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"t": "good fortune, prosperity, happiness"
},
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"name": "inh"
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},
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"form": "an sonas",
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"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
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"source": "declension",
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]
},
{
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]
},
{
"form": "shonas",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"lenition"
]
},
{
"form": "tsonas",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"lenition"
]
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"lang": "Irish",
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"parents": [],
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"english": "thank you",
"translation": "thank you",
"word": "sonas ort"
},
{
"english": "earthly happiness",
"translation": "earthly happiness",
"word": "sonas saolta"
},
{
"english": "happy, lucky, fortunate",
"translation": "happy, lucky, fortunate",
"word": "sonasach"
}
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"happiness; good luck, good fortune"
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],
[
"good luck",
"good luck"
],
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"good fortune",
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"word": "sonaíocht"
}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈsˠɔnˠəsˠ/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsˠɞnˠəsˠ/"
}
],
"word": "sonas"
}
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"english": "thank you",
"translation": "thank you",
"word": "sonas ort"
},
{
"english": "earthly happiness",
"translation": "earthly happiness",
"word": "sonas saolta"
},
{
"english": "happy, lucky, fortunate",
"translation": "happy, lucky, fortunate",
"word": "sonasach"
}
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},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
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},
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"form": "sonas",
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
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"dative",
"singular"
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"form": "an sonas",
"source": "declension",
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"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "an tsonais",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "leis an sonas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "don sonas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
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"source": "mutation",
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]
},
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"form": "sonas",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "shonas",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"lenition"
]
},
{
"form": "tsonas",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"lenition"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
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]
}
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"lang": "Irish",
"lang_code": "ga",
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"Irish first-declension nouns",
"Irish lemmas",
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"happiness; good luck, good fortune"
],
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[
"happiness",
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],
[
"good luck",
"good luck"
],
[
"good fortune",
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]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "sonaíocht"
}
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈsˠɔnˠəsˠ/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsˠɞnˠəsˠ/"
}
],
"word": "sonas"
}
Download raw JSONL data for sonas meaning in Irish (3.7kB)
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"msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: sonas/Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
"path": [
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"section": "Irish",
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