"dvēsele" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Latvian]

IPA: [ˈdvɛ̄ːsɛlɛ]
Etymology: From Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?], ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwes- (“to breathe; breath, spirit, soul”) whence Latvian dvest (“to breathe”). Cognate with Lithuanian dvėselė (“soul; (dialectal) strength”) as well as more distantly daũsios and dvė̃sti; Slavic *dušà and *dȗxъ; Gaulish dusios; and English deer (originally "living thing" < "soul"). Etymology templates: {{root|lv|ine-pro|*dʰwes-}}, {{inh|lv|ine-bsl-pro|}} Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?], {{der|lv|ine-pro|*dʰwes-||to breathe; breath, spirit, soul}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰwes- (“to breathe; breath, spirit, soul”), {{cog|lv|dvest||to breathe}} Latvian dvest (“to breathe”), {{q|dialectal}} (dialectal), {{cog|lt|dvėselė||soul; (dialectal) strength}} Lithuanian dvėselė (“soul; (dialectal) strength”), {{cog|cel-gau|dusios}} Gaulish dusios, {{cog|en|deer}} English deer Head templates: {{head|lv|noun|5th declension||||||or||||or||||cat2=|g=f|g2=|head=|head2=|sort=}} dvēsele f (5th declension), {{lv-noun|f|5th}} dvēsele f (5th declension) Inflection templates: {{lv-decl-noun|dvēse|e|5th||l|ļ}}, {{lv-decl-noun-5|dvēse|e|4=|5=l|6=ļ|7=|8=|drop-v=|keep-s=|x=0}}, {{lv-decl-noun-table|dvēsele|dvēseles|dvēseli|dvēseles|dvēseles|dvēseļu|dvēselei|dvēselēm|dvēseli|dvēselēm|dvēselē|dvēselēs|dvēsele|dvēseles|type=5th|x=0}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], dvēsele [nominative, singular], dvēseles [nominative, plural], dvēseles [genitive, singular], dvēseļu [genitive, plural], dvēselei [dative, singular], dvēselēm [dative, plural], dvēseli [accusative, singular], dvēseles [accusative, plural], dvēseli [instrumental, singular], dvēselēm [instrumental, plural], dvēselē [locative, singular], dvēselēs [locative, plural], dvēsele [singular, vocative], dvēseles [plural, vocative]
  1. (theology) soul Tags: declension-5, feminine

Inflected forms

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      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dʰwes-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "ine-bsl-pro",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?]",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "to breathe"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dialectal"
      },
      "expansion": "(dialectal)",
      "name": "q"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "dvėselė",
        "3": "",
        "4": "soul; (dialectal) strength"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian dvėselė (“soul; (dialectal) strength”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cel-gau",
        "2": "dusios"
      },
      "expansion": "Gaulish dusios",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "deer"
      },
      "expansion": "English deer",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lv-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dvēsele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dvēseles",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dvēseles",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dvēseļu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dvēselei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dvēselēm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dvēseli",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dvēseles",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dvēseli",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dvēselēm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dvēselē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dvēselēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dvēsele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dvēseles",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "or",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "5th declension",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "or",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "dvēsele f (5th declension)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "5th"
      },
      "expansion": "dvēsele f (5th declension)",
      "name": "lv-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dvēse",
        "2": "e",
        "3": "5th",
        "4": "",
        "5": "l",
        "6": "ļ"
      },
      "name": "lv-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dvēse",
        "2": "e",
        "4": "",
        "5": "l",
        "6": "ļ",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "drop-v": "",
        "keep-s": "",
        "x": "0"
      },
      "name": "lv-decl-noun-5"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dvēsele",
        "10": "dvēselēm",
        "11": "dvēselē",
        "12": "dvēselēs",
        "13": "dvēsele",
        "14": "dvēseles",
        "2": "dvēseles",
        "3": "dvēseli",
        "4": "dvēseles",
        "5": "dvēseles",
        "6": "dvēseļu",
        "7": "dvēselei",
        "8": "dvēselēm",
        "9": "dvēseli",
        "type": "5th",
        "x": "0"
      },
      "name": "lv-decl-noun-table"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latvian",
  "lang_code": "lv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latvian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latvian words with level intonation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "lv",
          "name": "Theology",
          "orig": "lv:Theology",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "soul"
      ],
      "id": "en-dvēsele-lv-noun-rg-szPCj",
      "links": [
        [
          "theology",
          "theology"
        ],
        [
          "soul",
          "soul"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(theology) soul"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-5",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle",
        "religion",
        "theology"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈdvɛ̄ːsɛlɛ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dvēsele"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dʰwes-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "ine-bsl-pro",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?]",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dʰwes-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to breathe; breath, spirit, soul"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *dʰwes- (“to breathe; breath, spirit, soul”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "dvest",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to breathe"
      },
      "expansion": "Latvian dvest (“to breathe”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dialectal"
      },
      "expansion": "(dialectal)",
      "name": "q"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "dvėselė",
        "3": "",
        "4": "soul; (dialectal) strength"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian dvėselė (“soul; (dialectal) strength”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cel-gau",
        "2": "dusios"
      },
      "expansion": "Gaulish dusios",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "deer"
      },
      "expansion": "English deer",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lv-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dvēsele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dvēseles",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dvēseles",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dvēseļu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dvēselei",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dvēselēm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dvēseli",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dvēseles",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dvēseli",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dvēselēm",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dvēselē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dvēselēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dvēsele",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dvēseles",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "or",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "5th declension",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "or",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "dvēsele f (5th declension)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "dvēsele f (5th declension)",
      "name": "lv-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dvēse",
        "2": "e",
        "3": "5th",
        "4": "",
        "5": "l",
        "6": "ļ"
      },
      "name": "lv-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dvēse",
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        "4": "",
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        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "drop-v": "",
        "keep-s": "",
        "x": "0"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "10": "dvēselēm",
        "11": "dvēselē",
        "12": "dvēselēs",
        "13": "dvēsele",
        "14": "dvēseles",
        "2": "dvēseles",
        "3": "dvēseli",
        "4": "dvēseles",
        "5": "dvēseles",
        "6": "dvēseļu",
        "7": "dvēselei",
        "8": "dvēselēm",
        "9": "dvēseli",
        "type": "5th",
        "x": "0"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latvian",
  "lang_code": "lv",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Latvian feminine nouns",
        "Latvian fifth declension nouns",
        "Latvian lemmas",
        "Latvian noun forms",
        "Latvian nouns",
        "Latvian terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic",
        "Latvian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latvian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰwes-",
        "Latvian terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic",
        "Latvian words with level intonation",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Balto-Slavic term requests",
        "lv:Theology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "soul"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "theology",
          "theology"
        ],
        [
          "soul",
          "soul"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(theology) soul"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-5",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle",
        "religion",
        "theology"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈdvɛ̄ːsɛlɛ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dvēsele"
}

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