"elgr" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Old Norse]

Etymology: From an earlier *ælgʀ, from Proto-Norse *ælgiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *algiz, from Proto-Indo-European *el- (“red, brown”). Etymology templates: {{inh|non|gmq-pro|*ælgiʀ}} Proto-Norse *ælgiʀ, {{inh|non|gem-pro|*algiz}} Proto-Germanic *algiz, {{der|non|ine-pro|*el-||red, brown}} Proto-Indo-European *el- (“red, brown”) Head templates: {{head|non|noun||{{{2}}}|or|||{{{datacc}}}||{{{dative}}}||{{{3}}}|or|||{{{ap}}}|g=m|g2=|head=|sort=|tr=}} elgr m, {{non-noun|m}} elgr m Inflection templates: {{non-decl-m-i1|elg|1j=elgj}}, {{non-decl-blank-full|apd=elgina|api=elgi|asd=elginn|asi=elg|dpd=elgjunum|dpi=elgjum|dsd=elginum|dsi=elg|g=masculine|gpd=elgjanna|gpi=elgja|gsd=elgsins|gsi=elgs|notes=|npd=elgirnir|npi=elgir|nsd=elgrinn|nsi=elgr|stem=strong i-stem, s-genitive|title=elgr}}, {{non-decl-cell|elgr|nsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|elgrinn|nsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|elgir|npi}}, {{non-decl-cell|elgirnir|npd}}, {{non-decl-cell|elg|asi}}, {{non-decl-cell|elginn|asd}}, {{non-decl-cell|elgi|api}}, {{non-decl-cell|elgina|apd}}, {{non-decl-cell|elg|dsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|elginum|dsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|elgjum|dpi}}, {{non-decl-cell|elgjunum|dpd}}, {{non-decl-cell|elgs|gsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|elgsins|gsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|elgja|gpi}}, {{non-decl-cell|elgjanna|gpd}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], elgr [indefinite, nominative, singular], elgrinn [definite, nominative, singular], elgir [indefinite, nominative, plural], elgirnir [definite, nominative, plural], elg [accusative, indefinite, singular], elginn [accusative, definite, singular], elgi [accusative, indefinite, plural], elgina [accusative, definite, plural], elg [dative, indefinite, singular], elginum [dative, definite, singular], elgjum [dative, indefinite, plural], elgjunum [dative, definite, plural], elgs [genitive, indefinite, singular], elgsins [definite, genitive, singular], elgja [genitive, indefinite, plural], elgjanna [definite, genitive, plural], ᛅᛚᚴᚱ [alternative], ælgr [alternative], *ælgʀ [alternative]
  1. (North America) moose, (British) elk Tags: North-America, masculine Derived forms: elgskógr, elgfróði, elgjaveiðr
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "word": "elgur"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "lang_code": "fo",
      "word": "elgur"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "lang_code": "nn",
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "elg"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "lang_code": "nn",
      "word": "alg"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "lang_code": "sv",
          "word": "älg"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old Swedish",
      "lang_code": "gmq-osw",
      "word": "ælgher"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "lang_code": "nb",
          "word": "elg"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "word": "elg"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gmq-pro",
        "3": "*ælgiʀ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Norse *ælgiʀ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*algiz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *algiz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*el-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "red, brown"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *el- (“red, brown”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From an earlier *ælgʀ, from Proto-Norse *ælgiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *algiz, from Proto-Indo-European *el- (“red, brown”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "non-decl-m-i1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elgr",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elgrinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elgir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elgirnir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elg",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elginn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elgi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elgina",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elg",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elginum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elgjum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elgjunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elgs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elgsins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elgja",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elgjanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᛅᛚᚴᚱ",
      "roman": "alkr",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ælgr",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "*ælgʀ",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "10": "{{{dative}}}",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{3}}}",
        "13": "or",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{ap}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "{{{2}}}",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{datacc}}}",
        "9": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "elgr m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "elgr m",
      "name": "non-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "elg",
        "1j": "elgj"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-m-i1"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "apd": "elgina",
        "api": "elgi",
        "asd": "elginn",
        "asi": "elg",
        "dpd": "elgjunum",
        "dpi": "elgjum",
        "dsd": "elginum",
        "dsi": "elg",
        "g": "masculine",
        "gpd": "elgjanna",
        "gpi": "elgja",
        "gsd": "elgsins",
        "gsi": "elgs",
        "notes": "",
        "npd": "elgirnir",
        "npi": "elgir",
        "nsd": "elgrinn",
        "nsi": "elgr",
        "stem": "strong i-stem, s-genitive",
        "title": "elgr"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-blank-full"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "elgr",
        "2": "nsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "elgrinn",
        "2": "nsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "elgir",
        "2": "npi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "elgirnir",
        "2": "npd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "elg",
        "2": "asi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "elginn",
        "2": "asd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "elgi",
        "2": "api"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "elgina",
        "2": "apd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "elg",
        "2": "dsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "elginum",
        "2": "dsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "elgjum",
        "2": "dpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "elgjunum",
        "2": "dpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "elgs",
        "2": "gsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "elgsins",
        "2": "gsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "elgja",
        "2": "gpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "elgjanna",
        "2": "gpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-Norse terms in nonstandard scripts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "non",
          "name": "Cervids",
          "orig": "non:Cervids",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "elgskógr"
        },
        {
          "word": "elgfróði"
        },
        {
          "word": "elgjaveiðr"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "moose, (British) elk"
      ],
      "id": "en-elgr-non-noun-Wtz2LQdg",
      "links": [
        [
          "moose",
          "moose"
        ],
        [
          "elk",
          "elk"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(North America) moose, (British) elk"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "North-America",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "elgr"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "elgskógr"
    },
    {
      "word": "elgfróði"
    },
    {
      "word": "elgjaveiðr"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "word": "elgur"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "lang_code": "fo",
      "word": "elgur"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "lang_code": "nn",
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "elg"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "lang_code": "nn",
      "word": "alg"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "lang_code": "sv",
          "word": "älg"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old Swedish",
      "lang_code": "gmq-osw",
      "word": "ælgher"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "lang_code": "nb",
          "word": "elg"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "word": "elg"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gmq-pro",
        "3": "*ælgiʀ"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Norse *ælgiʀ",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*algiz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *algiz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*el-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "red, brown"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *el- (“red, brown”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From an earlier *ælgʀ, from Proto-Norse *ælgiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *algiz, from Proto-Indo-European *el- (“red, brown”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "non-decl-m-i1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elgr",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elgrinn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elgir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elgirnir",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elg",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elginn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elgi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elgina",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elg",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elginum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elgjum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elgjunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elgs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elgsins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elgja",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "elgjanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᛅᛚᚴᚱ",
      "roman": "alkr",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ælgr",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "*ælgʀ",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "10": "{{{dative}}}",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{3}}}",
        "13": "or",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "{{{ap}}}",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "{{{2}}}",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{datacc}}}",
        "9": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "elgr m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "elgr m",
      "name": "non-noun"
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      "args": {
        "1": "elg",
        "1j": "elgj"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-m-i1"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "apd": "elgina",
        "api": "elgi",
        "asd": "elginn",
        "asi": "elg",
        "dpd": "elgjunum",
        "dpi": "elgjum",
        "dsd": "elginum",
        "dsi": "elg",
        "g": "masculine",
        "gpd": "elgjanna",
        "gpi": "elgja",
        "gsd": "elgsins",
        "gsi": "elgs",
        "notes": "",
        "npd": "elgirnir",
        "npi": "elgir",
        "nsd": "elgrinn",
        "nsi": "elgr",
        "stem": "strong i-stem, s-genitive",
        "title": "elgr"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-blank-full"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "elgr",
        "2": "nsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "elgrinn",
        "2": "nsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "elgir",
        "2": "npi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "elgirnir",
        "2": "npd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "elg",
        "2": "asi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "elginn",
        "2": "asd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "elgi",
        "2": "api"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "elgina",
        "2": "apd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "elg",
        "2": "dsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "elginum",
        "2": "dsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "elgjum",
        "2": "dpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "elgjunum",
        "2": "dpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "elgs",
        "2": "gsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "elgsins",
        "2": "gsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "elgja",
        "2": "gpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "elgjanna",
        "2": "gpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Norse lemmas",
        "Old Norse masculine i-stem nouns",
        "Old Norse masculine nouns",
        "Old Norse nouns",
        "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Norse",
        "Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Norse",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Proto-Norse terms in nonstandard scripts",
        "non:Cervids"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "moose, (British) elk"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "moose",
          "moose"
        ],
        [
          "elk",
          "elk"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(North America) moose, (British) elk"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "North-America",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "elgr"
}

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