"léicean" meaning in Irish

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Noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin līchēn (“ringworm”), from Ancient Greek λειχήν (leikhḗn). Etymology templates: {{root|ga|ine-pro|*leyǵʰ-}}, {{bor|ga|la|līchēn||ringworm}} Latin līchēn (“ringworm”), {{der|ga|grc|λειχήν}} Ancient Greek λειχήν (leikhḗn) Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|léicin|||||||nominative plural|léicin|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|var=}} léicean m (genitive singular léicin, nominative plural léicin), {{ga-noun|m|léicin|léicin}} léicean m (genitive singular léicin, nominative plural léicin) Forms: léicin [genitive, singular], léicin [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an léicean [definite, nominative, singular], na léicin [definite, nominative, plural], an léicin [definite, genitive, singular], na léicean [definite, genitive, plural], leis an léicean [dative, definite, singular], don léicean [dative, definite, singular], leis na léicin [dative, definite, plural]
  1. lichen Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-léicean-ga-noun-RiWoH2LQ Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Lichens
     
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    ]
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        "4": "",
        "5": "ringworm"
      },
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      "name": "bor"
    },
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        "3": "λειχήν"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek λειχήν (leikhḗn)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin līchēn (“ringworm”), from Ancient Greek λειχήν (leikhḗn).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "léicin",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "léicin",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an léicean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na léicin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an léicin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na léicean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an léicean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don léicean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na léicin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
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        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
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        "4": "léicin",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
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        "var": ""
      },
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  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Lichens",
          "orig": "ga:Lichens",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lichen"
      ],
      "id": "en-léicean-ga-noun-RiWoH2LQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "lichen",
          "lichen"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "léicean"
}

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      "līchēn",
      "lichen#Latin"
    ],
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      "λειχήν",
      "λειχήν#Ancient_Greek"
    ]
  ],
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    {
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      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
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      "name": "bor"
    },
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin līchēn (“ringworm”), from Ancient Greek λειχήν (leikhḗn).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "léicin",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "léicin",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an léicean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na léicin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an léicin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na léicean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an léicean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don léicean",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na léicin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
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        "f1request": "1",
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        "var": ""
      },
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    },
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        "1": "m",
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  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Irish first-declension nouns",
        "Irish lemmas",
        "Irish masculine nouns",
        "Irish nouns",
        "Irish terms borrowed from Latin",
        "Irish terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Irish terms derived from Latin",
        "Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *leyǵʰ-",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "ga:Lichens"
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "léicean"
}

Download raw JSONL data for léicean meaning in Irish (2.6kB)

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  "subsection": "noun",
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}

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  "msg": "Negatively nested table braces, couldn't split inflection section, léicean/Irish section declension",
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