See gingiva on Wiktionary
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"form": "gingīvīs",
"links": [
[
"gingīvīs",
"gingivis#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "gingīvam",
"links": [
[
"gingīvam",
"gingivam#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "gingīvās",
"links": [
[
"gingīvās",
"gingivas#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "gingīvā",
"links": [
[
"gingīvā",
"gingiva#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "gingīvīs",
"links": [
[
"gingīvīs",
"gingivis#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"ablative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "gingīva",
"links": [
[
"gingīva",
"gingiva#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "gingīvae",
"links": [
[
"gingīvae",
"gingivae#Latin"
]
],
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gingīva<1>"
},
"expansion": "gingīva f (genitive gingīvae); first declension",
"name": "la-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gingīva<1>"
},
"name": "la-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Latin 3-syllable words",
"Latin entries with etymon",
"Latin entries with incorrect language header",
"Latin feminine nouns",
"Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
"Latin first declension nouns",
"Latin lemmas",
"Latin nouns",
"Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Latin terms with unknown etymologies",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Pages with etymon",
"la:Anatomy"
],
"glosses": [
"gum (in which the teeth are set)"
],
"links": [
[
"anatomy",
"anatomy"
],
[
"gum",
"gum"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(anatomy) gum (in which the teeth are set)"
],
"tags": [
"declension-1"
],
"topics": [
"anatomy",
"medicine",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ɡɪŋˈɡiː.wa]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[d͡ʒin̠ʲˈd͡ʒiː.va]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "gingiva"
}
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