"cáin" meaning in Old Irish

See cáin in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kaːnʲ/
Etymology: From Proto-Celtic *ká(g)ni- (“tribute, law”). Etymology templates: {{inh|sga|cel-pro|*ká(g)ni-|t=tribute, law}} Proto-Celtic *ká(g)ni- (“tribute, law”) Head templates: {{head|sga|noun||||{{{2}}}||||||||{{{3}}}||{{{pl2}}}||{{{pl3}}}|cat2=|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} cáin f, {{sga-noun|f}} cáin f Inflection templates: {{sga-decl-i|cán|cána|g=f}}, {{sga-decl-noun|acc_du=cáin+L|acc_du2=|acc_du3=|acc_pl=cánai+H|acc_pl2=|acc_pl3=|acc_sg=cáin+N|acc_sg2=|acc_sg3=|class=i-f|dat_du=cánaib|dat_du2=|dat_du3=|dat_pl=cánaib|dat_pl2=|dat_pl3=|dat_sg=cáin+L|dat_sg2=|dat_sg3=|dat_sg4=|gen_du=cáno+H|gen_du2=cána+H|gen_du3=|gen_du4=|gen_du5=|gen_pl=cánae+N|gen_pl2=|gen_pl3=|gen_sg=cáno+H|gen_sg2=cána+H|gen_sg3=|gen_sg4=|gen_sg5=|n=|nom_du=cáin+L|nom_du2=|nom_du3=|nom_pl=cánai+H|nom_pl2=|nom_pl3=|nom_sg=cáin|nom_sg2=|nom_sg3=|voc_du=cáin+L|voc_du2=|voc_du3=|voc_pl=cánai+H|voc_pl2=|voc_pl3=|voc_sg=cáin|voc_sg2=|voc_sg3=}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], cáin [nominative, singular], cáin [dual, nominative], cánai [nominative, plural], cáin [singular, vocative], cáin [dual, vocative], cánai [plural, vocative], cáin [accusative, singular], cáin [accusative, dual], cánai [accusative, plural], cáno [genitive, singular], cána [genitive, singular], cáno [dual, genitive], cána [dual, genitive], cánae [genitive, plural], cáin [dative, singular], cánaib [dative, dual], cánaib [dative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], cáin [error-unrecognized-form], cháin [error-unrecognized-form], cáin
  1. law (system, set of regulations), regulation, rule Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Law, Taxation
    Sense id: en-cáin-sga-noun-HH5yfvMj Disambiguation of Law: 94 6 Disambiguation of Taxation: 72 28
  2. legal due, fine, tax, tribute Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cáin-sga-noun-g~nG8t2W
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cáinid, cánachas
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cáinid"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
  ],
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Irish: cáin"
    },
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          },
          "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic: càin",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scottish Gaelic: càin"
    }
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-decl-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cáin",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "singular",
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      ]
    },
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "cána",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cánaib",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cáin",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "cháin",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
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        "11": "",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
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        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
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        "dat_pl3": "",
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        "dat_sg3": "",
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        "gen_sg4": "",
        "gen_sg5": "",
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        "nom_sg2": "",
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  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "sga",
          "name": "Law",
          "orig": "sga:Law",
          "parents": [
            "Justice",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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            "Politics",
            "Society",
            "Justice",
            "Business",
            "All topics",
            "Economics",
            "Fundamental",
            "Social sciences",
            "Sciences"
          ],
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      ],
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      "links": [
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          "law",
          "law"
        ],
        [
          "regulation",
          "regulation"
        ],
        [
          "rule",
          "rule"
        ]
      ],
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        "feminine"
      ]
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      ],
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        [
          "due",
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        ],
        [
          "fine",
          "fine"
        ],
        [
          "tax",
          "tax"
        ],
        [
          "tribute",
          "tribute"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kaːnʲ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cáin"
}
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    "Old Irish feminine nouns",
    "Old Irish lemmas",
    "Old Irish masculine or feminine i-stem nouns",
    "Old Irish nouns",
    "Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
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    "sga:Taxation"
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      "word": "cáinid"
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      "source": "inflection",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
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      "form": "cáin",
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        "law (system, set of regulations), regulation, rule"
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        [
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          "regulation",
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          "rule"
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      ],
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        ],
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        ],
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          "tribute"
        ]
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        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/kaːnʲ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cáin"
}

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

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

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

{
  "called_from": "inflection/1826",
  "msg": "inflection table: empty tags for cáin",
  "path": [
    "cáin"
  ],
  "section": "Old Irish",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "cáin",
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}

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