"finnfad" meaning in Old Irish

See finnfad in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Akin to finnae (“a hair”), from Proto-Celtic *wendyos (compare synonymous find from *wendom), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“hair”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἴονθος (íonthos, “hair root”) and Old High German wintbrāwa (“eyelash”) (whence German Wimper). Stokes favors *h₂welh₁- (“wool, fleece”). Etymology templates: {{der|sga|cel-pro|*wendyos}} Proto-Celtic *wendyos, {{der|sga|ine-pro|*wendʰ-|t=hair}} Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“hair”), {{cog|grc|ἴονθος|t=hair root}} Ancient Greek ἴονθος (íonthos, “hair root”), {{cog|goh|wintbrāwa|t=eyelash}} Old High German wintbrāwa (“eyelash”), {{cog|de|Wimper}} German Wimper Head templates: {{head|sga|noun|||genitive|finnfaid||||||||{{{3}}}||{{{pl2}}}||{{{pl3}}}|cat2=|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|var=}} finnfad m (genitive finnfaid), {{sga-noun|m|finnfaid}} finnfad m (genitive finnfaid) Inflection templates: {{sga-decl-o-masc|finnfaid}}, {{sga-decl-noun|acc_du=finnfad+L|acc_du2=|acc_du3=|acc_pl=finnfadu+H|acc_pl2=|acc_pl3=|acc_sg=finnfad+N|acc_sg2=|acc_sg3=|class=o-m|dat_du=finnfadaib|dat_du2=|dat_du3=|dat_pl=finnfadaib|dat_pl2=|dat_pl3=|dat_sg=finnfad+L|dat_sg2=|dat_sg3=|gen_du=finnfad|gen_du2=|gen_du3=|gen_pl=finnfad+N|gen_pl2=|gen_pl3=|gen_pl4=|gen_sg=finnfaid+L|gen_sg2=|gen_sg3=|n=|nom_du=finnfad+L|nom_du2=|nom_du3=|nom_pl=finnfaid+L|nom_pl2=|nom_pl3=|nom_sg=finnfad|nom_sg2=|nom_sg3=|voc_du=finnfad+L|voc_du2=|voc_du3=|voc_pl=finnfadu+H|voc_pl2=|voc_pl3=|voc_sg=finnfaid|voc_sg2=|voc_sg3=}}, {{sga-mutation}} Forms: finnfaid [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], finnfad [nominative, singular], finnfad [dual, nominative], finnfaid [nominative, plural], finnfaid [singular, vocative], finnfad [dual, vocative], finnfadu [plural, vocative], finnfad [accusative, singular], finnfad [accusative, dual], finnfadu [accusative, plural], finnfaid [genitive, singular], finnfad [dual, genitive], finnfad [genitive, plural], finnfad [dative, singular], finnfadaib [dative, dual], finnfadaib [dative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], finnfad [mutation, mutation-radical], ḟinnfad [lenition, mutation], finnfad [error-unrecognized-form, mutation], findfad [alternative], findfod [alternative]
  1. hair (typically of the body), fur Tags: masculine Derived forms: finnfadach (english: hairy, shaggy)
    Sense id: en-finnfad-sga-noun-m9HwErTZ Categories (other): Old Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Hair
     
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "word": "fionnadh"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "lang_code": "gd",
      "word": "fionnadh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*wendyos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *wendyos",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wendʰ-",
        "t": "hair"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“hair”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ἴονθος",
        "t": "hair root"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἴονθος (íonthos, “hair root”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "wintbrāwa",
        "t": "eyelash"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German wintbrāwa (“eyelash”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Wimper"
      },
      "expansion": "German Wimper",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Akin to finnae (“a hair”), from Proto-Celtic *wendyos (compare synonymous find from *wendom), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“hair”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἴονθος (íonthos, “hair root”) and Old High German wintbrāwa (“eyelash”) (whence German Wimper). Stokes favors *h₂welh₁- (“wool, fleece”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "finnfaid",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-decl-o-masc",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "o-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Masculine o-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finnfad",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finnfad",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finnfaid",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finnfaid",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finnfad",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finnfadu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finnfad",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finnfad",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finnfadu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finnfaid",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finnfad",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finnfad",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finnfad",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finnfadaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finnfadaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-mutation",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finnfad",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ḟinnfad",
      "links": [
        [
          "ḟinnfad",
          "finnfad#Old_Irish"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finnfad",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "findfad",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "findfod",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "{{{3}}}",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{pl2}}}",
        "17": "",
        "18": "{{{pl3}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "genitive",
        "6": "finnfaid",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "finnfad m (genitive finnfaid)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "finnfaid"
      },
      "expansion": "finnfad m (genitive finnfaid)",
      "name": "sga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "finnfaid"
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-o-masc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "acc_du": "finnfad+L",
        "acc_du2": "",
        "acc_du3": "",
        "acc_pl": "finnfadu+H",
        "acc_pl2": "",
        "acc_pl3": "",
        "acc_sg": "finnfad+N",
        "acc_sg2": "",
        "acc_sg3": "",
        "class": "o-m",
        "dat_du": "finnfadaib",
        "dat_du2": "",
        "dat_du3": "",
        "dat_pl": "finnfadaib",
        "dat_pl2": "",
        "dat_pl3": "",
        "dat_sg": "finnfad+L",
        "dat_sg2": "",
        "dat_sg3": "",
        "gen_du": "finnfad",
        "gen_du2": "",
        "gen_du3": "",
        "gen_pl": "finnfad+N",
        "gen_pl2": "",
        "gen_pl3": "",
        "gen_pl4": "",
        "gen_sg": "finnfaid+L",
        "gen_sg2": "",
        "gen_sg3": "",
        "n": "",
        "nom_du": "finnfad+L",
        "nom_du2": "",
        "nom_du3": "",
        "nom_pl": "finnfaid+L",
        "nom_pl2": "",
        "nom_pl3": "",
        "nom_sg": "finnfad",
        "nom_sg2": "",
        "nom_sg3": "",
        "voc_du": "finnfad+L",
        "voc_du2": "",
        "voc_du3": "",
        "voc_pl": "finnfadu+H",
        "voc_pl2": "",
        "voc_pl3": "",
        "voc_sg": "finnfaid",
        "voc_sg2": "",
        "voc_sg3": ""
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sga-mutation"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old 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": "sga",
          "name": "Hair",
          "orig": "sga:Hair",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "hairy, shaggy",
          "translation": "hairy, shaggy",
          "word": "finnfadach"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hair (typically of the body), fur"
      ],
      "id": "en-finnfad-sga-noun-m9HwErTZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "hair",
          "hair"
        ],
        [
          "fur",
          "fur"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "finnfad"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "hairy, shaggy",
      "translation": "hairy, shaggy",
      "word": "finnfadach"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "word": "fionnadh"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "lang_code": "gd",
      "word": "fionnadh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*wendyos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *wendyos",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wendʰ-",
        "t": "hair"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“hair”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ἴονθος",
        "t": "hair root"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἴονθος (íonthos, “hair root”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "wintbrāwa",
        "t": "eyelash"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German wintbrāwa (“eyelash”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Wimper"
      },
      "expansion": "German Wimper",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Akin to finnae (“a hair”), from Proto-Celtic *wendyos (compare synonymous find from *wendom), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“hair”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἴονθος (íonthos, “hair root”) and Old High German wintbrāwa (“eyelash”) (whence German Wimper). Stokes favors *h₂welh₁- (“wool, fleece”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "finnfaid",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-decl-o-masc",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "o-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Masculine o-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finnfad",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finnfad",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finnfaid",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finnfaid",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finnfad",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finnfadu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finnfad",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finnfad",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finnfadu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finnfaid",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finnfad",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finnfad",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finnfad",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finnfadaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finnfadaib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-mutation",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finnfad",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ḟinnfad",
      "links": [
        [
          "ḟinnfad",
          "finnfad#Old_Irish"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "finnfad",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "mutation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "findfad",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "findfod",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "{{{3}}}",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{pl2}}}",
        "17": "",
        "18": "{{{pl3}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "genitive",
        "6": "finnfaid",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "finnfad m (genitive finnfaid)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "finnfaid"
      },
      "expansion": "finnfad m (genitive finnfaid)",
      "name": "sga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "finnfaid"
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-o-masc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "acc_du": "finnfad+L",
        "acc_du2": "",
        "acc_du3": "",
        "acc_pl": "finnfadu+H",
        "acc_pl2": "",
        "acc_pl3": "",
        "acc_sg": "finnfad+N",
        "acc_sg2": "",
        "acc_sg3": "",
        "class": "o-m",
        "dat_du": "finnfadaib",
        "dat_du2": "",
        "dat_du3": "",
        "dat_pl": "finnfadaib",
        "dat_pl2": "",
        "dat_pl3": "",
        "dat_sg": "finnfad+L",
        "dat_sg2": "",
        "dat_sg3": "",
        "gen_du": "finnfad",
        "gen_du2": "",
        "gen_du3": "",
        "gen_pl": "finnfad+N",
        "gen_pl2": "",
        "gen_pl3": "",
        "gen_pl4": "",
        "gen_sg": "finnfaid+L",
        "gen_sg2": "",
        "gen_sg3": "",
        "n": "",
        "nom_du": "finnfad+L",
        "nom_du2": "",
        "nom_du3": "",
        "nom_pl": "finnfaid+L",
        "nom_pl2": "",
        "nom_pl3": "",
        "nom_sg": "finnfad",
        "nom_sg2": "",
        "nom_sg3": "",
        "voc_du": "finnfad+L",
        "voc_du2": "",
        "voc_du3": "",
        "voc_pl": "finnfadu+H",
        "voc_pl2": "",
        "voc_pl3": "",
        "voc_sg": "finnfaid",
        "voc_sg2": "",
        "voc_sg3": ""
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sga-mutation"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Irish lemmas",
        "Old Irish masculine nouns",
        "Old Irish masculine o-stem nouns",
        "Old Irish nouns",
        "Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
        "Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "sga:Hair"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "hair (typically of the body), fur"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hair",
          "hair"
        ],
        [
          "fur",
          "fur"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "finnfad"
}

Download raw JSONL data for finnfad meaning in Old Irish (5.2kB)

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

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