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{
"etymology_links": [
[
"שווא / שְׁוָא",
"שווא#Hebrew"
],
[
"schwa",
"schwa#English"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "he",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Hebrew",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "שווא",
"dwv": "שְׁוָא",
"tr": "shvá, šəwɔʾ"
},
"expansion": "שווא / שְׁוָא (shvá, šəwɔʾ)",
"name": "he-m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "schwa"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of schwa",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Hebrew שווא / שְׁוָא (shvá, šəwɔʾ). Doublet of schwa.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "shvas",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "schwa",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "sheva",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "shewa",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "shva (plural shvas)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "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"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Diacritical marks",
"orig": "en:Diacritical marks",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A Hebrew nikud vowel sign written as two vertical dots beneath a letter, in Israeli Hebrew indicating either the phoneme /e/ or the complete absence of a vowel."
],
"id": "en-shva-en-noun-en:Q122491",
"links": [
[
"Hebrew",
"Hebrew"
],
[
"nikud",
"nikud"
],
[
"vowel",
"vowel"
],
[
"sign",
"sign"
],
[
"phoneme",
"phoneme"
]
],
"senseid": [
"en:Q122491"
],
"wikidata": [
"Q122491"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ʃvɑː/"
}
],
"word": "shva"
}
{
"etymology_links": [
[
"שווא / שְׁוָא",
"שווא#Hebrew"
],
[
"schwa",
"schwa#English"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "he",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Hebrew",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "שווא",
"dwv": "שְׁוָא",
"tr": "shvá, šəwɔʾ"
},
"expansion": "שווא / שְׁוָא (shvá, šəwɔʾ)",
"name": "he-m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "schwa"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of schwa",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Hebrew שווא / שְׁוָא (shvá, šəwɔʾ). Doublet of schwa.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "shvas",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "schwa",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "sheva",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "shewa",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "shva (plural shvas)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English doublets",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms borrowed from Hebrew",
"English terms derived from Hebrew",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"en:Diacritical marks"
],
"glosses": [
"A Hebrew nikud vowel sign written as two vertical dots beneath a letter, in Israeli Hebrew indicating either the phoneme /e/ or the complete absence of a vowel."
],
"links": [
[
"Hebrew",
"Hebrew"
],
[
"nikud",
"nikud"
],
[
"vowel",
"vowel"
],
[
"sign",
"sign"
],
[
"phoneme",
"phoneme"
]
],
"senseid": [
"en:Q122491"
],
"wikidata": [
"Q122491"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ʃvɑː/"
}
],
"word": "shva"
}
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