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"masculine",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "so",
"2": "noun",
"3": "plural",
"4": "doobab",
"5": "or",
"6": "",
"f1accel-form": "p",
"f1g": "m",
"f2accel-form": "p",
"g": "m",
"head": "dòob",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "dòob m (plural doobab m)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"g": "m",
"gpl": "m",
"head": "dòob",
"pl": "doobab"
},
"expansion": "dòob m (plural doobab m)",
"name": "so-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Somali",
"lang_code": "so",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Somali entries with incorrect language header",
"Somali lemmas",
"Somali masculine nouns",
"Somali nouns",
"Somali terms derived from Proto-Cushitic",
"Somali terms inherited from Proto-Cushitic"
],
"glosses": [
"bachelor"
],
"links": [
[
"bachelor",
"bachelor"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈdɔ̂ːb/"
}
],
"word": "doob"
}
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