band, troop, company, staff, personnel Tags: feminine Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-foireann-ga-noun-AWDBorg0 Disambiguation of People: 78 0 20 1 0 Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 19 36 38 6 1
  2. (nautical) crew Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Nautical Synonyms: criú
    Sense id: en-foireann-ga-noun-nK4HounO Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 19 36 38 6 1 Topics: nautical, transport
  3. (sports) team, side Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Sports Synonyms: meitheal
    Sense id: en-foireann-ga-noun-Ln~LA2BC Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 19 36 38 6 1 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  4. cast (of a play) Tags: feminine Synonyms: foireann aisteoirí
    Sense id: en-foireann-ga-noun-B6IgTcob
  5. set, kit Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-foireann-ga-noun-d69o77jS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bainistíocht foirne (english: people management) [feminine], foireann an Bhéarla (english: the Englishry) [masculine], foireann ar cuairt (english: visiting team) [masculine], foireann chuairte (english: visiting team) [masculine], foireann drumaí (english: drum kit) [masculine], oifigeach foirne (english: staff officer) [masculine]

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "people management",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bainistíocht foirne"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "the Englishry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "foireann an Bhéarla"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "visiting team",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "foireann ar cuairt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "visiting team",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "foireann chuairte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "drum kit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "foireann drumaí"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "staff officer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oifigeach foirne"
    }
  ],
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        "4": "",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
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    {
      "form": "foirne",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "foirne",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foireanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a fhoireanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foirne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foireann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foireann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foirinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "dialectal",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foireanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ga-decl-f2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an fhoireann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na foireanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na foirne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na bhfoireann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an bhfoireann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an bhfoirinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "dialectal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don fhoireann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don fhoirinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "dialectal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na foireanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ga-mut",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "foireann",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fhoireann",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhfoireann",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "eclipsis",
        "mutation"
      ]
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        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
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        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
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        "f4request": "1",
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        "g3": "",
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      "args": {
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  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "_dis": "19 36 38 6 1",
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            "Fundamental"
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          "band",
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        ],
        [
          "troop",
          "troop"
        ],
        [
          "company",
          "company"
        ],
        [
          "staff",
          "staff"
        ],
        [
          "personnel",
          "personnel"
        ]
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      ]
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            "Fundamental"
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      ],
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        ]
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        "(nautical) crew"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "criú"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    },
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          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Sports",
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            "Human behaviour",
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            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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      ],
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          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "team",
          "team"
        ],
        [
          "side",
          "side"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports) team, side"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "meitheal"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cast (of a play)"
      ],
      "id": "en-foireann-ga-noun-B6IgTcob",
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        [
          "cast",
          "cast"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "foireann aisteoirí"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "set, kit"
      ],
      "id": "en-foireann-ga-noun-d69o77jS",
      "links": [
        [
          "set",
          "set"
        ],
        [
          "kit",
          "kit"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfˠɪɾʲən̪ˠ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "foireann"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Irish feminine nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish second-declension nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "ga:People"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "people management",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bainistíocht foirne"
    },
    {
      "english": "the Englishry",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "foireann an Bhéarla"
    },
    {
      "english": "visiting team",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "foireann ar cuairt"
    },
    {
      "english": "visiting team",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "foireann chuairte"
    },
    {
      "english": "drum kit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "foireann drumaí"
    },
    {
      "english": "staff officer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oifigeach foirne"
    }
  ],
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      "name": "inh"
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "foirne",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
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        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a fhoireanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foirne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foireann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foireann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foirinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "dialectal",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foireanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "form": "ga-decl-f2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an fhoireann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na foireanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na foirne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na bhfoireann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an bhfoireann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an bhfoirinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "dialectal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don fhoireann",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don fhoirinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "dialectal",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na foireanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
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    },
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      "form": "foireann",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
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    },
    {
      "form": "fhoireann",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhfoireann",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis",
        "mutation"
      ]
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        "3": "foirne"
      },
      "expansion": "foireann f (genitive singular foirne, nominative plural foirne)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "oireann",
        "3": "oirne",
        "dat": "oirinn",
        "datoc": "a"
      },
      "name": "ga-decl-f2"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "number, group, of people; band, troop, company, staff, personnel"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "number",
          "number"
        ],
        [
          "group",
          "group"
        ],
        [
          "band",
          "band"
        ],
        [
          "troop",
          "troop"
        ],
        [
          "company",
          "company"
        ],
        [
          "staff",
          "staff"
        ],
        [
          "personnel",
          "personnel"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "ga:Nautical"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "crew"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "crew",
          "crew"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nautical) crew"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "criú"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "ga:Sports"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "team, side"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "team",
          "team"
        ],
        [
          "side",
          "side"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports) team, side"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "meitheal"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cast (of a play)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cast",
          "cast"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "foireann aisteoirí"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "set, kit"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "set",
          "set"
        ],
        [
          "kit",
          "kit"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfˠɪɾʲən̪ˠ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "foireann"
}

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