See snark on Wiktionary
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"word": "snarkofag"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "snarka"
},
"expansion": "Deverbal from snarka",
"name": "deverbal"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Deverbal from snarka.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sv-infl-noun-n-zero",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "snark",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "snarket",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "snark",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "snarken",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "snarks",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "snarkets",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "snarks",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "snarkens",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "nouns",
"3": "",
"g": "n",
"g2": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "snark n",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "n"
},
"expansion": "snark n",
"name": "sv-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "sv-infl-noun-n-zero"
}
],
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"english": "to snore",
"word": "snarka"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"the act of snoring, and the noise produced"
],
"links": [
[
"snoring",
"snoring"
],
[
"noise",
"noise"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "snarkande"
}
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
}
],
"word": "snark"
}
Download raw JSONL data for snark meaning in All languages combined (16.7kB)
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"called_from": "parser/1336",
"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
"path": [
"snark"
],
"section": "Icelandic",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "snark",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "parser/1336",
"msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </div>",
"path": [
"snark"
],
"section": "Icelandic",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "snark",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/2466",
"msg": "accepted heuristic header: table cell identified as header and given candidate status, AND the cleaned text is in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS[Icelandic]; cleaned text: n-s",
"path": [
"snark"
],
"section": "Icelandic",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "snark",
"trace": ""
}
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