See chek on Wiktionary
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}
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"source": "mutation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
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"source": "mutation",
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"Middle English terms derived from Old French",
"Middle English terms derived from Old Persian",
"Middle English terms derived from Persian",
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"Pages with entries"
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"2": "fro",
"3": "eschec"
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"name": "bor"
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{
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"1": "enm",
"2": "la-med",
"3": "scaccus"
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"name": "der"
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{
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"2": "ar",
"3": "شَاه"
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"name": "der"
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{
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"2": "fa",
"3": "شاه",
"tr": "šâh"
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{
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"3": "𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠",
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"5": "king",
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"ts": "xšāyaθiya"
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"name": "der"
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"tags": [
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{
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"tags": [
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"alternative"
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"2": "interjection"
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"chess"
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"(chess) Said when the opponent's king is under attack. [from 14th c.]"
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"ipa": "/t͡ʃɛːk/"
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"Middle English terms derived from Old Persian",
"Middle English terms derived from Persian",
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"name": "der"
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"tags": [
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"form": "check",
"tags": [
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"tags": [
"alternative"
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{
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"alternative"
]
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"attack"
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"raid"
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]
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"A checkered pattern."
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"(rare) A checkered pattern. [from 15th c.]"
],
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"A check."
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"lifestyle"
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{
"ipa": "/t͡ʃɛːk/"
}
],
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"3": "check"
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"name": "bor+"
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"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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}
],
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"Spanish nouns",
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"Spanish terms derived from English",
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"check valve"
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"check valve"
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"(Costa Rica) check valve"
],
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"Costa-Rica",
"masculine"
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}
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{
"ipa": "[ˈt͡ʃek]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ek"
}
],
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}
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
"msg": "unrecognized head form: a go chek",
"path": [
"chek"
],
"section": "Antigua and Barbuda Creole English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "chek",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
"msg": "unrecognized head form: wi chek",
"path": [
"chek"
],
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"subsection": "verb",
"title": "chek",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
"msg": "unrecognized head form: wil chek",
"path": [
"chek"
],
"section": "Antigua and Barbuda Creole English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "chek",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/865",
"msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: chek/Cornish 'aspirate' base_tags={'soft', 'unmutated'}",
"path": [
"chek"
],
"section": "Cornish",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "chek",
"trace": ""
}
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"called_from": "inflection/865",
"msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: chek/Cornish 'hard' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form', 'soft', 'unmutated'}",
"path": [
"chek"
],
"section": "Cornish",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "chek",
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