"finn" meaning in Middle Irish

See finn in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈɸʲin̪/ (note: nominative singular, genitive plural, non-feminine accusative and dative singular, non-masculine vocative singular), /ˈɸʲin̠ʲ/ [accusative, dative, feminine, genitive, masculine, nominative, plural, singular]
Etymology: From Old Irish find (“white”), from Proto-Celtic *windos (“white”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|mga|white}}, {{der|mga|sga|find|id=white|t=white}} Old Irish find (“white”), {{der|mga|cel-pro|*windos||white}} Proto-Celtic *windos (“white”)
  1. white
    Sense id: en-finn-mga-adj-AY-pakRx
  2. bright
    Sense id: en-finn-mga-adj-qHs-NIzL
  3. blessed
    Sense id: en-finn-mga-adj-qaPjjuJt
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈɸʲin̪/ (note: nominative singular, genitive plural, non-feminine accusative and dative singular, non-masculine vocative singular), /ˈɸʲin̠ʲ/ [accusative, dative, feminine, genitive, masculine, nominative, plural, singular] Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], finn [mutation, mutation-radical], ḟinn [lenition, mutation], finn [error-unrecognized-form, mutation]
Etymology: From Old Irish find (“hair”), from Proto-Celtic *wendom (“hair”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|mga|hair}}, {{der|mga|sga|find|id=hair|t=hair}} Old Irish find (“hair”), {{der|mga|cel-pro|*wendom||hair}} Proto-Celtic *wendom (“hair”)
  1. hair Related terms: finna
    Sense id: en-finn-mga-noun-TcIVm7oF Categories (other): Pages with 10 entries, Pages with entries, Middle Irish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 10 entries: 10 10 15 1 1 2 0 0 0 13 6 6 16 16 0 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 7 11 1 1 2 0 0 0 18 4 4 22 22 0 1 Disambiguation of Middle Irish entries with incorrect language header: 3 3 3 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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  "pos": "adj",
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    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
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      "form": "inflection-table-top",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "inflection-template"
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      "form": "finn",
      "source": "mutation",
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          "ḟinn",
          "finn#Middle_Irish"
        ]
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    },
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      "form": "finn",
      "source": "mutation",
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  ],
  "word": "finn"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
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      "source": "mutation",
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        "inflection-template"
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      "form": "finn",
      "source": "mutation",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "ḟinn",
      "links": [
        [
          "ḟinn",
          "finn#Middle_Irish"
        ]
      ],
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        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "finn",
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Download raw JSONL data for finn meaning in Middle Irish (3.1kB)

{
  "called_from": "parser/328",
  "msg": "TABLE not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "finn"
  ],
  "section": "Middle Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "finn",
  "trace": "started on line 3, detected on line 12"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <div> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "finn"
  ],
  "section": "Middle Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "finn",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 12"
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'nasalization'",
  "path": [
    "finn"
  ],
  "section": "Middle Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "finn",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
  "path": [
    "finn"
  ],
  "section": "Middle Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "finn",
  "trace": ""
}

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