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"gen": "cuaich",
"pl": "cuachan"
},
"expansion": "cuach f (genitive singular cuaich, plural cuachan)",
"name": "gd-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"lang_code": "gd",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"cuckoo"
],
"links": [
[
"cuckoo",
"cuckoo"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "cuthag"
}
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kʰuəx/"
}
],
"word": "cuach"
}
Download raw JSONL data for cuach meaning in Scottish Gaelic (7.4kB)
{
"called_from": "inflection/865",
"msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: cuach/Scottish Gaelic 'radical' base_tags=set()",
"path": [
"cuach"
],
"section": "Scottish Gaelic",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "cuach",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'lenition'",
"path": [
"cuach"
],
"section": "Scottish Gaelic",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "cuach",
"trace": ""
}
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