"faiyr" meaning in Manx

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Noun

IPA: /feːr/ Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], faiyr [error-unrecognized-form], aiyr [error-unrecognized-form], vaiyr [error-unrecognized-form]
Etymology: From Old Irish fér, from Proto-Celtic *wegrom (“grass”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg- (“increase, enlarge”) via a sense ‘outgrowth’. Cognate with Irish féar and Scottish Gaelic feur. Etymology templates: {{root|gv|ine-pro|*h₂weg-}}, {{inh|gv|sga|fér}} Old Irish fér, {{inh|gv|cel-pro|*wegrom||grass}} Proto-Celtic *wegrom (“grass”), {{der|gv|ine-pro|*h₂weg-||increase, enlarge}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg- (“increase, enlarge”), {{cog|ga|féar}} Irish féar, {{cog|gd|feur}} Scottish Gaelic feur Head templates: {{head|gv|noun|g=m}} faiyr m
  1. grass Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-faiyr-gv-noun-9sxbCFth Categories (other): Manx entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Plants
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "Old Irish fér",
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      "name": "der"
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      "expansion": "Irish féar",
      "name": "cog"
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      "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic feur",
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  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish fér, from Proto-Celtic *wegrom (“grass”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg- (“increase, enlarge”) via a sense ‘outgrowth’. Cognate with Irish féar and Scottish Gaelic feur.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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    },
    {
      "form": "faiyr",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
      "form": "aiyr",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vaiyr",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w"
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          "english": "You have grass to cut.",
          "text": "Ta faiyr eu ry-vuinn.",
          "translation": "You have grass to cut.",
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              5,
              10
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          "english": "The grass is growing green.",
          "text": "Ta'n faiyr glassraghey.",
          "translation": "The grass is growing green.",
          "type": "example"
        },
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              12,
              17
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          ],
          "english": "I cut the grass.",
          "text": "Vuinn mee y faiyr.",
          "translation": "I cut the grass.",
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              3,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The grass which comes out in March goes in in April.",
          "text": "Yn faiyr hig magh 'sy Vayrnt hed stiagh 'syn Averil.",
          "translation": "The grass which comes out in March goes in in April.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "grass"
      ],
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      ]
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    }
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      "name": "cog"
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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  "lang_code": "gv",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "text": "Ta faiyr eu ry-vuinn.",
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        },
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            [
              5,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The grass is growing green.",
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        },
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              12,
              17
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I cut the grass.",
          "text": "Vuinn mee y faiyr.",
          "translation": "I cut the grass.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
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            [
              3,
              8
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          ],
          "english": "The grass which comes out in March goes in in April.",
          "text": "Yn faiyr hig magh 'sy Vayrnt hed stiagh 'syn Averil.",
          "translation": "The grass which comes out in March goes in in April.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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    {
      "ipa": "/feːr/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "faiyr"
}

Download raw JSONL data for faiyr meaning in Manx (2.8kB)

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