See griff on Wiktionary
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"5": "plural",
"6": "griffek",
"7": "",
"8": "{{{alt}}}",
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},
"expansion": "griff (plural griffek)",
"name": "head"
},
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"name": "hu-noun"
}
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}
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"Hungarian lemmas",
"Hungarian links with redundant alt parameters",
"Hungarian links with redundant wikilinks",
"Hungarian nouns",
"Hungarian terms derived from Ancient Greek",
"Hungarian terms derived from German",
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"ipa": "[ˈɡrifː]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ifː"
}
],
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}
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"name": "der"
},
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{
"args": {
"1": "gmq-osw",
"2": "griper"
},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
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},
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}
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},
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],
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],
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]
],
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"mysticism",
"mythology",
"philosophy",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"word": "griff"
}
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