See -u in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"2": "ine-pro",
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"4": "of the, etc."
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"text": "zog (“bird”) + -u → zogu (“the bird”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "treg (“market”) + -u → tregu (“the market”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "flok (“hair”) + -u → floku (“the hair”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "plak (“old man”) + -u → plaku (“the old man”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "gjynah (“sin”) + -u → gjynahu (“the sin”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "jeh (“echo”) + -u → jehu (“the echo”)",
"type": "example"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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"suffix"
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{
"sense": "suffixed article",
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"word": "-it"
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{
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"suffix"
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"suffix"
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"suffix"
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"suffix"
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"suffix"
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"tags": [
"suffix"
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},
{
"sense": "suffixed article",
"tags": [
"suffix"
],
"word": "-të"
},
{
"sense": "suffixed article",
"tags": [
"suffix"
],
"word": "-ri"
},
{
"sense": "suffixed article",
"tags": [
"suffix"
],
"word": "-ishte"
},
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"sense": "suffixed article",
"tags": [
"suffix"
],
"word": "-ishtja"
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"article"
],
"word": "e"
},
{
"sense": "preposition",
"tags": [
"article"
],
"word": "i"
},
{
"sense": "preposition",
"tags": [
"article"
],
"word": "së"
},
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"sense": "preposition",
"tags": [
"article"
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"word": "të"
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"Albanian lemmas",
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"Pages with 25 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
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{
"text": "zog (“bird”) + -u → zogu (“the bird”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "treg (“market”) + -u → tregu (“the market”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "flok (“hair”) + -u → floku (“the hair”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "plak (“old man”) + -u → plaku (“the old man”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "gjynah (“sin”) + -u → gjynahu (“the sin”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "jeh (“echo”) + -u → jehu (“the echo”)",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"masculine singular nominative and accusative suffixed definite article: the"
],
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],
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"definite",
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],
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"article",
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],
[
"the",
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]
],
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"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[u]"
}
],
"word": "-u"
}
Download raw JSONL data for -u meaning in Albanian (3.3kB)
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: note: -u shifts towards -i among some Gheg dialects; zogi instead of zogu",
"path": [
"-u"
],
"section": "Albanian",
"subsection": "article",
"title": "-u",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: note: -u shifts towards -i among some Gheg dialects; zogi instead of zogu",
"path": [
"-u"
],
"section": "Albanian",
"subsection": "article",
"title": "-u",
"trace": ""
}
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