"sceafa" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Old English]

IPA: /ˈʃɑ.fɑ/, [ˈʃɑ.vɑ]
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *skabô. Cognate with Middle Dutch schave (Dutch schaaf), Old High German scaba (German Schabe). Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*skabô}} Proto-Germanic *skabô, {{cog|dum|schave}} Middle Dutch schave, {{cog|nl|schaaf}} Dutch schaaf, {{cog|goh|scaba}} Old High German scaba, {{cog|de|Schabe}} German Schabe Head templates: {{ang-noun|m|sċeafan|head=sċeafa}} sċeafa m (nominative plural sċeafan) Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-n-m|sċeaf}}, {{ang-decl-noun|sċeafa|sċeafan|sċeafan|sċeafan|sċeafan|sċeafena|sċeafan|sċeafum|num=|title=|type=weak}} Forms: sċeafa [canonical, masculine], sċeafan [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], sċeafa [nominative, singular], sċeafan [nominative, plural], sċeafan [accusative, singular], sċeafan [accusative, plural], sċeafan [genitive, singular], sċeafena [genitive, plural], sċeafan [dative, singular], sċeafum [dative, plural], sċafa [alternative]
  1. shave (tool), plane, paring knife
    Sense id: en-sceafa-ang-noun-q2fWFQlw Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "shave"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "schave"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "shave"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "schafe"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "shave"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "shave"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*skabô"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "schave"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch schave",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "schaaf"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch schaaf",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "scaba"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German scaba",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Schabe"
      },
      "expansion": "German Schabe",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *skabô. Cognate with Middle Dutch schave (Dutch schaaf), Old High German scaba (German Schabe).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sċeafa",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċeafan",
      "links": [
        [
          "sċeafan",
          "sceafan"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-n-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċeafa",
      "links": [
        [
          "sċeafa",
          "sceafa#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċeafan",
      "links": [
        [
          "sċeafan",
          "sceafan#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċeafan",
      "links": [
        [
          "sċeafan",
          "sceafan#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċeafan",
      "links": [
        [
          "sċeafan",
          "sceafan#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċeafan",
      "links": [
        [
          "sċeafan",
          "sceafan#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċeafena",
      "links": [
        [
          "sċeafena",
          "sceafena#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċeafan",
      "links": [
        [
          "sċeafan",
          "sceafan#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċeafum",
      "links": [
        [
          "sċeafum",
          "sceafum#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċafa",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "sċeafan",
        "head": "sċeafa"
      },
      "expansion": "sċeafa m (nominative plural sċeafan)",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sċeaf"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-n-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sċeafa",
        "2": "sċeafan",
        "3": "sċeafan",
        "4": "sċeafan",
        "5": "sċeafan",
        "6": "sċeafena",
        "7": "sċeafan",
        "8": "sċeafum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "weak"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "shave (tool), plane, paring knife"
      ],
      "id": "en-sceafa-ang-noun-q2fWFQlw",
      "links": [
        [
          "shave",
          "shave"
        ],
        [
          "plane",
          "plane"
        ],
        [
          "paring knife",
          "paring knife"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃɑ.fɑ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʃɑ.vɑ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sceafa"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "shave"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "schave"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "shave"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "schafe"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "shave"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "shave"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *skabô",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "schave"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch schave",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "schaaf"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch schaaf",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "scaba"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German scaba",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Schabe"
      },
      "expansion": "German Schabe",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *skabô. Cognate with Middle Dutch schave (Dutch schaaf), Old High German scaba (German Schabe).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sċeafa",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċeafan",
      "links": [
        [
          "sċeafan",
          "sceafan"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-n-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċeafa",
      "links": [
        [
          "sċeafa",
          "sceafa#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċeafan",
      "links": [
        [
          "sċeafan",
          "sceafan#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċeafan",
      "links": [
        [
          "sċeafan",
          "sceafan#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċeafan",
      "links": [
        [
          "sċeafan",
          "sceafan#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċeafan",
      "links": [
        [
          "sċeafan",
          "sceafan#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċeafena",
      "links": [
        [
          "sċeafena",
          "sceafena#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċeafan",
      "links": [
        [
          "sċeafan",
          "sceafan#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċeafum",
      "links": [
        [
          "sċeafum",
          "sceafum#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sċafa",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "sċeafan",
        "head": "sċeafa"
      },
      "expansion": "sċeafa m (nominative plural sċeafan)",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sċeaf"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-n-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sċeafa",
        "2": "sċeafan",
        "3": "sċeafan",
        "4": "sċeafan",
        "5": "sċeafan",
        "6": "sċeafena",
        "7": "sċeafan",
        "8": "sċeafum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "weak"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old English lemmas",
        "Old English masculine n-stem nouns",
        "Old English masculine nouns",
        "Old English nouns",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "shave (tool), plane, paring knife"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shave",
          "shave"
        ],
        [
          "plane",
          "plane"
        ],
        [
          "paring knife",
          "paring knife"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃɑ.fɑ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʃɑ.vɑ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sceafa"
}

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