"gobán" meaning in Irish

See gobán in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From gob + -án. Etymology templates: {{af|ga|gob|-án}} gob + -án Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|gobáin|||||||nominative plural|gobáin|||||altform=|cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} gobán m (genitive singular gobáin, nominative plural gobáin), {{ga-noun|m|gobáin|gobáin}} gobán m (genitive singular gobáin, nominative plural gobáin) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: gobáin [genitive, singular], gobáin [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], gobán [indefinite, nominative, singular], gobáin [indefinite, nominative, plural], a ghobáin [indefinite, singular, vocative], a ghobána [indefinite, plural, vocative], gobáin [genitive, indefinite, singular], gobán [genitive, indefinite, plural], gobán [dative, indefinite, singular], gobáin [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an gobán [definite, nominative, singular], na gobáin [definite, nominative, plural], an ghobáin [definite, genitive, singular], na ngobán [definite, genitive, plural], leis an ngobán [dative, definite, singular], don ghobán [dative, definite, singular], leis na gobáin [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], gobán [error-unrecognized-form], ghobán [error-unrecognized-form], ngobán [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. diminutive of gob (“tip, bill”) Tags: diminutive, form-of, masculine Form of: gob (extra: tip, bill)
    Sense id: en-gobán-ga-noun-CJ8qjk7m Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Irish terms suffixed with -án, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Babies Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 58 32 10 Disambiguation of Irish terms suffixed with -án: 55 27 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 60 30 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 12 5 Disambiguation of Babies: 40 47 13
  2. gag, muzzle Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-gobán-ga-noun-gWXsL9sF Categories (other): Babies Disambiguation of Babies: 40 47 13
  3. dummy, pacifier Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-gobán-ga-noun-3rOJANWD Categories (other): Babies Disambiguation of Babies: 40 47 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gobánach 
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    }
  ],
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        "3": "-án"
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      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From gob + -án.",
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      "form": "gobáin",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gobáin",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "gobán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gobáin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a ghobáin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a ghobána",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "gobán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "gobáin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "an gobán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "na gobáin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an ghobáin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na ngobán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an ngobán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don ghobán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "mutation",
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      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
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      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
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  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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          "_dis": "58 32 10",
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          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
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        },
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          "_dis": "55 27 18",
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        }
      ],
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          "gob",
          "gob#Irish"
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              9,
              14
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              7,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "english": "He was muzzled.",
          "text": "Cuireadh gobán in a bhéal.",
          "translation": "He was muzzled.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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          "pacifier"
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "gobán"
}

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    "Irish first-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
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    "Irish nouns",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "na ngobán",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
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        "dative",
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        "singular"
      ]
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}

Download raw JSONL data for gobán meaning in Irish (3.8kB)

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