"faoin" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

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Adjective

IPA: /fɯːɲ/ Forms: faoine [comparative]
Etymology: From Middle Irish fáen. Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|mga|fáen}} Middle Irish fáen Head templates: {{head|gd|adjective|comparative|faoine}} faoin (comparative faoine)
  1. silly, foolish, daft, inane, naive
    Sense id: en-faoin-gd-adj-DJAcZuhQ
  2. futile, vain
    Sense id: en-faoin-gd-adj-Yzkh0NG-
  3. frivolous, giddy
    Sense id: en-faoin-gd-adj-hFYbijkT
  4. superficial, shallow, vacuous
    Sense id: en-faoin-gd-adj-EJCgeOmi Categories (other): Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 17 10 27 46

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for faoin meaning in Scottish Gaelic (1.3kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Scottish Gaelic dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (93a6c53 and 21a9316). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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