"Echu" meaning in Old Irish

See Echu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈe.xu/
Head templates: {{head|sga|proper noun|genitive|Echach|g=m}} Echu m (genitive Echach) Inflection templates: {{sga-decl-k&g|k|Echaig|Echach|g=m|n=s}}, {{sga-decl-noun|acc_du=Echaig+L|acc_du2=|acc_du3=|acc_pl=Echacha|acc_pl2=|acc_pl3=|acc_sg=Echaig+N|acc_sg2=|acc_sg3=|class=k-m|dat_du=Echachaib|dat_du2=|dat_du3=|dat_pl=Echachaib|dat_pl2=|dat_pl3=|dat_sg=Echaig+L|dat_sg2=|dat_sg3=|gen_du=Echach|gen_du2=|gen_du3=|gen_pl=Echach+N|gen_pl2=|gen_pl3=|gen_sg=Echach|gen_sg2=|gen_sg3=|n=s|nom_du=Echaig+L|nom_du2=|nom_du3=|nom_pl=Echaig|nom_pl2=|nom_pl3=|nom_sg=Echu|nom_sg2=|nom_sg3=|voc_du=Echaig+L|voc_du2=|voc_du3=|voc_pl=Echacha|voc_pl2=|voc_pl3=|voc_sg=Echu|voc_sg2=|voc_sg3=}}, {{sga-mutation}} Forms: Echach [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Echu [nominative, singular], - [dual, nominative], - [nominative, plural], Echu [singular, vocative], - [dual, vocative], - [plural, vocative], Echaig [accusative, singular], - [accusative, dual], - [accusative, plural], Echach [genitive, singular], - [dual, genitive], - [genitive, plural], Echaig [dative, singular], - [dative, dual], - [dative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Echu [mutation, mutation-radical], pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments [mutation, mutation-radical], Echu [lenition, mutation], nEchu [error-unrecognized-form, mutation]
  1. a male given name, borne by several figures in Irish mythology and history Tags: masculine
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Echach",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-decl-k&g",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "k-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Masculine k-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Echu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Echu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Echaig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Echach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Echaig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-mutation",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Echu",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Echu",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nEchu",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "3": "genitive",
        "4": "Echach",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Echu m (genitive Echach)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "k",
        "2": "Echaig",
        "3": "Echach",
        "g": "m",
        "n": "s"
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-k&g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "acc_du": "Echaig+L",
        "acc_du2": "",
        "acc_du3": "",
        "acc_pl": "Echacha",
        "acc_pl2": "",
        "acc_pl3": "",
        "acc_sg": "Echaig+N",
        "acc_sg2": "",
        "acc_sg3": "",
        "class": "k-m",
        "dat_du": "Echachaib",
        "dat_du2": "",
        "dat_du3": "",
        "dat_pl": "Echachaib",
        "dat_pl2": "",
        "dat_pl3": "",
        "dat_sg": "Echaig+L",
        "dat_sg2": "",
        "dat_sg3": "",
        "gen_du": "Echach",
        "gen_du2": "",
        "gen_du3": "",
        "gen_pl": "Echach+N",
        "gen_pl2": "",
        "gen_pl3": "",
        "gen_sg": "Echach",
        "gen_sg2": "",
        "gen_sg3": "",
        "n": "s",
        "nom_du": "Echaig+L",
        "nom_du2": "",
        "nom_du3": "",
        "nom_pl": "Echaig",
        "nom_pl2": "",
        "nom_pl3": "",
        "nom_sg": "Echu",
        "nom_sg2": "",
        "nom_sg3": "",
        "voc_du": "Echaig+L",
        "voc_du2": "",
        "voc_du3": "",
        "voc_pl": "Echacha",
        "voc_pl2": "",
        "voc_pl3": "",
        "voc_sg": "Echu",
        "voc_sg2": "",
        "voc_sg3": ""
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sga-mutation"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish male given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name, borne by several figures in Irish mythology and history"
      ],
      "id": "en-Echu-sga-name-2YDY0zVE",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈe.xu/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Echu"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Echach",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-decl-k&g",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "k-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Masculine k-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Echu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Echu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Echaig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Echach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Echaig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-mutation",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Echu",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Echu",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nEchu",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "3": "genitive",
        "4": "Echach",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Echu m (genitive Echach)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "k",
        "2": "Echaig",
        "3": "Echach",
        "g": "m",
        "n": "s"
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-k&g"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "acc_du": "Echaig+L",
        "acc_du2": "",
        "acc_du3": "",
        "acc_pl": "Echacha",
        "acc_pl2": "",
        "acc_pl3": "",
        "acc_sg": "Echaig+N",
        "acc_sg2": "",
        "acc_sg3": "",
        "class": "k-m",
        "dat_du": "Echachaib",
        "dat_du2": "",
        "dat_du3": "",
        "dat_pl": "Echachaib",
        "dat_pl2": "",
        "dat_pl3": "",
        "dat_sg": "Echaig+L",
        "dat_sg2": "",
        "dat_sg3": "",
        "gen_du": "Echach",
        "gen_du2": "",
        "gen_du3": "",
        "gen_pl": "Echach+N",
        "gen_pl2": "",
        "gen_pl3": "",
        "gen_sg": "Echach",
        "gen_sg2": "",
        "gen_sg3": "",
        "n": "s",
        "nom_du": "Echaig+L",
        "nom_du2": "",
        "nom_du3": "",
        "nom_pl": "Echaig",
        "nom_pl2": "",
        "nom_pl3": "",
        "nom_sg": "Echu",
        "nom_sg2": "",
        "nom_sg3": "",
        "voc_du": "Echaig+L",
        "voc_du2": "",
        "voc_du3": "",
        "voc_pl": "Echacha",
        "voc_pl2": "",
        "voc_pl3": "",
        "voc_sg": "Echu",
        "voc_sg2": "",
        "voc_sg3": ""
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sga-mutation"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Irish given names",
        "Old Irish k-stem nouns",
        "Old Irish lemmas",
        "Old Irish male given names",
        "Old Irish masculine nouns",
        "Old Irish proper nouns",
        "Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old Irish uncountable nouns",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name, borne by several figures in Irish mythology and history"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈe.xu/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Echu"
}

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

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