"meáchan" meaning in Irish

See meáchan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmʲaːxənˠ/
Etymology: From meáigh (“to weigh”) + -chan. Etymology templates: {{af|ga|meáigh|-chan|t1=to weigh}} meáigh (“to weigh”) + -chan Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|meáchain|||||||nominative plural|meáchain|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} meáchan m (genitive singular meáchain, nominative plural meáchain), {{ga-noun|m|meáchain|meáchain}} meáchan m (genitive singular meáchain, nominative plural meáchain) Inflection templates: {{ga-decl-m1|m|eáchan|eáchain}}, {{ga-mut}} Forms: meáchain [genitive, singular], meáchain [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], meáchan [indefinite, nominative, singular], meáchain [indefinite, nominative, plural], a mheáchain [indefinite, singular, vocative], a mheáchana [indefinite, plural, vocative], meáchain [genitive, indefinite, singular], meáchan [genitive, indefinite, plural], meáchan [dative, indefinite, singular], meáchain [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an meáchan [definite, nominative, singular], na meáchain [definite, nominative, plural], an mheáchain [definite, genitive, singular], na meáchan [definite, genitive, plural], leis an meáchan [dative, definite, singular], don mheáchan [dative, definite, singular], leis na meáchain [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], meáchan [mutation, mutation-radical], mheáchan [lenition, mutation], - [eclipsis, mutation]
  1. weight (force due to gravity) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-meáchan-ga-noun-2EifFXpg Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Irish terms suffixed with -chan, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of Irish terms suffixed with -chan: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11
  2. (nonstandard) verbal noun of meáigh Tags: form-of, masculine, nonstandard, noun-from-verb Form of: meáigh Synonyms: meá
    Sense id: en-meáchan-ga-noun-Ex0s7C4O
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: meadhachan, meádhachan, meadhchan, meádhchan (english: superseded), meáchaint, meadhachaint, meádhchaint, meaghchaint Derived forms: frithmheáchan (english: counterweight)

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "counterweight",
      "word": "frithmheáchan"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "meáigh",
        "3": "-chan",
        "t1": "to weigh"
      },
      "expansion": "meáigh (“to weigh”) + -chan",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From meáigh (“to weigh”) + -chan.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "meáchain",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meáchain",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-decl-m1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meáchan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meáchain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a mheáchain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a mheáchana",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meáchain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meáchan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meáchan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meáchain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-decl-m1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an meáchan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na meáchain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an mheáchain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na meáchan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an meáchan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don mheáchan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na meáchain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meáchan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mheáchan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "meáchain",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "meáchain",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "meáchan m (genitive singular meáchain, nominative plural meáchain)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "meáchain",
        "3": "meáchain"
      },
      "expansion": "meáchan m (genitive singular meáchain, nominative plural meáchain)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "eáchan",
        "3": "eáchain"
      },
      "name": "ga-decl-m1"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "81 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "74 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish terms suffixed with -chan",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "82 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "89 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "weight (force due to gravity)"
      ],
      "id": "en-meáchan-ga-noun-2EifFXpg",
      "links": [
        [
          "weight",
          "weight"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "meáigh"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "verbal noun of meáigh"
      ],
      "id": "en-meáchan-ga-noun-Ex0s7C4O",
      "links": [
        [
          "meáigh",
          "meáigh#Irish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nonstandard) verbal noun of meáigh"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "meá"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "masculine",
        "nonstandard",
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmʲaːxənˠ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "meadhachan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "meádhachan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "meadhchan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "superseded",
      "word": "meádhchan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "meáchaint"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "meadhachaint"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "meádhchaint"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "meaghchaint"
    }
  ],
  "word": "meáchan"
}

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    "Irish first-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish masculine nouns",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish terms suffixed with -chan",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "counterweight",
      "word": "frithmheáchan"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "meáigh",
        "3": "-chan",
        "t1": "to weigh"
      },
      "expansion": "meáigh (“to weigh”) + -chan",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From meáigh (“to weigh”) + -chan.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "meáchain",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meáchain",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ga-decl-m1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meáchan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meáchain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a mheáchain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a mheáchana",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meáchain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meáchan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meáchan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meáchain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-decl-m1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an meáchan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na meáchain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an mheáchain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na meáchan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an meáchan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don mheáchan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na meáchain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meáchan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mheáchan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
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        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
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        "6": "",
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        "8": "",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "meáchain",
        "3": "meáchain"
      },
      "expansion": "meáchan m (genitive singular meáchain, nominative plural meáchain)",
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    }
  ],
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        "1": "m",
        "2": "eáchan",
        "3": "eáchain"
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  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "weight (force due to gravity)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "weight",
          "weight"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish nonstandard terms",
        "Irish verbal nouns"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "meáigh"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "verbal noun of meáigh"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "meáigh",
          "meáigh#Irish"
        ]
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        "(nonstandard) verbal noun of meáigh"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "meá"
        }
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        "masculine",
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      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmʲaːxənˠ/"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "meadhachan"
    },
    {
      "word": "meádhachan"
    },
    {
      "word": "meadhchan"
    },
    {
      "english": "superseded",
      "word": "meádhchan"
    },
    {
      "word": "meáchaint"
    },
    {
      "word": "meadhachaint"
    },
    {
      "word": "meádhchaint"
    },
    {
      "word": "meaghchaint"
    }
  ],
  "word": "meáchan"
}

Download raw JSONL data for meáchan meaning in Irish (4.2kB)

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