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{
"etymology_text": "imb- (“around”) + fius (“knowledge”).",
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
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},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "Neuter u-stem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "imbas",
"source": "declension",
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"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "imbas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "imbas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "imbasa",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "imbas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "imbas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "imbas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "imbas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "imbas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "imbas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "imbaso",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "imbasa",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "imbaso",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "imbasa",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
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]
},
{
"form": "imbas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "imbas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "imbasaib",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "imbasaib",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sga-mutation",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "imbas",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"mutation",
"mutation-radical"
]
},
{
"form": "pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"mutation",
"mutation-radical"
]
},
{
"form": "imbas",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"lenition",
"mutation"
]
},
{
"form": "n-imbas",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"mutation"
]
},
{
"form": "imbus",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "imb-ḟiuss",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "imb-ḟess",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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"10": "",
"11": "",
"12": "",
"13": "",
"14": "{{{3}}}",
"15": "",
"16": "{{{pl2}}}",
"17": "",
"18": "{{{pl3}}}",
"2": "noun",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"6": "{{{2}}}",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"9": "",
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},
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"name": "head"
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{
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"dat_pl2": "",
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"gen_du4": "",
"gen_pl": "imbas+N",
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"n": "",
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"nom_du2": "",
"nom_du3": "",
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"nom_pl3": "",
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"voc_du2": "",
"voc_du3": "",
"voc_pl": "imbas",
"voc_pl2": "",
"voc_pl3": "",
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},
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},
{
"args": {},
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}
],
"lang": "Old Irish",
"lang_code": "sga",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"inspiration, poetic talent"
],
"id": "en-imbas-sga-noun-NFI-bPQP",
"links": [
[
"inspiration",
"inspiration"
],
[
"poetic",
"poetic"
],
[
"talent",
"talent"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"knowledge, esp. if gained through divination"
],
"id": "en-imbas-sga-noun-a8G2APDe",
"links": [
[
"fore-",
"fore-"
],
[
"knowledge",
"knowledge"
],
[
"divination",
"divination"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(fore-)knowledge, esp. if gained through divination"
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"magical lore"
],
"id": "en-imbas-sga-noun-Y15KUXQ4",
"links": [
[
"magical",
"magical"
],
[
"lore",
"lore"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈim.bəs/"
},
{
"note": "Blasse",
"other": "[ˈim.bas]"
},
{
"note": "Griffith",
"other": "[ˈim.bəs]"
}
],
"word": "imbas"
}
{
"categories": [
"Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
"Old Irish lemmas",
"Old Irish neuter nouns",
"Old Irish neuter u-stem nouns",
"Old Irish nouns",
"Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_text": "imb- (“around”) + fius (“knowledge”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sga-decl-u",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "u-stem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "Neuter u-stem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "imbas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "imbas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "imbas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "imbasa",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "imbas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "imbas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "imbas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "imbas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "imbas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "imbas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "imbaso",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "imbasa",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "imbaso",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "imbasa",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "imbas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "imbas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "imbasaib",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "imbasaib",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "mutation",
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"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sga-mutation",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "imbas",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"mutation",
"mutation-radical"
]
},
{
"form": "pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"mutation",
"mutation-radical"
]
},
{
"form": "imbas",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"lenition",
"mutation"
]
},
{
"form": "n-imbas",
"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"error-unrecognized-form",
"mutation"
]
},
{
"form": "imbus",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "imb-ḟiuss",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "imb-ḟess",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
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"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"inspiration, poetic talent"
],
"links": [
[
"inspiration",
"inspiration"
],
[
"poetic",
"poetic"
],
[
"talent",
"talent"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"knowledge, esp. if gained through divination"
],
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[
"fore-",
"fore-"
],
[
"knowledge",
"knowledge"
],
[
"divination",
"divination"
]
],
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"(fore-)knowledge, esp. if gained through divination"
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"magical lore"
],
"links": [
[
"magical",
"magical"
],
[
"lore",
"lore"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ˈim.bəs/"
},
{
"note": "Blasse",
"other": "[ˈim.bas]"
},
{
"note": "Griffith",
"other": "[ˈim.bəs]"
}
],
"word": "imbas"
}
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{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: fore-",
"path": [
"imbas"
],
"section": "Old Irish",
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"title": "imbas",
"trace": ""
}
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: fore-",
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],
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"subsection": "noun",
"title": "imbas",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'nasalization'",
"path": [
"imbas"
],
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}
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