"facal" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

See facal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈfaʰkəl̪ˠ/ [Lewis], /ˈfãʰkəl̪ˠ/ [Lewis], /ˈfaxkəl̪ˠ/ (note: Harris, Uist, Barra, Skye), /ˈfɛ̃hkəl̪ˠ/ (note: Wester Ross) Forms: facail [genitive, singular], faclan [plural]
Etymology: From Old Irish focul, from Proto-Celtic *woxtlom, from Proto-Indo-European *wokʷtlom, from *wekʷ-. Etymology templates: {{root|gd|ine-pro|*wekʷ-}}, {{inh|gd|sga|focul}} Old Irish focul, {{inh|gd|cel-pro|*woxtlom}} Proto-Celtic *woxtlom, {{inh|gd|ine-pro|*wokʷtlom}} Proto-Indo-European *wokʷtlom Head templates: {{head|gd|noun|||||||genitive singular|facail|||||||plural|faclan||||||{{{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=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} facal m (genitive singular facail, plural faclan), {{gd-noun|g=m|gen=facail|pl=faclan}} facal m (genitive singular facail, plural faclan)
  1. word Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-facal-gd-noun-mMHrTuk0 Categories (other): Linguistics Disambiguation of Linguistics: 37 37 26
  2. language Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-facal-gd-noun-pO8wS6Qq Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header, Linguistics Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 70 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 85 12 Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 1 87 11 Disambiguation of Linguistics: 37 37 26
  3. comment, phrase Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-facal-gd-noun-OdcE3szu Categories (other): Linguistics Disambiguation of Linguistics: 37 37 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ceannfhacal (english: headword), dall air faclan (english: dyslexic), doille-fhaclan (english: dyslexia), dubh-fhacal (english: riddle), facal air an fhacal (english: verbatim), facal fillte [compound], facal-faire (english: password), facal-suaicheantais (english: motto), faclach (english: verbose), facladair (english: lexicographer; word processor), faclair (english: dictionary; vocabulary), faclaireachd [lexicography, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], faclaireil (english: lexical), frith-fhacal (english: antonym), mion-fhacal [particle]

Inflected forms

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      "ipa": "/ˈfaʰkəl̪ˠ/",
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "Lewis"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈfaxkəl̪ˠ/",
      "note": "Harris, Uist, Barra, Skye"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɛ̃hkəl̪ˠ/",
      "note": "Wester Ross"
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    "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 *wekʷ-",
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      "word": "doille-fhaclan"
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      "word": "dubh-fhacal"
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      "word": "facal air an fhacal"
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      "word": "facal fillte"
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      "word": "facal-suaicheantais"
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      "ipa": "/ˈfaʰkəl̪ˠ/",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfãʰkəl̪ˠ/",
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        "Lewis"
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    },
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfɛ̃hkəl̪ˠ/",
      "note": "Wester Ross"
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  ],
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}

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