See flier on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *plew-\nProto-Indo-European *plewk-\nProto-Indo-European *-eti\nProto-Indo-European *pléwketi\nProto-Germanic *fleuganą\nProto-West Germanic *fleugan\nOld English flēogan\nMiddle English fliender.\nEnglish fly\nProto-Indo-European *-yósder.\nProto-Italic *-āzijos\nLatin -āriusnom.\nLatin -āriusbor.\nProto-Germanic *-ārijaz\nProto-West Germanic *-ārī\nOld English -ere\nMiddle English -ere\nEnglish -er\nEnglish flier\nFrom fly + -er (agent noun suffix).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "fliers",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "fliering",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "fliered",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "fliered",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "flier (third-person singular simple present fliers, present participle fliering, simple past and past participle fliered)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "flyer"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of flyer."
],
"links": [
[
"flyer",
"flyer#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-aɪə(ɹ)"
}
],
"word": "flier"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "ofs",
"3": "*flēr"
},
"expansion": "Old Frisian *flēr",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*flōr"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *flōr",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*flōraz",
"t": "ground; floor"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *flōraz (“ground; floor”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "vloer"
},
"expansion": "Dutch vloer",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "floor"
},
"expansion": "English floor",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Flur"
},
"expansion": "German Flur",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Frisian *flēr, from Proto-West Germanic *flōr, from Proto-Germanic *flōraz (“ground; floor”).\nCognate with Dutch vloer, English floor, German Flur.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "flierren",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "flierke",
"tags": [
"diminutive"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"10": "{{{pl3}}}",
"11": "",
"12": "",
"13": "diminutive",
"14": "flierke",
"15": "",
"16": "{{{dim2}}}",
"17": "",
"18": "{{{dim3}}}",
"2": "nouns",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "plural",
"6": "flierren",
"7": "",
"8": "{{{pl2}}}",
"9": "",
"f2accel-form": "p",
"f2request": "1",
"f6accel-form": "diminutive",
"g": "c",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "flier c (plural flierren, diminutive flierke)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "c",
"2": "flierren",
"3": "flierke"
},
"expansion": "flier c (plural flierren, diminutive flierke)",
"name": "fy-noun"
}
],
"lang": "West Frisian",
"lang_code": "fy",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"West Frisian common-gender nouns",
"West Frisian entries with incorrect language header",
"West Frisian lemmas",
"West Frisian nouns",
"West Frisian terms derived from Old Frisian",
"West Frisian terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"West Frisian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"West Frisian terms inherited from Old Frisian",
"West Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"West Frisian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic"
],
"glosses": [
"floor"
],
"links": [
[
"floor",
"floor"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "grûn"
}
],
"tags": [
"common-gender"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/fliər/"
}
],
"word": "flier"
}
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