See floc on Wiktionary
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"etymology_links": [
[
"*bʰlok-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/bʰlok-"
],
[
"floccus",
"floccus#Latin"
],
[
"floccus",
"floccus#Latin"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": ":inh",
"3": "la:floccus",
"text": "+",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *bʰlok-der.\nLatin floccus\nRomanian floc\n[Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*bʰlok-\", \"status\" : \"missing\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"derived\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"floccus\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Romanian\", \"term\" : \"floc\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ro\" }\" data-lang=\"ro\" data-title=\"floc\">\nInherited from Latin floccus.",
"name": "ety"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ro",
"2": ":inh",
"3": "la:floccus",
"text": "+",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *bʰlok-der.\nLatin floccus\nRomanian floc\nInherited from Latin floccus.",
"name": "ety"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *bʰlok-der.\nLatin floccus\nRomanian floc\nInherited from Latin floccus.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "floc m floc",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"neuter"
]
},
{
"form": "floci",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "floace",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ro-noun-m",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "floc",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "flocul",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "floci",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "flocii",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "floc",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "flocului",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "floci",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "flocilor",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "flocule",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "flocilor",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ro-noun-n",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "floc",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "flocul",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "floace",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "floacele",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "floc",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "flocului",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "floace",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "floacelor",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "flocule",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "floacelor",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m",
"2": "floci"
},
"expansion": "floc m (plural floci)",
"name": "ro-noun"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "n",
"2": "floace"
},
"expansion": "floc n (plural floace)",
"name": "ro-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"gpd": "flocilor",
"gpi": "floci",
"gsd": "flocului",
"gsi": "floc",
"n": "",
"npd": "flocii",
"npi": "floci",
"nsd": "flocul",
"nsi": "floc",
"vp": "flocilor",
"vs": "flocule",
"vs2": ""
},
"name": "ro-decl-noun"
},
{
"args": {
"gpd": "floacelor",
"gpi": "floace",
"gsd": "flocului",
"gsi": "floc",
"n": "",
"npd": "floacele",
"npi": "floace",
"nsd": "flocul",
"nsi": "floc",
"vp": "floacelor",
"vs": "flocule"
},
"name": "ro-decl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "flocos"
},
{
"word": "miță"
},
{
"word": "smoc"
},
{
"word": "șuviță"
},
{
"word": "fulg"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"floc, floccule"
],
"links": [
[
"floc",
"floc#English"
],
[
"floccule",
"floccule"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"tuft (of hair)"
],
"links": [
[
"tuft",
"tuft"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"flock (of wool)"
],
"links": [
[
"flock",
"flock"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Romanian colloquialisms",
"Romanian vulgarities"
],
"glosses": [
"pubic hair"
],
"links": [
[
"pubic hair",
"pubic hair"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial, vulgar) pubic hair"
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"vulgar"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"rhymes": "-ok"
}
],
"word": "floc"
}
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{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1147",
"msg": "suspicious related form tags ['neuter', 'canonical']: 'floc m floc' in 'floc m (plural floci) floc n (plural floace)'",
"path": [
"floc"
],
"section": "Romanian",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "floc",
"trace": ""
}
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