"abhainn" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

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Noun

IPA: /ˈãvɪɲ/ (note: Lewis, Harris, West Sutherland, Colonsay, Arran), /ˈãũ.ɪɲ/ (note: Uist, Barra, north west Skye, Eigg, East Sutherland, Easter Ross), /ˈã.ɪɲ/ (note: Trotternish, Raasay), [ˈaʔʊɲ] (note: Tiree, Mull), [ˈoʔʊɲ] (note: Islay), /ˈã.uɲ/ (note: Wester Ross, Lismore), [ˈã.ʊʲɲ] (note: Wester Ross, Lismore) Forms: aibhne [genitive, singular], aibhnichean [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], abhainn [error-unrecognized-form], n-abhainn [error-unrecognized-form], h-abhainn [error-unrecognized-form], t-abhainn [error-unrecognized-form]
Etymology: From Old Irish aub, from Proto-Celtic *abū (compare Welsh afon), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“water”). The form abhainn was originally the dative singular of abha, but is now widely used as the nominative/accusative as well. Etymology templates: {{root|gd|ine-pro|*h₂ep-|id=water}}, {{inh|gd|sga|aub}} Old Irish aub, {{inh|gd|cel-pro|*abū}} Proto-Celtic *abū, {{cog|cy|afon}} Welsh afon, {{inh|gd|ine-pro|*h₂ep-|t=water}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“water”) Head templates: {{head|gd|noun|||||||genitive singular|aibhne|||||||plural|aibhnichean||||||{{{pl4}}}|||cat2=|f10accel-form=genpl|f1accel-form=dat|s|f2accel-form=dat|s|f3accel-form=dat|s|f4accel-form=gen|s|f5accel-form=gen|s|f6accel-form=gen|s|f7accel-form=p|f8accel-form=p|f9accel-form=p|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} abhainn f (genitive singular aibhne, plural aibhnichean), {{gd-noun|g=f|gen=aibhne|pl=aibhnichean}} abhainn f (genitive singular aibhne, plural aibhnichean)
  1. river, stream Tags: feminine Categories (place): Bodies of water, Landforms Related terms: sruth
    Sense id: en-abhainn-gd-noun-ZOzr5S-O Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂ep-",
        "id": "water"
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      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "sga",
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        "1": "gd",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*abū"
      },
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "afon"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh afon",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂ep-",
        "t": "water"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“water”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish aub, from Proto-Celtic *abū (compare Welsh afon), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“water”). The form abhainn was originally the dative singular of abha, but is now widely used as the nominative/accusative as well.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "aibhne",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aibhnichean",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abhainn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "n-abhainn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "h-abhainn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "t-abhainn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
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        "10": "aibhne",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "plural",
        "18": "aibhnichean",
        "19": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "20": "",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "{{{pl4}}}",
        "25": "",
        "26": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "genitive singular",
        "cat2": "",
        "f10accel-form": "genpl",
        "f1accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f2accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f3accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f4accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f5accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f6accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f7accel-form": "p",
        "f8accel-form": "p",
        "f9accel-form": "p",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "abhainn f (genitive singular aibhne, plural aibhnichean)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "gen": "aibhne",
        "pl": "aibhnichean"
      },
      "expansion": "abhainn f (genitive singular aibhne, plural aibhnichean)",
      "name": "gd-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "gd",
          "name": "Bodies of water",
          "orig": "gd:Bodies of water",
          "parents": [
            "Ecosystems",
            "Landforms",
            "Water",
            "Ecology",
            "Earth",
            "Places",
            "Liquids",
            "Biology",
            "Nature",
            "Names",
            "Matter",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Chemistry",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "gd",
          "name": "Landforms",
          "orig": "gd:Landforms",
          "parents": [
            "Earth",
            "Places",
            "Nature",
            "Names",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "river, stream"
      ],
      "id": "en-abhainn-gd-noun-ZOzr5S-O",
      "links": [
        [
          "river",
          "river"
        ],
        [
          "stream",
          "stream"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "sruth"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈãvɪɲ/",
      "note": "Lewis, Harris, West Sutherland, Colonsay, Arran"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈãũ.ɪɲ/",
      "note": "Uist, Barra, north west Skye, Eigg, East Sutherland, Easter Ross"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈã.ɪɲ/",
      "note": "Trotternish, Raasay"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈaʔʊɲ]",
      "note": "Tiree, Mull"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈoʔʊɲ]",
      "note": "Islay"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈã.uɲ/",
      "note": "Wester Ross, Lismore"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈã.ʊʲɲ]",
      "note": "Wester Ross, Lismore"
    }
  ],
  "word": "abhainn"
}
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      "name": "root"
    },
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        "1": "gd",
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      },
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      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*abū"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *abū",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "afon"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
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        "1": "gd",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₂ep-",
        "t": "water"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“water”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
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    {
      "form": "aibhne",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aibhnichean",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abhainn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "n-abhainn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "h-abhainn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "t-abhainn",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "10": "aibhne",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "plural",
        "18": "aibhnichean",
        "19": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "20": "",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "{{{pl4}}}",
        "25": "",
        "26": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "genitive singular",
        "cat2": "",
        "f10accel-form": "genpl",
        "f1accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f2accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f3accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f4accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f5accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f6accel-form": "gen|s",
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        "f8accel-form": "p",
        "f9accel-form": "p",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "abhainn f (genitive singular aibhne, plural aibhnichean)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "gen": "aibhne",
        "pl": "aibhnichean"
      },
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      "name": "gd-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "sruth"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Scottish Gaelic feminine nouns",
        "Scottish Gaelic lemmas",
        "Scottish Gaelic nouns",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂ep- (water)",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Proto-Celtic",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "gd-noun 2",
        "gd:Bodies of water",
        "gd:Landforms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "river, stream"
      ],
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        [
          "river",
          "river"
        ],
        [
          "stream",
          "stream"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈãvɪɲ/",
      "note": "Lewis, Harris, West Sutherland, Colonsay, Arran"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈãũ.ɪɲ/",
      "note": "Uist, Barra, north west Skye, Eigg, East Sutherland, Easter Ross"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈã.ɪɲ/",
      "note": "Trotternish, Raasay"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈaʔʊɲ]",
      "note": "Tiree, Mull"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈoʔʊɲ]",
      "note": "Islay"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈã.uɲ/",
      "note": "Wester Ross, Lismore"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈã.ʊʲɲ]",
      "note": "Wester Ross, Lismore"
    }
  ],
  "word": "abhainn"
}

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