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"etymology_links": [
[
"zil",
"zil#Middle_High_German"
],
[
"zil",
"zil#Old_High_German"
],
[
"*tilą",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tilą"
],
[
"Ziel",
"Ziel#German"
],
[
"til",
"til#Old_English"
],
[
"til",
"til#Icelandic"
],
[
"𐍄𐌹𐌻",
"𐍄𐌹𐌻#Gothic"
]
],
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{
"args": {
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"2": "gmh",
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},
"expansion": "Middle High German zil",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gsw",
"2": "goh",
"3": "zil"
},
"expansion": "Old High German zil",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gsw",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*tilą",
"4": "",
"5": "goal"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *tilą (“goal”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Ziel"
},
"expansion": "German Ziel",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "til"
},
"expansion": "Old English til",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "til"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic til",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "got",
"2": "𐍄𐌹𐌻"
},
"expansion": "Gothic 𐍄𐌹𐌻 (til)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle High German zil, from Old High German zil, from Proto-Germanic *tilą (“goal”). Cognate with German Ziel, Old English til, Icelandic til, Gothic 𐍄𐌹𐌻 (til).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Ziil",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
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"2": "noun",
"3": "plural",
"4": "Ziil",
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},
"expansion": "Ziil n (plural Ziil)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Alemannic German",
"lang_code": "gsw",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Alemannic German entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
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"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "His goal is to open his own practice.",
"roman": "Sis Ziil isch än eigeti Praxis z'eröffne.",
"text": "1978, Rolf Lyssy and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript)",
"translation": "His goal is to open his own practice.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"goal, target, destination"
],
"id": "en-Ziil-gsw-noun-AIX-jtR1",
"links": [
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"goal",
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],
[
"target",
"target"
],
[
"destination",
"destination"
]
],
"tags": [
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[tsɪːl]",
"tags": [
"Zurich"
]
}
],
"word": "Ziil"
}
{
"etymology_links": [
[
"zil",
"zil#Middle_High_German"
],
[
"zil",
"zil#Old_High_German"
],
[
"*tilą",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/tilą"
],
[
"Ziel",
"Ziel#German"
],
[
"til",
"til#Old_English"
],
[
"til",
"til#Icelandic"
],
[
"𐍄𐌹𐌻",
"𐍄𐌹𐌻#Gothic"
]
],
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},
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"name": "inh"
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{
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},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*tilą",
"4": "",
"5": "goal"
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"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *tilą (“goal”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Ziel"
},
"expansion": "German Ziel",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "til"
},
"expansion": "Old English til",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "til"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic til",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "got",
"2": "𐍄𐌹𐌻"
},
"expansion": "Gothic 𐍄𐌹𐌻 (til)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle High German zil, from Old High German zil, from Proto-Germanic *tilą (“goal”). Cognate with German Ziel, Old English til, Icelandic til, Gothic 𐍄𐌹𐌻 (til).",
"forms": [
{
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"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"lang": "Alemannic German",
"lang_code": "gsw",
"pos": "noun",
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"Alemannic German lemmas",
"Alemannic German neuter nouns",
"Alemannic German nouns",
"Alemannic German terms derived from Middle High German",
"Alemannic German terms derived from Old High German",
"Alemannic German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Alemannic German terms inherited from Middle High German",
"Alemannic German terms inherited from Old High German",
"Alemannic German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Alemannic German terms with quotations",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
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"examples": [
{
"english": "His goal is to open his own practice.",
"roman": "Sis Ziil isch än eigeti Praxis z'eröffne.",
"text": "1978, Rolf Lyssy and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript)",
"translation": "His goal is to open his own practice.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"goal, target, destination"
],
"links": [
[
"goal",
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],
[
"target",
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],
[
"destination",
"destination"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[tsɪːl]",
"tags": [
"Zurich"
]
}
],
"word": "Ziil"
}
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