"Breta" meaning in Middle Irish

See Breta in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], Breta [mutation, mutation-radical], Breta [lenition, mutation], mBreta [error-unrecognized-form, mutation]
Etymology: Back-formation from Britain (“Britons”). Etymology templates: {{back-formation|mga|Britain|gloss=Britons}} Back-formation from Britain (“Britons”) Head templates: {{head|mga|proper noun|g=f}} Breta f
  1. Britain Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Breta-mga-name-DrBFMB7z Categories (other): Middle Irish back-formations, Middle Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, British Isles
     
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "Britain",
        "gloss": "Britons"
      },
      "expansion": "Back-formation from Britain (“Britons”)",
      "name": "back-formation"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Back-formation from Britain (“Britons”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-table-top",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Breta",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Breta",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mBreta",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "Breta f",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle Irish",
  "lang_code": "mga",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Irish back-formations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "mga",
          "name": "British Isles",
          "orig": "mga:British Isles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Britain"
      ],
      "id": "en-Breta-mga-name-DrBFMB7z",
      "links": [
        [
          "Britain",
          "Britain"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Breta"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "Britain",
        "gloss": "Britons"
      },
      "expansion": "Back-formation from Britain (“Britons”)",
      "name": "back-formation"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Back-formation from Britain (“Britons”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-table-top",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Breta",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Breta",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mBreta",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mga",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "Breta f",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle Irish",
  "lang_code": "mga",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle Irish back-formations",
        "Middle Irish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle Irish feminine nouns",
        "Middle Irish lemmas",
        "Middle Irish proper nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "mga:British Isles"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Britain"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Britain",
          "Britain"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Breta"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Breta meaning in Middle Irish (1.2kB)

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  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "Breta",
  "trace": "started on line 3, detected on line 12"
}

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  "subsection": "proper noun",
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  "path": [
    "Breta"
  ],
  "section": "Middle Irish",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "Breta",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Middle Irish",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "Breta",
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}

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