See scarp on Wiktionary
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"strong"
]
},
{
"form": "scarpemo",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"masculine",
"strong"
]
},
{
"form": "scarpero",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"strong"
]
},
{
"form": "scarpin",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"neuter",
"strong"
]
},
{
"form": "scarpemo",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"neuter",
"strong"
]
},
{
"form": "scarpon",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural",
"strong"
]
},
{
"form": "scarpo",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"nominative",
"weak"
]
},
{
"form": "scarpa",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"nominative",
"weak"
]
},
{
"form": "scarpa",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"nominative",
"weak"
]
},
{
"form": "scarpon",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural",
"weak"
]
},
{
"form": "scarpon",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"masculine",
"weak"
]
},
{
"form": "scarpon",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"weak"
]
},
{
"form": "scarpa",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"neuter",
"weak"
]
},
{
"form": "scarpon",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural",
"weak"
]
},
{
"form": "scarpin",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
"weak"
]
},
{
"form": "scarpon",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"weak"
]
},
{
"form": "scarpin",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"neuter",
"weak"
]
},
{
"form": "scarpono",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural",
"weak"
]
},
{
"form": "scarpin",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"masculine",
"weak"
]
},
{
"form": "scarpon",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"weak"
]
},
{
"form": "scarpin",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"neuter",
"weak"
]
},
{
"form": "scarpon",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural",
"weak"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "odt",
"2": "adjective"
},
"expansion": "scarp",
"name": "head"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "scarp"
},
"name": "odt-decl-adj-a"
}
],
"lang": "Old Dutch",
"lang_code": "odt",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Old Dutch a-stem adjectives",
"Old Dutch adjectives",
"Old Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
"Old Dutch lemmas",
"Old Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Old Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Old Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"sharp"
],
"links": [
[
"sharp",
"sharp"
]
]
}
],
"word": "scarp"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "sċarp",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sċarp"
},
"expansion": "sċarp",
"name": "ang-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "sċearp"
}
],
"categories": [
"Old English adjectives",
"Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"Old English lemmas",
"Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"alternative form of sċearp"
],
"links": [
[
"sċearp",
"scearp#Old_English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ʃɑrp/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ʃɑrˠp]"
}
],
"word": "scarp"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "scarpi",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ro-noun-m",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "scarp",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "scarpul",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "scarpi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "scarpii",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "scarp",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "scarpului",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "scarpi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "scarpilor",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "scarpule",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "scarpilor",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m",
"2": "scarpi"
},
"expansion": "scarp m (plural scarpi)",
"name": "ro-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"gpd": "scarpilor",
"gpi": "scarpi",
"gsd": "scarpului",
"gsi": "scarp",
"n": "",
"npd": "scarpii",
"npi": "scarpi",
"nsd": "scarpul",
"nsi": "scarp",
"vp": "scarpilor",
"vs": "scarpule",
"vs2": ""
},
"name": "ro-decl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "scarpă"
}
],
"categories": [
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Romanian countable nouns",
"Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
"Romanian lemmas",
"Romanian masculine nouns",
"Romanian nouns",
"Romanian obsolete forms"
],
"glosses": [
"obsolete form of scarpă"
],
"links": [
[
"scarpă",
"scarpă#Romanian"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"masculine",
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"word": "scarp"
}
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