See Alf on Wiktionary
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"Alv#Norwegian_Nynorsk"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"word": "Alf"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "non",
"3": "Alfr"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse Alfr",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Norse Alfr. Also a contraction of Adolf.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Alfs",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "proper noun",
"3": "genitive",
"4": "Alfs",
"g": "c",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "Alf c (genitive Alfs)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "c"
},
"expansion": "Alf c (genitive Alfs)",
"name": "sv-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "name",
"related": [
{
"tags": [
"feminine",
"proper-noun"
],
"word": "Alfhild"
},
{
"tags": [
"feminine",
"proper-noun"
],
"word": "Alva"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 6 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Swedish common-gender nouns",
"Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
"Swedish given names",
"Swedish lemmas",
"Swedish male given names",
"Swedish male given names from Old Norse",
"Swedish proper nouns",
"Swedish terms derived from Old Norse",
"Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse"
],
"glosses": [
"a male given name from Old Norse"
],
"links": [
[
"given name",
"given name"
]
],
"tags": [
"common-gender"
]
}
],
"word": "Alf"
}
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