"feum" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

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Noun

IPA: /feːm/ Forms: feuma [genitive, singular], fèim [genitive, singular]
Etymology: From Old Irish feidm (“effort”), from Proto-Celtic *wedesman, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to lead”). Cognate with Irish feidhm. Etymology templates: {{root|gd|ine-pro|*wedʰ-}}, {{inh|gd|sga|feidm||effort}} Old Irish feidm (“effort”), {{inh|gd|cel-pro|*wedesman}} Proto-Celtic *wedesman, {{der|gd|ine-pro|*wedʰ-|t=to lead}} Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to lead”), {{cog|ga|feidhm}} Irish feidhm Head templates: {{head|gd|noun|||||||genitive singular|feuma|or|fèim||||||?||||||{{{pl4}}}|cat2=|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=}} feum m (genitive singular feuma or fèim), {{gd-noun|g=m|gen=feuma|gen2=fèim|pl=?}} feum m (genitive singular feuma or fèim)
  1. need, necessity Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-feum-gd-noun-pMk6CIFD
  2. use, usefulness Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-feum-gd-noun-39reHT-L Categories (other): Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header: 6 61 17 5 4 3 4
  3. poverty Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-feum-gd-noun-2Er94pzd
  4. worth Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-feum-gd-noun-wKbrVbEr
  5. occasion Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-feum-gd-noun-mf0LFIVw
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dèan feum de (english: use, exploit, make use of, utilize) [verb], feumach (english: necessitous, needful, needy), feumail (english: useful, beneficial, helpful, handy, of use, serviceable, requisite), gun fheum (english: useless, needless; uselessly, needlessly), mì-fheum (english: abuse, misapplication) [masculine]

Verb

IPA: /feːm/ Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], feum [mutation, mutation-radical], fheum [lenition, mutation]
Etymology: From Old Irish feidm (“effort”), from Proto-Celtic *wedesman, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to lead”). Cognate with Irish feidhm. Etymology templates: {{root|gd|ine-pro|*wedʰ-}}, {{inh|gd|sga|feidm||effort}} Old Irish feidm (“effort”), {{inh|gd|cel-pro|*wedesman}} Proto-Celtic *wedesman, {{der|gd|ine-pro|*wedʰ-|t=to lead}} Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to lead”), {{cog|ga|feidhm}} Irish feidhm Head templates: {{head|gd|verb}} feum Inflection templates: {{gd-mut-cons|f|eum}}
  1. (intransitive) to need to, have to, must Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-feum-gd-verb-vHKbK~ti
  2. (transitive) to need Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-feum-gd-verb-fCXPH8yL

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "use, exploit, make use of, utilize",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "dèan feum de"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "necessitous, needful, needy",
      "word": "feumach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "useful, beneficial, helpful, handy, of use, serviceable, requisite",
      "word": "feumail"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "useless, needless; uselessly, needlessly",
      "word": "gun fheum"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "abuse, misapplication",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mì-fheum"
    }
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      "name": "inh"
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      "name": "der"
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      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "",
        "18": "?",
        "19": "",
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        "20": "",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "{{{pl4}}}",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "genitive singular",
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        "f6accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f7accel-form": "p",
        "f8accel-form": "p",
        "f9accel-form": "p",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
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    }
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        {
          "english": "in my time of need",
          "text": "ann 'am fheum",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Dire necessity made him do that.",
          "text": "'S e am feum a thug air sin a dhèanamh.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "need, necessity"
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          "need"
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          "necessity",
          "necessity"
        ]
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    },
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          "_dis": "6 61 17 5 4 3 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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        {
          "english": "There is no use in you.",
          "text": "Chan eil feum annad.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "What is the use of it?",
          "text": "Dè is feum dha?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "You are quite useless.",
          "text": "Is beag feum a tha ort.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "use, usefulness"
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      "id": "en-feum-gd-noun-39reHT-L",
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      ],
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          "worth",
          "worth"
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      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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        {
          "english": "There is no occasion for (or need of) you.",
          "text": "Chan eil feum ort.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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          "occasion"
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        "masculine"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/feːm/"
    }
  ],
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}

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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "gd-mut-cons",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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      "form": "feum",
      "source": "mutation",
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        "to need to, have to, must"
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        "(intransitive) to need to, have to, must"
      ],
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        "to need"
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          "need"
        ]
      ],
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        "(transitive) to need"
      ],
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    }
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      "english": "necessitous, needful, needy",
      "word": "feumach"
    },
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      "english": "useful, beneficial, helpful, handy, of use, serviceable, requisite",
      "word": "feumail"
    },
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      "english": "useless, needless; uselessly, needlessly",
      "word": "gun fheum"
    },
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        "masculine"
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    }
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    },
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        "17": "",
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        "20": "",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
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        "5": "",
        "6": "",
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          "english": "in my time of need",
          "text": "ann 'am fheum",
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        },
        {
          "english": "Dire necessity made him do that.",
          "text": "'S e am feum a thug air sin a dhèanamh.",
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          "english": "There is no use in you.",
          "text": "Chan eil feum annad.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "What is the use of it?",
          "text": "Dè is feum dha?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "You are quite useless.",
          "text": "Is beag feum a tha ort.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "worth"
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          "worth",
          "worth"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
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        "Scottish Gaelic terms with usage examples"
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          "english": "There is no occasion for (or need of) you.",
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fheum",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "feum",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "eum"
      },
      "name": "gd-mut-cons"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Scottish Gaelic intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to need to, have to, must"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "need",
          "need"
        ],
        [
          "have to",
          "have to"
        ],
        [
          "must",
          "must"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to need to, have to, must"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Scottish Gaelic transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to need"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "need",
          "need"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to need"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/feːm/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "feum"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Scottish Gaelic dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (a644e18 and edd475d). 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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