"bil(i)" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Proto-West Germanic]

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *bilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s, from *bʰil- (“good, decent”); the original sense seems to have been "equal, even". Cognate with Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos, “dear, beloved, lief”), Old Irish bil (“good, mild”). Etymology templates: {{ety|gmw-pro|:inh|gem-pro:<alt:*bilaz><ety:inh<ine-pro:<alt:*bʰil-o-s><ety:der<*bʰil->>>>}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*bʰil-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*bil(i)", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" }" data-lang="gmw-pro" data-title="*bil(i)">, {{inh|gmw-pro|gem-pro||*bilaz}} Proto-Germanic *bilaz, {{inh|gmw-pro|ine-pro||*bʰil-o-s}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s, {{cog|grc|φίλος|t=dear, beloved, lief}} Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos, “dear, beloved, lief”), {{cog|sga|bil|t=good, mild}} Old Irish bil (“good, mild”) Head templates: {{head|gmw-pro|adjective}} *bil(i) Inflection templates: {{gmw-infl-adj|bil}}, {{gmw-infl-adj|bili}} Forms: bil [canonical], i [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], bil [masculine, nominative, singular], bilu [feminine, nominative, singular], bil [neuter, nominative, singular], bilanā [accusative, masculine, singular], bilā [accusative, feminine, singular], bil [accusative, neuter, singular], bilas [genitive, masculine, singular], bileʀā [feminine, genitive, singular], bilas [genitive, neuter, singular], bilumē [dative, masculine, singular], bileʀē [dative, feminine, singular], bilumē [dative, neuter, singular], bilu [instrumental, masculine, singular], bileʀu [feminine, instrumental, singular], bilu [instrumental, neuter, singular], bilē [masculine, nominative, plural], bilō [feminine, nominative, plural], bilu [neuter, nominative, plural], bilā [accusative, masculine, plural], bilā [accusative, feminine, plural], bilu [accusative, neuter, plural], bileʀō [genitive, masculine, plural], bileʀō [feminine, genitive, plural], bileʀō [genitive, neuter, plural], bilēm [dative, masculine, plural], bilum [dative, masculine, plural], bilēm [dative, feminine, plural], bilum [dative, feminine, plural], bilēm [dative, neuter, plural], bilum [dative, neuter, plural], bilēm [instrumental, masculine, plural], bilum [instrumental, masculine, plural], bilēm [feminine, instrumental, plural], bilum [feminine, instrumental, plural], bilēm [instrumental, neuter, plural], bilum [instrumental, neuter, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], bili [masculine, nominative, singular], billju [feminine, nominative, singular], bili [neuter, nominative, singular], billjanā [accusative, masculine, singular], billjā [accusative, feminine, singular], bili [accusative, neuter, singular], billjas [genitive, masculine, singular], billjeʀā [feminine, genitive, singular], billjas [genitive, neuter, singular], billjumē [dative, masculine, singular], billjeʀē [dative, feminine, singular], billjumē [dative, neuter, singular], billju [instrumental, masculine, singular], billjeʀu [feminine, instrumental, singular], billju [instrumental, neuter, singular], billjē [masculine, nominative, plural], billjō [feminine, nominative, plural], billju [neuter, nominative, plural], billjā [accusative, masculine, plural], billjā [accusative, feminine, plural], billju [accusative, neuter, plural], billjeʀō [genitive, masculine, plural], billjeʀō [feminine, genitive, plural], billjeʀō [genitive, neuter, plural], billjēm [dative, masculine, plural], billjum [dative, masculine, plural], billjēm [dative, feminine, plural], billjum [dative, feminine, plural], billjēm [dative, neuter, plural], billjum [dative, neuter, plural], billjēm [instrumental, masculine, plural], billjum [instrumental, masculine, plural], billjēm [feminine, instrumental, plural], billjum [feminine, instrumental, plural], billjēm [instrumental, neuter, plural], billjum [instrumental, neuter, plural]
  1. kind, gentle, merciful Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-bil(i)-gmw-pro-adj-Wcp8KguV Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Proto-West Germanic entries with etymon, Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 94 6 Disambiguation of Proto-West Germanic entries with etymon: 87 13 Disambiguation of Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header: 93 7
  2. decent, fair, equitable Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-bil(i)-gmw-pro-adj-3CkISAwQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bilalīk, biliþi, biliwiti
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "100 0",
      "word": "bilalīk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "100 0",
      "word": "biliþi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "100 0",
      "word": "biliwiti"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*bʰil-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰil-"
    ],
    [
      "φίλος",
      "φίλος#Ancient_Greek"
    ],
    [
      "bil",
      "bil#Old_Irish"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": ":inh",
        "3": "gem-pro:<alt:*bilaz><ety:inh<ine-pro:<alt:*bʰil-o-s><ety:der<*bʰil->>>>"
      },
      "expansion": "[Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*bʰil-\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang\" : \"gem-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-West Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*bil(i)\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"gmw-pro\" }\" data-lang=\"gmw-pro\" data-title=\"*bil(i)\">",
      "name": "ety"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*bilaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *bilaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*bʰil-o-s"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "φίλος",
        "t": "dear, beloved, lief"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos, “dear, beloved, lief”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "bil",
        "t": "good, mild"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Irish bil (“good, mild”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *bilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s, from *bʰil- (“good, decent”); the original sense seems to have been \"equal, even\". Cognate with Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos, “dear, beloved, lief”), Old Irish bil (“good, mild”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bil",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "i",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gmw-infl-adj",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bil",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bil",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilanā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bil",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bileʀā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilumē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bileʀē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilumē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bileʀu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bileʀō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bileʀō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bileʀō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bilum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gmw-infl-adj",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bili",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "billju",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bili",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "billjanā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "billjā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bili",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "billjas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "billjeʀā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "billjas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "billjumē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "billjeʀē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "billjumē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "billju",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "billjeʀu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "billju",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "billjē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "billjō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "billju",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "billjā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "billjā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "billju",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "billjeʀō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "billjeʀō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "billjeʀō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "billjēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "billjum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "billjēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "billjum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "billjēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "billjum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "billjēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "billjum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "billjēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "billjum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "billjēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "billjum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "*bil(i)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bil"
      },
      "name": "gmw-infl-adj"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bili"
      },
      "name": "gmw-infl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bil(i)",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "79 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "90 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "94 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "87 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-West Germanic entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "93 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "kind, gentle, merciful"
      ],
      "id": "en-bil(i)-gmw-pro-adj-Wcp8KguV",
      "links": [
        [
          "kind",
          "kind"
        ],
        [
          "gentle",
          "gentle"
        ],
        [
          "merciful",
          "merciful"
        ]
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      ],
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          "equitable",
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        ]
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    "Brill Publishers",
    "Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme"
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}
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    "Pages with etymon",
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    "Proto-West Germanic adjectives",
    "Proto-West Germanic entries with etymon",
    "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Proto-West Germanic ja-stem adjectives",
    "Proto-West Germanic lemmas",
    "Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Proto-West Germanic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰil-",
    "Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European"
  ],
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    },
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    }
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        "singular"
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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        "singular"
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        "singular"
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        "singular"
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        "plural"
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        "plural"
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
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        "feminine",
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        "plural"
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        "plural"
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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        "singular"
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        "singular"
      ]
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        "singular"
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        "singular"
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        "singular"
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        "singular"
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        "neuter",
        "singular"
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        "singular"
      ]
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        "singular"
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        "plural"
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        "plural"
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      ]
    },
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        "plural"
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "billjēm",
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    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "billjēm",
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      ]
    }
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    }
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  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
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  "pos": "adj",
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      ],
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          "decent",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    "Brill Publishers",
    "Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme"
  ],
  "word": "bil(i)"
}

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