See grif on Wiktionary
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"2": "goh",
"3": "grifo",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"id": "",
"lit": "",
"nocat": "",
"pos": "",
"sc": "",
"sort": "",
"tr": "",
"ts": ""
},
"expansion": "Old High German grifo",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "goh",
"3": "grifo"
},
"expansion": "Inherited from Old High German grifo",
"name": "inh+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "la",
"3": "grȳps"
},
"expansion": "Latin grȳps",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "grc",
"3": "γρύψ"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek γρύψ (grúps)",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Inherited from Old High German grifo, from Latin grȳps, from Ancient Greek γρύψ (grúps).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "grīf",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"form": "grīfe",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "noun",
"g": "m",
"head": "grīf"
},
"expansion": "grīf m",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle High German",
"lang_code": "gmh",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"gmh:Mythological creatures"
],
"glosses": [
"griffin, gryphon"
],
"links": [
[
"mythology",
"mythology"
],
[
"griffin",
"griffin"
],
[
"gryphon",
"gryphon"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(mythology) griffin, gryphon"
],
"related": [
{
"tags": [
"alternative"
],
"word": "grīfe"
}
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"mysticism",
"mythology",
"philosophy",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɡriːf/",
"note": "before 13ᵗʰ CE"
}
],
"word": "grif"
}
{
"categories": [
"Middle High German entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle High German non-lemma forms",
"Middle High German terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Middle High German verb forms",
"Pages with 8 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"West Frisian adverbs",
"West Frisian entries with incorrect language header",
"West Frisian lemmas"
],
"etymology_number": "2",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.",
"name": "nonlemma"
}
],
"etymology_text": "See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "grīf",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "verb form",
"head": "grīf"
},
"expansion": "grīf",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle High German",
"lang_code": "gmh",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "grīfen"
}
],
"glosses": [
"second-person singular present imperative of grīfen"
],
"links": [
[
"grīfen",
"grifen#Middle_High_German"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"imperative",
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɡriːf/",
"note": "before 13ᵗʰ CE"
}
],
"word": "grif"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 8 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"West Frisian adverbs",
"West Frisian entries with incorrect language header",
"West Frisian lemmas"
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "grīf",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "verb form",
"head": "grīf"
},
"expansion": "grīf",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Old High German",
"lang_code": "goh",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Old High German entries with incorrect language header",
"Old High German non-lemma forms",
"Old High German verb forms",
"Pages with 8 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"form_of": [
{
"word": "grīfan"
}
],
"glosses": [
"second-person singular present imperative of grīfan"
],
"links": [
[
"grīfan",
"grifan#Old_High_German"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"imperative",
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
}
],
"word": "grif"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 8 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Requests for accents in Serbo-Croatian noun entries",
"Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header",
"Serbo-Croatian inanimate nouns",
"Serbo-Croatian lemmas",
"Serbo-Croatian masculine inanimate nouns",
"Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns",
"Serbo-Croatian nouns",
"Serbo-Croatian terms borrowed from German",
"Serbo-Croatian terms derived from German",
"West Frisian adverbs",
"West Frisian entries with incorrect language header",
"West Frisian lemmas"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sh",
"2": "de",
"3": "Griff"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from German Griff",
"name": "bor+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from German Griff.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "гриф",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "",
"2": "m-in"
},
"expansion": "grif m inan (Cyrillic spelling гриф)",
"name": "sh-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Kajkavian Serbo-Croatian"
],
"glosses": [
"grip"
],
"links": [
[
"grip",
"grip"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Kajkavian) grip"
],
"tags": [
"Kajkavian",
"inanimate",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Kajkavian Serbo-Croatian"
],
"glosses": [
"handle"
],
"links": [
[
"handle",
"handle"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Kajkavian) handle"
],
"tags": [
"Kajkavian",
"inanimate",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"word": "grif"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 8 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"West Frisian adverbs",
"West Frisian entries with incorrect language header",
"West Frisian lemmas"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "grif"
},
"expansion": "Dutch grif",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Cognate with Dutch grif.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "adverb"
},
"expansion": "grif",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "West Frisian",
"lang_code": "fy",
"pos": "adv",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"certainly, without a doubt"
],
"links": [
[
"certainly",
"certainly"
],
[
"without a doubt",
"without a doubt"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"probably"
],
"links": [
[
"probably",
"probably"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"eagerly"
],
"links": [
[
"eagerly",
"eagerly"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɡrɪf/"
}
],
"word": "grif"
}
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