"forc" meaning in Irish

See forc in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /fˠɔɾˠk/, /fˠɔɾˠk/ [Aran], /fˠoːɾˠk/ [Aran]
Etymology: From Old Irish forc, from Latin furca. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|forc}} Old Irish forc, {{der|ga|la|furca}} Latin furca Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|foirc|||||||nominative plural|foirc|||||altform=|cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} forc m (genitive singular foirc, nominative plural foirc), {{ga-noun|m|foirc|foirc}} forc m (genitive singular foirc, nominative plural foirc) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: foirc [genitive, singular], foirc [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], forc [indefinite, nominative, singular], foirc [indefinite, nominative, plural], a fhoirc [indefinite, singular, vocative], a fhorca [indefinite, plural, vocative], foirc [genitive, indefinite, singular], forc [genitive, indefinite, plural], forc [dative, indefinite, singular], foirc [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an forc [definite, nominative, singular], na foirc [definite, nominative, plural], an fhoirc [definite, genitive, singular], na bhforc [definite, genitive, plural], leis an bhforc [dative, definite, singular], don fhorc [dative, definite, singular], leis na foirc [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], forc [error-unrecognized-form], fhorc [error-unrecognized-form], bhforc [error-unrecognized-form], farc [alternative, Cois-Fharraige]
  1. fork Tags: masculine Synonyms: gabhlóg
    Sense id: en-forc-ga-noun-jQx6yZKv Categories (other): Cutlery Disambiguation of Cutlery: 82 18
  2. pitchfork Tags: masculine Synonyms: pice
    Sense id: en-forc-ga-noun-LNiTt-ht Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 4 8 3 43 3 30 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 4 2 50 2 34 5 Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: forc éisc (english: fish fork), forc féir (english: hay-fork), forc rósta (english: roasting fork), forc spól(t)a (english: carving fork) Related terms: scian, spúnóg

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "fish fork",
      "translation": "fish fork",
      "word": "forc éisc"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "hay-fork",
      "translation": "hay-fork",
      "word": "forc féir"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "roasting fork",
      "translation": "roasting fork",
      "word": "forc rósta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "carving fork",
      "translation": "carving fork",
      "word": "forc spól(t)a"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "forc"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish forc",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "furca"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin furca",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish forc, from Latin furca.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "foirc",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foirc",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foirc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a fhoirc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a fhorca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foirc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foirc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an forc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na foirc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an fhoirc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na bhforc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an bhforc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don fhorc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na foirc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forc",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fhorc",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhforc",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "farc",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Cois-Fharraige"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "foirc",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "foirc",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "forc m (genitive singular foirc, nominative plural foirc)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "foirc",
        "3": "foirc"
      },
      "expansion": "forc m (genitive singular foirc, nominative plural foirc)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "scian"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "spúnóg"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "82 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Cutlery",
          "orig": "ga:Cutlery",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fork"
      ],
      "id": "en-forc-ga-noun-jQx6yZKv",
      "links": [
        [
          "fork",
          "fork"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "gabhlóg"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 8 3 43 3 30 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 4 2 50 2 34 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 96",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "pitchfork"
      ],
      "id": "en-forc-ga-noun-LNiTt-ht",
      "links": [
        [
          "pitchfork",
          "pitchfork"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pice"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fˠɔɾˠk/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fˠɔɾˠk/",
      "tags": [
        "Aran"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fˠoːɾˠk/",
      "tags": [
        "Aran"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "forc"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Irish first-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish masculine nouns",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Latin",
    "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ga:Cutlery"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "fish fork",
      "translation": "fish fork",
      "word": "forc éisc"
    },
    {
      "english": "hay-fork",
      "translation": "hay-fork",
      "word": "forc féir"
    },
    {
      "english": "roasting fork",
      "translation": "roasting fork",
      "word": "forc rósta"
    },
    {
      "english": "carving fork",
      "translation": "carving fork",
      "word": "forc spól(t)a"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "forc"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish forc",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "furca"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin furca",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish forc, from Latin furca.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "foirc",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foirc",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foirc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a fhoirc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a fhorca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foirc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foirc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an forc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na foirc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an fhoirc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na bhforc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an bhforc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don fhorc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na foirc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forc",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fhorc",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bhforc",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "farc",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Cois-Fharraige"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "foirc",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "foirc",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "forc m (genitive singular foirc, nominative plural foirc)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "foirc",
        "3": "foirc"
      },
      "expansion": "forc m (genitive singular foirc, nominative plural foirc)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "scian"
    },
    {
      "word": "spúnóg"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fork"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fork",
          "fork"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "gabhlóg"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "pitchfork"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pitchfork",
          "pitchfork"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pice"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fˠɔɾˠk/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fˠɔɾˠk/",
      "tags": [
        "Aran"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fˠoːɾˠk/",
      "tags": [
        "Aran"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "forc"
}

Download raw JSONL data for forc meaning in Irish (4.0kB)

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: forc/Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "forc"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "forc",
  "trace": ""
}

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

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

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