See ginn in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"etymology_links": [
[
"gend",
"gend#Middle_Irish"
],
[
"*gendis",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gendis"
],
[
"*gʰed-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gʰed-"
],
[
"gaing",
"gaing#Welsh"
],
[
"genn",
"genn#Breton"
],
[
"(pre)hendō",
"prehendo#Latin"
],
[
"χανδάνω",
"χανδάνω#Ancient_Greek"
]
],
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"4": "",
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},
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},
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},
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"3": "",
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},
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"3": "",
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},
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},
{
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"3": "(pre)hendō"
},
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"name": "cog"
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{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "χανδάνω"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek χανδάνω (khandánō)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle Irish gend (“wedge”), from Proto-Celtic *gendis (“wedge”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to take, seize”). Cognate with Welsh gaing (“chisel, wedge”), Breton genn (“wedge”) within Celtic and more distantly with Latin (pre)hendō and Ancient Greek χανδάνω (khandánō).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ginne",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "geanntracha",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "an ghinn",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "na geanntracha",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "na ginne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "na ngeanntracha",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "leis an nginn",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "don ghinn",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "leis na geanntracha",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ga-mut",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "ginn",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "ghinn",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"lenition"
]
},
{
"form": "nginn",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"eclipsis"
]
},
{
"form": "ging",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
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"10": "",
"11": "nominative plural",
"12": "geanntracha",
"13": "",
"14": "",
"15": "",
"16": "",
"2": "noun",
"3": "genitive singular",
"4": "ginne",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"9": "",
"cat2": "",
"f1request": "1",
"f4request": "1",
"g": "f",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "",
"var": ""
},
"expansion": "ginn f (genitive singular ginne, nominative plural geanntracha)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "~e",
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],
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],
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
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{
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{
"kind": "other",
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"source": "w"
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
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{
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{
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{
"kind": "other",
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"synonym of ding (“wedge”)"
],
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"(Cois Fharraige) synonym of ding (“wedge”)"
],
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],
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}
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"feminine"
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],
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}
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[
"gend",
"gend#Middle_Irish"
],
[
"*gendis",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/gendis"
],
[
"*gʰed-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gʰed-"
],
[
"gaing",
"gaing#Welsh"
],
[
"genn",
"genn#Breton"
],
[
"(pre)hendō",
"prehendo#Latin"
],
[
"χανδάνω",
"χανδάνω#Ancient_Greek"
]
],
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"4": "",
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},
{
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"2": "cel-pro",
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"4": "",
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},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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"1": "ga",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*gʰed-",
"4": "",
"5": "to take, seize"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cy",
"2": "gaing",
"3": "",
"4": "chisel, wedge"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "br",
"2": "genn",
"3": "",
"4": "wedge"
},
"expansion": "Breton genn (“wedge”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "prehendō",
"3": "(pre)hendō"
},
"expansion": "Latin (pre)hendō",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "χανδάνω"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek χανδάνω (khandánō)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle Irish gend (“wedge”), from Proto-Celtic *gendis (“wedge”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to take, seize”). Cognate with Welsh gaing (“chisel, wedge”), Breton genn (“wedge”) within Celtic and more distantly with Latin (pre)hendō and Ancient Greek χανδάνω (khandánō).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ginne",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "geanntracha",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "an ghinn",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "na geanntracha",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "na ginne",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "na ngeanntracha",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "leis an nginn",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "don ghinn",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "leis na geanntracha",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ga-mut",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "ginn",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form"
]
},
{
"form": "ghinn",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"lenition"
]
},
{
"form": "nginn",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"eclipsis"
]
},
{
"form": "ging",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "ga",
"10": "",
"11": "nominative plural",
"12": "geanntracha",
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"14": "",
"15": "",
"16": "",
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"5": "",
"6": "",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"9": "",
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"f1request": "1",
"f4request": "1",
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},
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"name": "head"
},
{
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"2": "~e",
"3": "geanntracha"
},
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}
],
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{
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}
],
"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
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"Irish entries with incorrect language header",
"Irish feminine nouns",
"Irish lemmas",
"Irish nouns",
"Irish second-declension nouns",
"Irish terms derived from Middle Irish",
"Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
"Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish",
"Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
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"Pages with entries",
"ga:Simple machines"
],
"glosses": [
"synonym of ding (“wedge”)"
],
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]
],
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"(Cois Fharraige) synonym of ding (“wedge”)"
],
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"tags": [
"synonym",
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],
"word": "ding"
}
],
"tags": [
"Cois-Fharraige",
"feminine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɟiːn̠ʲ/",
"tags": [
"Cois-Fharraige"
]
}
],
"word": "ginn"
}
Download raw JSONL data for ginn meaning in Irish (4.3kB)
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"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
"path": [
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"section": "Irish",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "ginn",
"trace": ""
}
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"msg": "Negatively nested table braces, couldn't split inflection section, ginn/Irish section declension",
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