meacan in Scottish Gaelic

IPA: /ˈmɛxkan/ Forms: meacain [genitive, singular], meacanan [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], meacan [mutation, mutation-radical], mheacan [lenition, mutation] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Old Irish meccon. Cognate with Greek μήκων (míkon, “poppy”), Serbo-Croatian mak (“poppy”), and German Mohn (“poppy”), all believed to be from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂k-. Etymology templates: {{inh|gd|sga|meccon}} Old Irish meccon, {{cog|el|μήκων||poppy}} Greek μήκων (míkon, “poppy”), {{cog|sh|mak||poppy}} Serbo-Croatian mak (“poppy”), {{cog|de|Mohn||poppy}} German Mohn (“poppy”), {{der|gd|ine-pro|*meh₂k-}} Proto-Indo-European *meh₂k- Head templates: {{head|gd|noun|||||||genitive singular|meacain|||||||plural|meacanan||||||{{{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=}} meacan m (genitive singular meacain, plural meacanan), {{gd-noun|g=m|gen=meacain|pl=meacanan}} meacan m (genitive singular meacain, plural meacanan) Inflection templates: {{gd-mut-cons|m|eacan}}

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "sga",
        "3": "meccon"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "el",
        "2": "μήκων",
        "3": "",
        "4": "poppy"
      },
      "expansion": "Greek μήκων (míkon, “poppy”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
        "2": "mak",
        "3": "",
        "4": "poppy"
      },
      "expansion": "Serbo-Croatian mak (“poppy”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Mohn",
        "3": "",
        "4": "poppy"
      },
      "expansion": "German Mohn (“poppy”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*meh₂k-"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Old Irish meccon. Cognate with Greek μήκων (míkon, “poppy”), Serbo-Croatian mak (“poppy”), and German Mohn (“poppy”), all believed to be from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂k-.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "meacain",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meacanan",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gd-mut-cons",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meacan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
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    },
    {
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        "mutation"
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        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
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        "18": "meacanan",
        "19": "",
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        "20": "",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "genitive singular",
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        "f1accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f2accel-form": "dat|s",
        "f3accel-form": "dat|s",
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        "f5accel-form": "gen|s",
        "f6accel-form": "gen|s",
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        "f9accel-form": "p",
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        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
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      },
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    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "eacan"
      },
      "name": "gd-mut-cons"
    }
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  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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          "name": "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "gd",
          "name": "Vegetables",
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          "parents": [
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            "Plants",
            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "Lifeforms",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
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            "Fundamental",
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          "english": "carrot",
          "word": "meacan-buidhe"
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          "english": "carrot",
          "word": "meacan-dearg"
        },
        {
          "english": "greater burdock",
          "word": "meacan-dogha"
        },
        {
          "english": "comfrey",
          "word": "meacan-dubh"
        },
        {
          "english": "parsnip",
          "word": "meacan-rìgh"
        },
        {
          "english": "radish",
          "word": "meacan-ruadh"
        }
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        "The root or bulb of a plant; now used mainly in compound words"
      ],
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      "links": [
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        ],
        [
          "bulb",
          "bulb"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛxkan/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "meacan"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "carrot",
      "word": "meacan-buidhe"
    },
    {
      "english": "carrot",
      "word": "meacan-dearg"
    },
    {
      "english": "greater burdock",
      "word": "meacan-dogha"
    },
    {
      "english": "comfrey",
      "word": "meacan-dubh"
    },
    {
      "english": "parsnip",
      "word": "meacan-rìgh"
    },
    {
      "english": "radish",
      "word": "meacan-ruadh"
    }
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        "2": "sga",
        "3": "meccon"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "1": "el",
        "2": "μήκων",
        "3": "",
        "4": "poppy"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "3": "",
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      },
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    {
      "form": "meacain",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meacanan",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "mutation",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "source": "mutation",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "meacan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "mutation",
        "mutation-radical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mheacan",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition",
        "mutation"
      ]
    }
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        "10": "meacain",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "plural",
        "18": "meacanan",
        "19": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "20": "",
        "21": "",
        "22": "",
        "23": "",
        "24": "{{{pl4}}}",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "genitive singular",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1accel-form": "dat|s",
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        "f3accel-form": "dat|s",
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        "f5accel-form": "gen|s",
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        "f8accel-form": "p",
        "f9accel-form": "p",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "gen": "meacain",
        "pl": "meacanan"
      },
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      "name": "gd-noun"
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "eacan"
      },
      "name": "gd-mut-cons"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "lang_code": "gd",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Scottish Gaelic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Scottish Gaelic lemmas",
        "Scottish Gaelic masculine nouns",
        "Scottish Gaelic nouns",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish",
        "gd-noun 2",
        "gd:Vegetables"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The root or bulb of a plant; now used mainly in compound words"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "root",
          "root"
        ],
        [
          "bulb",
          "bulb"
        ]
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɛxkan/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "meacan"
}

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"meacan" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

Noun

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