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"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "gmw-infl-noun-a",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "a-stem",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "Masculine a-stem",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "dalk",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "dalkō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "dalkōs",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "dalk",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "dalkā",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "dalkas",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "dalkō",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "dalkē",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "dalkum",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "dalku",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "dalkum",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "noun",
"g": "m"
},
"expansion": "*dalk m",
"name": "head"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"g": "m"
},
"name": "gmw-infl-noun-a"
}
],
"lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
"lang_code": "gmw-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dalk",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"pin, needle"
],
"links": [
[
"pin",
"pin"
],
[
"needle",
"needle"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"reconstruction"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"clasp"
],
"links": [
[
"clasp",
"clasp"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"word": "dalk"
}
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