See bjerk on Wiktionary
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"derived": [
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "bjerkeved"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "dvergbjerk"
}
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"bjǫrk",
"bjǫrk#Old_Norse"
],
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"*birkijǭ",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/birkijǭ"
],
[
"*bʰerHǵos",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰerHǵos"
],
[
"birch",
"birch#English"
],
[
"भूर्ज",
"भूर्ज#Sanskrit"
]
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},
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},
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},
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"2": "भूर्ज",
"tr": "bhūrjá"
},
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"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Norse bjǫrk, from Proto-Germanic *birkijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵos. Cognate with English birch and Sanskrit भूर्ज (bhūrjá).",
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"tags": [
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bjerken",
"tags": [
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bjerker",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bjerkene",
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"plural"
]
},
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],
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[
"birch",
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],
[
"Betula",
"Betula#Translingual"
]
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"birch (wood from the birch tree)"
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"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰerHǵos"
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[
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"birch#English"
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[
"भूर्ज",
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},
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}
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"definite",
"singular"
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},
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"definite",
"singular"
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},
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"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
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"form": "bjerkene",
"tags": [
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
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"tags": [
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}
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"pos": "noun",
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"a birch (tree of genus Betula)"
],
"links": [
[
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[
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"Betula#Translingual"
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"tags": [
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],
"links": [
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]
}
],
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}
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"tags": [
"definite",
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},
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"form": "bjerker",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
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"4": "bjerkene",
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"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
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"feminine"
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}
],
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}
Download raw JSONL data for bjerk meaning in All languages combined (2.9kB)
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"trace": ""
}
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