"gá" meaning in Irish

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Noun

IPA: /ɡɑː/ [Connacht, Munster], /ɡaː/ [Ulster]
Etymology: From Middle Irish gád (“danger, need”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|mga|gád||danger, need}} Middle Irish gád (“danger, need”) Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|gá||||||||-|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} gá m (genitive singular gá), {{ga-noun|m|~|-}} gá m (genitive singular gá) Inflection templates: {{ga-decl-m4-nopl|g|á}}, {{ga-mut}} Forms: [genitive, singular], no-plural [table-tags], [indefinite, nominative, singular], a ghá [indefinite, singular, vocative], [genitive, indefinite, singular], [dative, indefinite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], an gá [definite, nominative, singular], an ghá [definite, genitive, singular], leis an ngá [dative, definite, singular], don ghá [dative, definite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], [mutation, mutation-radical], ghá [lenition, mutation], ngá [eclipsis, mutation]
  1. need, requirement Tags: masculine Synonyms: gábh, gábhadh, gádh [obsolete] Synonyms (need): feidhm, gátar, riachtanas
    Sense id: en-gá-ga-noun-cGGsLSFh Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header

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          "text": "Ní gá duit imeacht.",
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      "source": "declension",
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          "text": "Ní gá duit imeacht.",
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