"ga" meaning in Irish

See ga in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɡa/, /ˈɡɞhə/ [Aran], /ɡah/ [Ulster]
Etymology: Apparently a conflation of Old Irish gath, goth (“spear”) with the synonymous gae (“spear”), from Proto-Celtic *gaisos (“spear”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰays- (“spear”). Cognate with Welsh gwayw and Latin gaesum (a Gaulish loanword) as well as Old English gār. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|gath}} Old Irish gath, {{inh|ga|cel-pro|*gaisos|t=spear}} Proto-Celtic *gaisos (“spear”), {{der|ga|ine-pro|*ǵʰays-|t=spear}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰays- (“spear”), {{cog|cy|gwayw}} Welsh gwayw, {{cog|la|gaesum}} Latin gaesum, {{cog|cel-gau|-}} Gaulish, {{cog|ang|gār}} Old English gār Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|ga|or|gaoi|||||nominative plural|gathanna|or|gaoi|or|gaoithe|cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} ga m (genitive singular ga or gaoi, nominative plural gathanna or gaoi or gaoithe), {{ga-noun|m|~|gathanna|gen2=gaoi|pl2=gaoi|pl3=gaoithe}} ga m (genitive singular ga or gaoi, nominative plural gathanna or gaoi or gaoithe) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: ga [genitive, singular], gaoi [genitive, singular], gathanna [nominative, plural], gaoi [nominative, plural], gaoithe [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], ga [indefinite, nominative, singular], gathanna [indefinite, nominative, plural], a gha [indefinite, singular, vocative], a ghathanna [indefinite, plural, vocative], ga [genitive, indefinite, singular], gathanna [genitive, indefinite, plural], ga [dative, indefinite, singular], gathanna [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an ga [definite, nominative, singular], na gathanna [definite, nominative, plural], an gha [definite, genitive, singular], na ngathanna [definite, genitive, plural], leis an nga [dative, definite, singular], don gha [dative, definite, singular], leis na gathanna [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], ga [error-unrecognized-form], gha [error-unrecognized-form], nga [error-unrecognized-form], gae [alternative], gath [alternative]
  1. spear (long stick with a sharp tip), dart Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Weapons
    Sense id: en-ga-ga-noun-T~WE5k0h Disambiguation of Weapons: 26 13 1 9 6 31 15 Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 30 8 1 14 8 23 15
  2. dart, sting Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Weapons
    Sense id: en-ga-ga-noun-XFSEdbVS Disambiguation of Weapons: 26 13 1 9 6 31 15
  3. ray (beam of light or radiation) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Light, Radiation
    Sense id: en-ga-ga-noun-Bh76Xqwt Disambiguation of Light: 6 26 34 4 2 24 4 Disambiguation of Radiation: 2 5 58 15 6 11 4
  4. (geometry) radius (line segment between any point on the circumference of a circle and its center; length of this segment) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Geometry
    Sense id: en-ga-ga-noun-bU~U6293 Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
  5. (medicine) suppository Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-ga-ga-noun-fMYc9ky1 Topics: medicine, sciences
  6. (fishing) gaff Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Fishing, Weapons
    Sense id: en-ga-ga-noun-RWDvo9Z1 Disambiguation of Weapons: 26 13 1 9 6 31 15 Topics: fishing, hobbies, lifestyle
  7. Only used in ga seá Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Weapons
    Sense id: en-ga-ga-noun-Ow3ZQ1d3 Disambiguation of Weapons: 26 13 1 9 6 31 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: alfa-gha (english: alpha ray) [masculine], béitea-gha (english: beta ray), ga-chatóideach (english: cathode-ray) [adjective], ga-shiméadrach (english: radially symmetrical) [adjective], ga-shiméadracht (english: radial symmetry) [feminine], gáma-gha (english: gamma ray) [masculine], X-gha (english: X-ray) [masculine]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "alpha ray",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alfa-gha"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "beta ray",
      "word": "béitea-gha"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "cathode-ray",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "ga-chatóideach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "radially symmetrical",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "ga-shiméadrach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "radial symmetry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ga-shiméadracht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "gamma ray",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gáma-gha"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "X-ray",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "X-gha"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "gath"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish gath",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*gaisos",
        "t": "spear"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *gaisos (“spear”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵʰays-",
        "t": "spear"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰays- (“spear”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "gwayw"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh gwayw",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "gaesum"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin gaesum",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cel-gau",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Gaulish",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gār"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English gār",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Apparently a conflation of Old Irish gath, goth (“spear”) with the synonymous gae (“spear”), from Proto-Celtic *gaisos (“spear”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰays- (“spear”). Cognate with Welsh gwayw and Latin gaesum (a Gaulish loanword) as well as Old English gār.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ga",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaoi",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gathanna",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaoi",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaoithe",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gathanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a gha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a ghathanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gathanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gathanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an ga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na gathanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an gha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na ngathanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an nga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don gha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na gathanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gha",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nga",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gae",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gath",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "gathanna",
        "13": "or",
        "14": "gaoi",
        "15": "or",
        "16": "gaoithe",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "ga",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "gaoi",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ga m (genitive singular ga or gaoi, nominative plural gathanna or gaoi or gaoithe)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "~",
        "3": "gathanna",
        "gen2": "gaoi",
        "pl2": "gaoi",
        "pl3": "gaoithe"
      },
      "expansion": "ga m (genitive singular ga or gaoi, nominative plural gathanna or gaoi or gaoithe)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "30 8 1 14 8 23 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 13 1 9 6 31 15",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Weapons",
          "orig": "ga:Weapons",
          "parents": [
            "Hunting",
            "Military",
            "Tools",
            "Human activity",
            "Society",
            "Technology",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "spear (long stick with a sharp tip), dart"
      ],
      "id": "en-ga-ga-noun-T~WE5k0h",
      "links": [
        [
          "spear",
          "spear"
        ],
        [
          "dart",
          "dart"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "26 13 1 9 6 31 15",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Weapons",
          "orig": "ga:Weapons",
          "parents": [
            "Hunting",
            "Military",
            "Tools",
            "Human activity",
            "Society",
            "Technology",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The cat clawed him.",
          "text": "Chuir an cat a gha ann.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dart, sting"
      ],
      "id": "en-ga-ga-noun-XFSEdbVS",
      "links": [
        [
          "sting",
          "sting"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "6 26 34 4 2 24 4",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Light",
          "orig": "ga:Light",
          "parents": [
            "Energy",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 5 58 15 6 11 4",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Radiation",
          "orig": "ga:Radiation",
          "parents": [
            "Energy",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ray (beam of light or radiation)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ga-ga-noun-Bh76Xqwt",
      "links": [
        [
          "ray",
          "ray"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Geometry",
          "orig": "ga:Geometry",
          "parents": [
            "Mathematics",
            "Formal sciences",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "radius (line segment between any point on the circumference of a circle and its center; length of this segment)"
      ],
      "id": "en-ga-ga-noun-bU~U6293",
      "links": [
        [
          "geometry",
          "geometry"
        ],
        [
          "radius",
          "radius"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(geometry) radius (line segment between any point on the circumference of a circle and its center; length of this segment)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "geometry",
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Medicine",
          "orig": "ga:Medicine",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Healthcare",
            "Sciences",
            "Health",
            "All topics",
            "Body",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "suppository"
      ],
      "id": "en-ga-ga-noun-fMYc9ky1",
      "links": [
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "suppository",
          "suppository"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(medicine) suppository"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Fishing",
          "orig": "ga:Fishing",
          "parents": [
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 13 1 9 6 31 15",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Weapons",
          "orig": "ga:Weapons",
          "parents": [
            "Hunting",
            "Military",
            "Tools",
            "Human activity",
            "Society",
            "Technology",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gaff"
      ],
      "id": "en-ga-ga-noun-RWDvo9Z1",
      "links": [
        [
          "fishing",
          "fishing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "gaff",
          "gaff"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(fishing) gaff"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "fishing",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "26 13 1 9 6 31 15",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Weapons",
          "orig": "ga:Weapons",
          "parents": [
            "Hunting",
            "Military",
            "Tools",
            "Human activity",
            "Society",
            "Technology",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Only used in ga seá"
      ],
      "id": "en-ga-ga-noun-Ow3ZQ1d3",
      "links": [
        [
          "ga seá",
          "ga seá#Irish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡɞhə/",
      "tags": [
        "Aran"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡah/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ga"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Irish fourth-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish masculine nouns",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "Pages with 43 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ga:Light",
    "ga:Radiation",
    "ga:Weapons"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "alpha ray",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alfa-gha"
    },
    {
      "english": "beta ray",
      "word": "béitea-gha"
    },
    {
      "english": "cathode-ray",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "ga-chatóideach"
    },
    {
      "english": "radially symmetrical",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "word": "ga-shiméadrach"
    },
    {
      "english": "radial symmetry",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ga-shiméadracht"
    },
    {
      "english": "gamma ray",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gáma-gha"
    },
    {
      "english": "X-ray",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "X-gha"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "gath"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish gath",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*gaisos",
        "t": "spear"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *gaisos (“spear”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵʰays-",
        "t": "spear"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰays- (“spear”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "gwayw"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh gwayw",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "gaesum"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin gaesum",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cel-gau",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Gaulish",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gār"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English gār",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Apparently a conflation of Old Irish gath, goth (“spear”) with the synonymous gae (“spear”), from Proto-Celtic *gaisos (“spear”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰays- (“spear”). Cognate with Welsh gwayw and Latin gaesum (a Gaulish loanword) as well as Old English gār.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ga",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaoi",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gathanna",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaoi",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gaoithe",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gathanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a gha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a ghathanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gathanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gathanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an ga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na gathanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an gha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na ngathanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an nga",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don gha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na gathanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gha",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nga",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gae",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gath",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "gathanna",
        "13": "or",
        "14": "gaoi",
        "15": "or",
        "16": "gaoithe",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "ga",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "gaoi",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "ga m (genitive singular ga or gaoi, nominative plural gathanna or gaoi or gaoithe)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "~",
        "3": "gathanna",
        "gen2": "gaoi",
        "pl2": "gaoi",
        "pl3": "gaoithe"
      },
      "expansion": "ga m (genitive singular ga or gaoi, nominative plural gathanna or gaoi or gaoithe)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "spear (long stick with a sharp tip), dart"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spear",
          "spear"
        ],
        [
          "dart",
          "dart"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The cat clawed him.",
          "text": "Chuir an cat a gha ann.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dart, sting"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sting",
          "sting"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ray (beam of light or radiation)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ray",
          "ray"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "ga:Geometry"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "radius (line segment between any point on the circumference of a circle and its center; length of this segment)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "geometry",
          "geometry"
        ],
        [
          "radius",
          "radius"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(geometry) radius (line segment between any point on the circumference of a circle and its center; length of this segment)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "geometry",
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "ga:Medicine"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "suppository"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "suppository",
          "suppository"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(medicine) suppository"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "ga:Fishing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gaff"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fishing",
          "fishing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "gaff",
          "gaff"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(fishing) gaff"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "fishing",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Only used in ga seá"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ga seá",
          "ga seá#Irish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡɞhə/",
      "tags": [
        "Aran"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡah/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ga"
}

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

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

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

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