"Fergus" meaning in Old Irish

See Fergus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈɸʲeɾ.ɣus/
Etymology: From Proto-Celtic *Wirogustus, equivalent to fer (“man”) + guss (“vigour”), which is from Proto-Celtic *gustus (“choice”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus. Etymology templates: {{root|sga|ine-pro|*ǵews-}}, {{der|sga|cel-pro|*Wirogustus}} Proto-Celtic *Wirogustus, {{compound|sga|fer|guss|t1=man|t2=vigour}} fer (“man”) + guss (“vigour”), {{der|sga|cel-pro|*gustus||choice}} Proto-Celtic *gustus (“choice”), {{der|sga|ine-pro|*ǵéwstus}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus Head templates: {{head|sga|proper noun|genitive|Fergusso|g=m}} Fergus m (genitive Fergusso) Inflection templates: {{sga-decl-u|g=m}}, {{sga-decl-noun|acc_du=Fergus+L|acc_du2=|acc_du3=|acc_pl=Fergusu|acc_pl2=|acc_pl3=|acc_sg=Fergus+N|acc_sg2=|acc_sg3=|class=u-m|dat_du=Fergusaib|dat_du2=|dat_du3=|dat_pl=Fergusaib|dat_pl2=|dat_pl3=|dat_sg=Fergus+L|dat_sg2=|dat_sg3=|gen_du=Ferguso+L|gen_du2=Fergusa+L|gen_du3=|gen_du4=|gen_pl=Fergusae+N|gen_pl2=|gen_pl3=|gen_sg=Ferguso+H|gen_sg2=Fergusa+H|gen_sg3=|gen_sg4=|n=|nom_du=Fergus+L|nom_du2=|nom_du3=|nom_pl=Fergusae+H|nom_pl2=|nom_pl3=|nom_pl4=|nom_sg=Fergus|nom_sg2=|nom_sg3=|voc_du=Fergus+L|voc_du2=|voc_du3=|voc_pl=Fergusu|voc_pl2=|voc_pl3=|voc_sg=Fergus|voc_sg2=|voc_sg3=}}, {{sga-mutation}} Forms: Fergusso [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Fergus [nominative, singular], Fergus [dual, nominative], Fergusae [nominative, plural], Fergus [singular, vocative], Fergus [dual, vocative], Fergusu [plural, vocative], Fergus [accusative, singular], Fergus [accusative, dual], Fergusu [accusative, plural], Ferguso [genitive, singular], Fergusa [genitive, singular], Ferguso [dual, genitive], Fergusa [dual, genitive], Fergusae [genitive, plural], Fergus [dative, singular], Fergusaib [dative, dual], Fergusaib [dative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Fergus [error-unrecognized-form], Ḟergus [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. a male given name Tags: masculine
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      "lang_code": "ga",
      "word": "Fearghas"
    },
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      "lang_code": "gd",
      "word": "Fearghas"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *Wirogustus, equivalent to fer (“man”) + guss (“vigour”), which is from Proto-Celtic *gustus (“choice”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Fergusso",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fergus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fergus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fergusae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fergus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fergus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fergusu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fergus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fergus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fergusu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ferguso",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fergusa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ferguso",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fergusa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fergusae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fergus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fergusaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fergusaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-mutation",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fergus",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ḟergus",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "3": "genitive",
        "4": "Fergusso",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Fergus m (genitive Fergusso)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "g": "m"
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-u"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "acc_du2": "",
        "acc_du3": "",
        "acc_pl": "Fergusu",
        "acc_pl2": "",
        "acc_pl3": "",
        "acc_sg": "Fergus+N",
        "acc_sg2": "",
        "acc_sg3": "",
        "class": "u-m",
        "dat_du": "Fergusaib",
        "dat_du2": "",
        "dat_du3": "",
        "dat_pl": "Fergusaib",
        "dat_pl2": "",
        "dat_pl3": "",
        "dat_sg": "Fergus+L",
        "dat_sg2": "",
        "dat_sg3": "",
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        "gen_du2": "Fergusa+L",
        "gen_du3": "",
        "gen_du4": "",
        "gen_pl": "Fergusae+N",
        "gen_pl2": "",
        "gen_pl3": "",
        "gen_sg": "Ferguso+H",
        "gen_sg2": "Fergusa+H",
        "gen_sg3": "",
        "gen_sg4": "",
        "n": "",
        "nom_du": "Fergus+L",
        "nom_du2": "",
        "nom_du3": "",
        "nom_pl": "Fergusae+H",
        "nom_pl2": "",
        "nom_pl3": "",
        "nom_pl4": "",
        "nom_sg": "Fergus",
        "nom_sg2": "",
        "nom_sg3": "",
        "voc_du": "Fergus+L",
        "voc_du2": "",
        "voc_du3": "",
        "voc_pl": "Fergusu",
        "voc_pl2": "",
        "voc_pl3": "",
        "voc_sg": "Fergus",
        "voc_sg2": "",
        "voc_sg3": ""
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sga-mutation"
    }
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  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "name",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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          "parents": [],
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        }
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      ],
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          "given name"
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɸʲeɾ.ɣus/"
    },
    {
      "note": "Blasse",
      "other": "[ˈɸʲeɾ.ɣus]"
    },
    {
      "note": "Griffith",
      "other": "[ˈɸʲeɾ.ɣøs]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Fergus"
}
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  "descendants": [
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      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "word": "Fearghas"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "lang_code": "gd",
      "word": "Fearghas"
    }
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        "3": "*ǵews-"
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      "name": "root"
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      "name": "der"
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        "1": "sga",
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        "3": "*gustus",
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        "5": "choice"
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        "3": "*ǵéwstus"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus",
      "name": "der"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Celtic *Wirogustus, equivalent to fer (“man”) + guss (“vigour”), which is from Proto-Celtic *gustus (“choice”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Fergusso",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "sga-decl-u",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fergus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fergus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fergusae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fergus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fergus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fergusu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fergus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fergus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fergusu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ferguso",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fergusa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ferguso",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fergusa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fergusae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fergus",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fergusaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fergusaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-mutation",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fergus",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ḟergus",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "3": "genitive",
        "4": "Fergusso",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Fergus m (genitive Fergusso)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m"
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-u"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "acc_du": "Fergus+L",
        "acc_du2": "",
        "acc_du3": "",
        "acc_pl": "Fergusu",
        "acc_pl2": "",
        "acc_pl3": "",
        "acc_sg": "Fergus+N",
        "acc_sg2": "",
        "acc_sg3": "",
        "class": "u-m",
        "dat_du": "Fergusaib",
        "dat_du2": "",
        "dat_du3": "",
        "dat_pl": "Fergusaib",
        "dat_pl2": "",
        "dat_pl3": "",
        "dat_sg": "Fergus+L",
        "dat_sg2": "",
        "dat_sg3": "",
        "gen_du": "Ferguso+L",
        "gen_du2": "Fergusa+L",
        "gen_du3": "",
        "gen_du4": "",
        "gen_pl": "Fergusae+N",
        "gen_pl2": "",
        "gen_pl3": "",
        "gen_sg": "Ferguso+H",
        "gen_sg2": "Fergusa+H",
        "gen_sg3": "",
        "gen_sg4": "",
        "n": "",
        "nom_du": "Fergus+L",
        "nom_du2": "",
        "nom_du3": "",
        "nom_pl": "Fergusae+H",
        "nom_pl2": "",
        "nom_pl3": "",
        "nom_pl4": "",
        "nom_sg": "Fergus",
        "nom_sg2": "",
        "nom_sg3": "",
        "voc_du": "Fergus+L",
        "voc_du2": "",
        "voc_du3": "",
        "voc_pl": "Fergusu",
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        "voc_pl3": "",
        "voc_sg": "Fergus",
        "voc_sg2": "",
        "voc_sg3": ""
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sga-mutation"
    }
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  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Irish compound terms",
        "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Irish given names",
        "Old Irish lemmas",
        "Old Irish male given names",
        "Old Irish masculine nouns",
        "Old Irish masculine u-stem nouns",
        "Old Irish proper nouns",
        "Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
        "Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Old Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵews-",
        "Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɸʲeɾ.ɣus/"
    },
    {
      "note": "Blasse",
      "other": "[ˈɸʲeɾ.ɣus]"
    },
    {
      "note": "Griffith",
      "other": "[ˈɸʲeɾ.ɣøs]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Fergus"
}

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  "subsection": "proper noun",
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