"forainm" meaning in Irish

See forainm in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From for- (“pre-, fore-”) + ainm (“name”). Etymology templates: {{af|ga|for-|ainm|t1=pre-, fore-|t2=name}} for- (“pre-, fore-”) + ainm (“name”) Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|forainm|||||||nominative plural|forainmneacha|||||altform=|cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} forainm m (genitive singular forainm, nominative plural forainmneacha), {{ga-noun|m|~|forainmneacha}} forainm m (genitive singular forainm, nominative plural forainmneacha) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: forainm [genitive, singular], forainmneacha [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], forainm [indefinite, nominative, singular], forainmneacha [indefinite, nominative, plural], a fhorainm [indefinite, singular, vocative], a fhorainmneacha [indefinite, plural, vocative], forainm [genitive, indefinite, singular], forainmneacha [genitive, indefinite, plural], forainm [dative, indefinite, singular], forainmneacha [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an forainm [definite, nominative, singular], na forainmneacha [definite, nominative, plural], an fhorainm [definite, genitive, singular], na bhforainmneacha [definite, genitive, plural], leis an bhforainm [dative, definite, singular], don fhorainm [dative, definite, singular], leis na forainmneacha [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], forainm [error-unrecognized-form], fhorainm [error-unrecognized-form], bhforainm [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. cognomen Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-forainm-ga-noun-ybE8nd7P Categories (other): Irish terms prefixed with for-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish terms prefixed with for-: 12 47 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 44 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 35 38
  2. nickname Tags: masculine Synonyms: leasainm
    Sense id: en-forainm-ga-noun-oPs~EVnJ Categories (other): Irish terms prefixed with for-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Onomastics Disambiguation of Irish terms prefixed with for-: 12 47 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 44 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 35 38 Disambiguation of Onomastics: 18 82 0
  3. (grammar) pronoun Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-forainm-ga-noun-2JC01ygn Categories (other): Grammar, Irish entries with incorrect language header, Irish terms prefixed with for-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Parts of speech Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 4 17 78 Disambiguation of Irish terms prefixed with for-: 12 47 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 44 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 35 38 Disambiguation of Parts of speech: 30 31 39 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: forainm ceisteach [interrogative, pronoun], forainm coibhneasta [pronoun, relative], forainm éiginnte [indefinite, pronoun], forainm pearsanta [personal, pronoun], forainm réamhfhoclach [prepositional, pronoun], forainm sealbhach [possessive, pronoun, without-noun], forainm taispeántach [demonstrative, pronoun], forainmneach [pronominal] 
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "interrogative",
        "pronoun"
      ],
      "word": "forainm ceisteach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "pronoun",
        "relative"
      ],
      "word": "forainm coibhneasta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "pronoun"
      ],
      "word": "forainm éiginnte"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "personal",
        "pronoun"
      ],
      "word": "forainm pearsanta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "prepositional",
        "pronoun"
      ],
      "word": "forainm réamhfhoclach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "pronoun",
        "without-noun"
      ],
      "word": "forainm sealbhach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "demonstrative",
        "pronoun"
      ],
      "word": "forainm taispeántach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "pronominal"
      ],
      "word": "forainmneach"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "for-",
        "3": "ainm",
        "t1": "pre-, fore-",
        "t2": "name"
      },
      "expansion": "for- (“pre-, fore-”) + ainm (“name”)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From for- (“pre-, fore-”) + ainm (“name”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "forainm",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forainmneacha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forainm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forainmneacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a fhorainm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a fhorainmneacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forainm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forainmneacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forainm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forainmneacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an forainm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na forainmneacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an fhorainm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na bhforainmneacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an bhforainm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don fhorainm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na forainmneacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forainm",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fhorainm",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhforainm",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "forainmneacha",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "forainm",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "forainm m (genitive singular forainm, nominative plural forainmneacha)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "~",
        "3": "forainmneacha"
      },
      "expansion": "forainm m (genitive singular forainm, nominative plural forainmneacha)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 47 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish terms prefixed with for-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 44 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 35 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cognomen"
      ],
      "id": "en-forainm-ga-noun-ybE8nd7P",
      "links": [
        [
          "cognomen",
          "cognomen"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 47 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish terms prefixed with for-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 44 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 35 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 82 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Onomastics",
          "orig": "ga:Onomastics",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "nickname"
      ],
      "id": "en-forainm-ga-noun-oPs~EVnJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "nickname",
          "nickname"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "leasainm"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Grammar",
          "orig": "ga:Grammar",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 17 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 47 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish terms prefixed with for-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 44 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 35 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 31 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Parts of speech",
          "orig": "ga:Parts of speech",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pronoun"
      ],
      "id": "en-forainm-ga-noun-2JC01ygn",
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "pronoun",
          "pronoun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) pronoun"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "forainm"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Irish fourth-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish masculine nouns",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish terms prefixed with for-",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ga:Onomastics",
    "ga:Parts of speech"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "interrogative",
        "pronoun"
      ],
      "word": "forainm ceisteach"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "pronoun",
        "relative"
      ],
      "word": "forainm coibhneasta"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "pronoun"
      ],
      "word": "forainm éiginnte"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "personal",
        "pronoun"
      ],
      "word": "forainm pearsanta"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "prepositional",
        "pronoun"
      ],
      "word": "forainm réamhfhoclach"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "possessive",
        "pronoun",
        "without-noun"
      ],
      "word": "forainm sealbhach"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "demonstrative",
        "pronoun"
      ],
      "word": "forainm taispeántach"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "pronominal"
      ],
      "word": "forainmneach"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "for-",
        "3": "ainm",
        "t1": "pre-, fore-",
        "t2": "name"
      },
      "expansion": "for- (“pre-, fore-”) + ainm (“name”)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From for- (“pre-, fore-”) + ainm (“name”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "forainm",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forainmneacha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forainm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forainmneacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a fhorainm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a fhorainmneacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forainm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forainmneacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forainm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forainmneacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an forainm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na forainmneacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an fhorainm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na bhforainmneacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an bhforainm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don fhorainm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na forainmneacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forainm",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fhorainm",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhforainm",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "forainmneacha",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "forainm",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "forainm m (genitive singular forainm, nominative plural forainmneacha)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "~",
        "3": "forainmneacha"
      },
      "expansion": "forainm m (genitive singular forainm, nominative plural forainmneacha)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cognomen"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cognomen",
          "cognomen"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "nickname"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nickname",
          "nickname"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "leasainm"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "ga:Grammar"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pronoun"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "pronoun",
          "pronoun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) pronoun"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "forainm"
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: forainm/Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "forainm"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "forainm",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
  "path": [
    "forainm"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "forainm",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'eclipsis'",
  "path": [
    "forainm"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "forainm",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Irish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-03-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-03-03 using wiktextract (05c257f and 9d9a410). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.