"meá" meaning in Irish

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Noun

IPA: /mʲæh/ [Munster], /mʲæh/ [Connacht], /mʲɑː/ [Connacht], /mʲa(h)/ [Ulster]
Etymology: From earlier meadh, from Old Irish med, from Proto-Celtic *medā, from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“measure, consider”). Akin to meas. Cognate with Old English metan, Latin modius, and Ancient Greek μέδιμνος (médimnos, “medimnus”). Compare Scottish Gaelic meidh. Etymology templates: {{root|ga|ine-pro|*med-}}, {{m|ga|meadh}} meadh, {{inh|ga|sga|med}} Old Irish med, {{inh|ga|cel-pro|*medā}} Proto-Celtic *medā, {{der|ga|ine-pro|*med-|t=measure, consider}} Proto-Indo-European *med- (“measure, consider”), {{m|ga|meas}} meas, {{cog|ang|metan}} Old English metan, {{cog|la|modius}} Latin modius, {{cog|grc|μέδιμνος||medimnus}} Ancient Greek μέδιμνος (médimnos, “medimnus”), {{cog|gd|meidh}} Scottish Gaelic meidh Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular as substantive|meá|||||genitive as verbal noun|meáite|nominative plural|meánna|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} meá f (genitive singular as substantive meá, genitive as verbal noun meáite, nominative plural meánna), {{ga-noun|f|~|~nna|vngen=meáite}} meá f (genitive singular as substantive meá, genitive as verbal noun meáite, nominative plural meánna) Inflection templates: {{ga-decl-f4|m|eá|eánna}} Forms: meá [genitive, singular, substantive], as verbal noun meáite [genitive], meánna [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], meá [indefinite, nominative, singular], meánna [indefinite, nominative, plural], a mheá [indefinite, singular, vocative], a mheánna [indefinite, plural, vocative], meá [genitive, indefinite, singular], meánna [genitive, indefinite, plural], meá [dative, indefinite, singular], meánna [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an mheá [definite, nominative, singular], na meánna [definite, nominative, plural], na meá [definite, genitive, singular], na meánna [definite, genitive, plural], leis an meá [dative, definite, singular], don mheá [dative, definite, singular], leis na meánna [dative, definite, plural]
  1. A scale, measure Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-meá-ga-noun-TIvlnDHY
  2. weights Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-meá-ga-noun-mhKQONmg
  3. A balance Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-meá-ga-noun-u1IbcL1s
  4. verbal noun of meáigh Tags: feminine, form-of, noun-from-verb Form of: meáigh
    Sense id: en-meá-ga-noun-Ex0s7C4O Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 1 9 1 80 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: meadh (english: superseded), meath Derived forms: an Mheá (english: Libra), cruinnmheá (english: precision balance) [feminine], droichead meáite (english: weighbridge), meá Rómhánach (english: Roman balance, steel-yard, weigh-beam), micrimheá (english: microbalance) [feminine] Related terms: meas
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Etymology: From Old Irish mid, from Proto-Celtic *medu (“wine”), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey; honey wine”). Cognate with Old English medu. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|mid}} Old Irish mid, {{inh|ga|cel-pro|*medu||wine}} Proto-Celtic *medu (“wine”), {{inh|ga|ine-pro|*médʰu||honey; honey wine}} Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey; honey wine”), {{cog|ang|medu}} Old English medu Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|meá|||||||nominative plural|meánna|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} meá f (genitive singular meá, nominative plural meánna), {{ga-noun|f|~|~nna}} meá f (genitive singular meá, nominative plural meánna) Inflection templates: {{ga-decl-f4|m|eá|eánna}}, {{ga-mut}} Forms: meá [genitive, singular], meánna [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], meá [indefinite, nominative, singular], meánna [indefinite, nominative, plural], a mheá [indefinite, singular, vocative], a mheánna [indefinite, plural, vocative], meá [genitive, indefinite, singular], meánna [genitive, indefinite, plural], meá [dative, indefinite, singular], meánna [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an mheá [definite, nominative, singular], na meánna [definite, nominative, plural], na meá [definite, genitive, singular], na meánna [definite, genitive, plural], leis an meá [dative, definite, singular], don mheá [dative, definite, singular], leis na meánna [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], meá [mutation, mutation-radical], mheá [lenition, mutation], - [eclipsis, mutation]
  1. mead Tags: feminine Synonyms: miodh [obsolete]
    Sense id: en-meá-ga-noun-vzW~mp~S
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: meadh (english: superseded)
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "Libra",
      "word": "an Mheá"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "precision balance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cruinnmheá"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "weighbridge",
      "word": "droichead meáite"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "Roman balance, steel-yard, weigh-beam",
      "word": "meá Rómhánach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "microbalance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "micrimheá"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*med-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "meadh"
      },
      "expansion": "meadh",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "med"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish med",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*medā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *medā",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*med-",
        "t": "measure, consider"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *med- (“measure, consider”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "meas"
      },
      "expansion": "meas",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "metan"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English metan",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "modius"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin modius",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "μέδιμνος",
        "3": "",
        "4": "medimnus"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek μέδιμνος (médimnos, “medimnus”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "meidh"
      },
      "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic meidh",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From earlier meadh, from Old Irish med, from Proto-Celtic *medā, from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“measure, consider”). Akin to meas.\nCognate with Old English metan, Latin modius, and Ancient Greek μέδιμνος (médimnos, “medimnus”). Compare Scottish Gaelic meidh.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "meá",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular",
        "substantive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "as verbal noun meáite",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meánna",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-decl-f4",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meá",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meánna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a mheá",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a mheánna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meá",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meánna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meá",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meánna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-decl-f4",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an mheá",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na meánna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na meá",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na meánna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an meá",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don mheá",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na meánna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "12": "meánna",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular as substantive",
        "4": "meá",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "genitive as verbal noun",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "meá f (genitive singular as substantive meá, genitive as verbal noun meáite, nominative plural meánna)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "~",
        "3": "~nna",
        "vngen": "meáite"
      },
      "expansion": "meá f (genitive singular as substantive meá, genitive as verbal noun meáite, nominative plural meánna)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "eá",
        "3": "eánna"
      },
      "name": "ga-decl-f4"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "meas"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A scale, measure"
      ],
      "id": "en-meá-ga-noun-TIvlnDHY",
      "links": [
        [
          "scale",
          "scale"
        ],
        [
          "measure",
          "measure"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "weights"
      ],
      "id": "en-meá-ga-noun-mhKQONmg",
      "links": [
        [
          "weights",
          "weights"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A balance"
      ],
      "id": "en-meá-ga-noun-u1IbcL1s",
      "links": [
        [
          "balance",
          "balance"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 9 1 80 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "meáigh"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "verbal noun of meáigh"
      ],
      "id": "en-meá-ga-noun-Ex0s7C4O",
      "links": [
        [
          "meáigh",
          "meáigh#Irish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "form-of",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "/ɑː/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/æ(h)/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ɑː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mʲæh/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mʲæh/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mʲɑː/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mʲa(h)/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "meath (some pronunciations)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "superseded",
      "word": "meadh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "meath"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Caighdeán Oifigiúil",
    "Conamara"
  ],
  "word": "meá"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "mid"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish mid",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*medu",
        "4": "",
        "5": "wine"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *medu (“wine”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*médʰu",
        "4": "",
        "5": "honey; honey wine"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey; honey wine”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "medu"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English medu",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish mid, from Proto-Celtic *medu (“wine”), from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu (“honey; honey wine”). Cognate with Old English medu.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "meá",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meánna",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-decl-f4",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meá",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meánna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a mheá",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a mheánna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meá",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meánna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meá",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meánna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-decl-f4",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an mheá",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na meánna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na meá",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na meánna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an meá",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don mheá",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na meánna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meá",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mheá",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "meánna",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "meá",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "meá f (genitive singular meá, nominative plural meánna)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "~",
        "3": "~nna"
      },
      "expansion": "meá f (genitive singular meá, nominative plural meánna)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "eá",
        "3": "eánna"
      },
      "name": "ga-decl-f4"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mead"
      ],
      "id": "en-meá-ga-noun-vzW~mp~S",
      "links": [
        [
          "mead",
          "mead"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
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          "word": "miodh"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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}
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    "Irish terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "Irish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Irish terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Irish terms with homophones"
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      "english": "Libra",
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    {
      "english": "precision balance",
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      ],
      "word": "cruinnmheá"
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    {
      "english": "weighbridge",
      "word": "droichead meáite"
    },
    {
      "english": "Roman balance, steel-yard, weigh-beam",
      "word": "meá Rómhánach"
    },
    {
      "english": "microbalance",
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        "feminine"
      ],
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    }
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    {
      "args": {
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      "expansion": "Latin modius",
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      "args": {
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      "form": "meánna",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "form": "ga-decl-f4",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "meánna",
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "a mheá",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "a mheánna",
      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
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    },
    {
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        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "meánna",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meá",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meánna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-decl-f4",
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an mheá",
      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na meánna",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na meá",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na meánna",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an meá",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don mheá",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na meánna",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "14": "",
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        "16": "",
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        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
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        "f4request": "1",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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      "name": "ga-decl-f4"
    }
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  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "meas"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
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        [
          "measure",
          "measure"
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "weights"
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      "links": [
        [
          "weights",
          "weights"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A balance"
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        [
          "balance",
          "balance"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish verbal nouns"
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      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "meáigh"
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      "glosses": [
        "verbal noun of meáigh"
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          "meáigh",
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        "feminine",
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "/ɑː/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/æ(h)/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ɑː/"
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      "ipa": "/mʲæh/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mʲæh/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mʲɑː/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mʲa(h)/",
      "tags": [
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
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      "homophone": "meath (some pronunciations)"
    }
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      "english": "superseded",
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      "word": "meath"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Caighdeán Oifigiúil",
    "Conamara"
  ],
  "word": "meá"
}

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    "Irish fourth-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish nouns",
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    "Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
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    "Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "Irish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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    {
      "form": "meá",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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      "form": "meánna",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "a mheá",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "a mheánna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meá",
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      "tags": [
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        "indefinite",
        "singular"
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      "form": "meánna",
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      "tags": [
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        "indefinite",
        "plural"
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    {
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        "indefinite",
        "singular"
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      "form": "meánna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "form": "ga-decl-f4",
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        "inflection-template"
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      "form": "an mheá",
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      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na meánna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na meá",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na meánna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an meá",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don mheá",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na meánna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meá",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mheá",
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        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis",
        "mutation"
      ]
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        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
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        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
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        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
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        "f4request": "1",
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
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}

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