"femm" meaning in Middle Irish

See femm in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], femm [error-unrecognized-form], ḟemm [error-unrecognized-form]
Etymology: Related somehow to femain, femmain (“(edible) seaweed”), from Proto-Celtic *wimmonā. Etymology templates: {{der|mga|cel-pro|*wimmonā}} Proto-Celtic *wimmonā Head templates: {{head|mga|noun|gender unknown||||||||||||||cat2=|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} femm (gender unknown), {{mga-noun|u}} femm (gender unknown)
  1. a type of seaweed
    Sense id: en-femm-mga-noun-ZyUoAqnF Categories (other): Middle Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
     
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  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "femm",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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    }
  ],
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  ],
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      "source": "mutation",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "tags": [
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      "source": "mutation",
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    }
  ],
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      },
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        ]
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  ],
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}

Download raw JSONL data for femm meaning in Middle Irish (1.3kB)

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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: femm/Middle Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "femm"
  ],
  "section": "Middle Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "femm",
  "trace": ""
}

{
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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
  "path": [
    "femm"
  ],
  "section": "Middle Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "femm",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'nasalization'",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Middle Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "femm",
  "trace": ""
}

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