"foich" meaning in Old Irish

See foich in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Proto-Brythonic *gwüxī, from Proto-Celtic *woxsī, from Proto-Indo-European *wóbʰseh₂. Etymology templates: {{der|sga|cel-bry-pro|*gwüxī}} Proto-Brythonic *gwüxī, {{der|sga|cel-pro|*woxsī}} Proto-Celtic *woxsī, {{der|sga|ine-pro|*wóbʰseh₂}} Proto-Indo-European *wóbʰseh₂ Head templates: {{head|sga|noun|||genitive|focha|||||||nominative plural|foichi||{{{pl2}}}||{{{pl3}}}|altform=|cat2=|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} foich f (genitive focha, nominative plural foichi), {{sga-noun|f|focha|foichi}} foich f (genitive focha, nominative plural foichi) Inflection templates: {{sga-decl-i|foch|g=f}}, {{sga-decl-noun|acc_du=foich+L|acc_du2=|acc_du3=|acc_pl=foichi+H|acc_pl2=|acc_pl3=|acc_sg=foich+N|acc_sg2=|acc_sg3=|class=i-f|dat_du=foichib|dat_du2=|dat_du3=|dat_pl=foichib|dat_pl2=|dat_pl3=|dat_sg=foich+L|dat_sg2=|dat_sg3=|dat_sg4=|gen_du=focho+H|gen_du2=focha+H|gen_du3=|gen_du4=|gen_du5=|gen_pl=foiche+N|gen_pl2=|gen_pl3=|gen_sg=focho+H|gen_sg2=focha+H|gen_sg3=|gen_sg4=|gen_sg5=|n=|nom_du=foich+L|nom_du2=|nom_du3=|nom_pl=foichi+H|nom_pl2=|nom_pl3=|nom_sg=foich|nom_sg2=|nom_sg3=|voc_du=foich+L|voc_du2=|voc_du3=|voc_pl=foichi+H|voc_pl2=|voc_pl3=|voc_sg=foich|voc_sg2=|voc_sg3=}}, {{sga-mutation}} Forms: focha [genitive], foichi [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], foich [nominative, singular], foich [dual, nominative], foichi [nominative, plural], foich [singular, vocative], foich [dual, vocative], foichi [plural, vocative], foich [accusative, singular], foich [accusative, dual], foichi [accusative, plural], focho [genitive, singular], focha [genitive, singular], focho [dual, genitive], focha [dual, genitive], foiche [genitive, plural], foich [dative, singular], foichib [dative, dual], foichib [dative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], foich [error-unrecognized-form], ḟoich [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. wasp Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-foich-sga-noun-lucmjYgk Categories (other): Old Irish entries with incorrect language header, Geometrid moths, Hymenopterans Disambiguation of Old Irish entries with incorrect language header: 43 48 9 Disambiguation of Geometrid moths: 77 23 Disambiguation of Hymenopterans: 87 13
  2. cankerworm Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-foich-sga-noun-zqovdFLJ
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Irish",
          "lang_code": "ga",
          "sense": "wasp",
          "word": "foiche"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle Irish",
      "lang_code": "mga",
      "word": "foich"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*gwüxī"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *gwüxī",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*woxsī"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *woxsī",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wóbʰseh₂"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wóbʰseh₂",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Proto-Brythonic *gwüxī, from Proto-Celtic *woxsī, from Proto-Indo-European *wóbʰseh₂.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "focha",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foichi",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-decl-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foich",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foich",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foichi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foich",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foich",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foichi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foich",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foich",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foichi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "focho",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "focha",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "focho",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "focha",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foiche",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foich",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foichib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foichib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-mutation",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foich",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ḟoich",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "nominative plural",
        "14": "foichi",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{pl2}}}",
        "17": "",
        "18": "{{{pl3}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "genitive",
        "6": "focha",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "foich f (genitive focha, nominative plural foichi)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "focha",
        "3": "foichi"
      },
      "expansion": "foich f (genitive focha, nominative plural foichi)",
      "name": "sga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "foch",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-i"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "acc_du": "foich+L",
        "acc_du2": "",
        "acc_du3": "",
        "acc_pl": "foichi+H",
        "acc_pl2": "",
        "acc_pl3": "",
        "acc_sg": "foich+N",
        "acc_sg2": "",
        "acc_sg3": "",
        "class": "i-f",
        "dat_du": "foichib",
        "dat_du2": "",
        "dat_du3": "",
        "dat_pl": "foichib",
        "dat_pl2": "",
        "dat_pl3": "",
        "dat_sg": "foich+L",
        "dat_sg2": "",
        "dat_sg3": "",
        "dat_sg4": "",
        "gen_du": "focho+H",
        "gen_du2": "focha+H",
        "gen_du3": "",
        "gen_du4": "",
        "gen_du5": "",
        "gen_pl": "foiche+N",
        "gen_pl2": "",
        "gen_pl3": "",
        "gen_sg": "focho+H",
        "gen_sg2": "focha+H",
        "gen_sg3": "",
        "gen_sg4": "",
        "gen_sg5": "",
        "n": "",
        "nom_du": "foich+L",
        "nom_du2": "",
        "nom_du3": "",
        "nom_pl": "foichi+H",
        "nom_pl2": "",
        "nom_pl3": "",
        "nom_sg": "foich",
        "nom_sg2": "",
        "nom_sg3": "",
        "voc_du": "foich+L",
        "voc_du2": "",
        "voc_du3": "",
        "voc_pl": "foichi+H",
        "voc_pl2": "",
        "voc_pl3": "",
        "voc_sg": "foich",
        "voc_sg2": "",
        "voc_sg3": ""
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sga-mutation"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "43 48 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "77 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sga",
          "name": "Geometrid moths",
          "orig": "sga:Geometrid moths",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "87 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sga",
          "name": "Hymenopterans",
          "orig": "sga:Hymenopterans",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wasp"
      ],
      "id": "en-foich-sga-noun-lucmjYgk",
      "links": [
        [
          "wasp",
          "wasp"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cankerworm"
      ],
      "id": "en-foich-sga-noun-zqovdFLJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "cankerworm",
          "cankerworm"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "foich"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old Irish feminine nouns",
    "Old Irish lemmas",
    "Old Irish masculine or feminine i-stem nouns",
    "Old Irish nouns",
    "Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Brythonic",
    "Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "sga:Geometrid moths",
    "sga:Hymenopterans"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Irish",
          "lang_code": "ga",
          "sense": "wasp",
          "word": "foiche"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle Irish",
      "lang_code": "mga",
      "word": "foich"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*gwüxī"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *gwüxī",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*woxsī"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *woxsī",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wóbʰseh₂"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wóbʰseh₂",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Proto-Brythonic *gwüxī, from Proto-Celtic *woxsī, from Proto-Indo-European *wóbʰseh₂.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "focha",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foichi",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-decl-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foich",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foich",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foichi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foich",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foich",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foichi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foich",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foich",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foichi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "focho",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "focha",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "focho",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "focha",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foiche",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foich",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foichib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foichib",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-mutation",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foich",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ḟoich",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "nominative plural",
        "14": "foichi",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{pl2}}}",
        "17": "",
        "18": "{{{pl3}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "genitive",
        "6": "focha",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "altform": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "foich f (genitive focha, nominative plural foichi)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "focha",
        "3": "foichi"
      },
      "expansion": "foich f (genitive focha, nominative plural foichi)",
      "name": "sga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "foch",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-i"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "acc_du": "foich+L",
        "acc_du2": "",
        "acc_du3": "",
        "acc_pl": "foichi+H",
        "acc_pl2": "",
        "acc_pl3": "",
        "acc_sg": "foich+N",
        "acc_sg2": "",
        "acc_sg3": "",
        "class": "i-f",
        "dat_du": "foichib",
        "dat_du2": "",
        "dat_du3": "",
        "dat_pl": "foichib",
        "dat_pl2": "",
        "dat_pl3": "",
        "dat_sg": "foich+L",
        "dat_sg2": "",
        "dat_sg3": "",
        "dat_sg4": "",
        "gen_du": "focho+H",
        "gen_du2": "focha+H",
        "gen_du3": "",
        "gen_du4": "",
        "gen_du5": "",
        "gen_pl": "foiche+N",
        "gen_pl2": "",
        "gen_pl3": "",
        "gen_sg": "focho+H",
        "gen_sg2": "focha+H",
        "gen_sg3": "",
        "gen_sg4": "",
        "gen_sg5": "",
        "n": "",
        "nom_du": "foich+L",
        "nom_du2": "",
        "nom_du3": "",
        "nom_pl": "foichi+H",
        "nom_pl2": "",
        "nom_pl3": "",
        "nom_sg": "foich",
        "nom_sg2": "",
        "nom_sg3": "",
        "voc_du": "foich+L",
        "voc_du2": "",
        "voc_du3": "",
        "voc_pl": "foichi+H",
        "voc_pl2": "",
        "voc_pl3": "",
        "voc_sg": "foich",
        "voc_sg2": "",
        "voc_sg3": ""
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sga-mutation"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wasp"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wasp",
          "wasp"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cankerworm"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cankerworm",
          "cankerworm"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "foich"
}

Download raw JSONL data for foich meaning in Old Irish (4.7kB)

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: foich/Old Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "foich"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "foich",
  "trace": ""
}

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

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

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