See lánúin in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"source": "declension",
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
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"plural"
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"form": "leis an lánúin",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
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"definite",
"singular"
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"source": "declension",
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},
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
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"nominative",
"plural"
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"source": "declension",
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"source": "declension",
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"singular"
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"source": "declension",
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"dative",
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"definite",
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"form": "lánamha",
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]
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"form": "lánamhain",
"tags": [
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]
},
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"form": "lánamhuin",
"tags": [
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"obsolete"
]
},
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"form": "lánmha",
"tags": [
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]
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"form": "lánughadh",
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"obsolete"
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]
},
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},
{
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},
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]
},
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},
{
"ipa": "/ˈl̪ˠaːnˠuːnʲ/",
"tags": [
"Connacht"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈl̪ˠaːnˠũnʲ/",
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"singular"
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{
"form": "lánúineacha",
"source": "declension",
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"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural"
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{
"form": "a lánúin",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"singular",
"vocative"
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},
{
"form": "a lánúineacha",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural",
"vocative"
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},
{
"form": "lánúine",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lánúin",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lánúineacha",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
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},
{
"form": "an lánúin",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "na lánúineacha",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "na lánúine",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "na lánúineacha",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "leis an lánúin",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "don lánúin",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "leis na lánúineacha",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
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{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
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{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural"
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "lánúna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lánúnacha",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
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},
{
"form": "lánúin",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
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},
{
"form": "an lánúin",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "na lánúnacha",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "na lánúna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "na lánúnacha",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "leis an lánúin",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "don lánúin",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "leis na lánúnacha",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
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{
"form": "lánú",
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]
},
{
"form": "lánamha",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"form": "lánamhain",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"form": "lánamhuin",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"form": "lánmha",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"obsolete"
]
},
{
"form": "lánughadh",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"obsolete"
]
}
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"10": "",
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"5": "or",
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"name": "head"
},
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"1": "f",
"2": "~e",
"3": "~eacha",
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],
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"Irish feminine nouns",
"Irish lemmas",
"Irish nouns",
"Irish second-declension nouns",
"Irish terms derived from Old Irish",
"Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
"Irish third-declension nouns",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
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"ga:People",
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"note": "corresponding to the form lánú",
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"Munster",
"Waterford"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/l̪ˠɑːˈn̪ˠuː/",
"note": "corresponding to the form lánú",
"tags": [
"Munster",
"Cork"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/l̪ˠɑːˈn̪ˠuə/",
"note": "corresponding to the form lánú",
"tags": [
"Munster",
"Kerry"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/l̪ˠɑːˈn̪ˠuːn̪ˠ/ ~ /l̪ˠɑːˈn̪ˠuːnʲ/",
"tags": [
"Munster"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈl̪ˠɑːn̪ˠuːnʲ/",
"tags": [
"Connacht"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈl̪ˠaːnˠuːnʲ/",
"tags": [
"Connacht"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈl̪ˠaːnˠũnʲ/",
"tags": [
"Ulster"
]
}
],
"word": "lánúin"
}
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