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Noun [Latvian]

IPA: [spàːɾns]
Etymology: From Proto-Baltic *sparnas (with lengthening of the *a), from Proto-Indo-European *sper-no- (“wing”), from the stem *per-, *sper- (with s-mobile; or else the /s/ may result from the influence of the stem *sper- (“to twitch, to flicker”)), perhaps meaning originally “over (away from)”, then “carry (away)”, “fly (away)”. Cognates include Lithuanian spar̃nas, Old Church Slavonic перо (pero, “feather”), Russian перо́ (peró), Ukrainian перо́ (peró), Bulgarian перо́ (peró), Upper Sorbian pjero, German Farn, English fern, Hittite [script needed] (partau̯ar, “feather”), Sanskrit पर्ण (parṇá, “feather; leaf”). Etymology templates: {{inh|lv|bat-pro|-}} Proto-Baltic, {{inh|lv|ine-pro|*pornóm|*sper-no-|wing}} Proto-Indo-European *sper-no- (“wing”), {{cog|lt|spar̃nas}} Lithuanian spar̃nas, {{cog|cu|перо||feather}} Old Church Slavonic перо (pero, “feather”), {{cog|ru|перо́}} Russian перо́ (peró), {{cog|uk|перо́}} Ukrainian перо́ (peró), {{cog|bg|перо́}} Bulgarian перо́ (peró), {{cog|hsb|pjero}} Upper Sorbian pjero, {{cog|de|Farn}} German Farn, {{cog|en|fern}} English fern, {{cog|hit|||feather|tr=partau̯ar}} Hittite [script needed] (partau̯ar, “feather”), {{cog|sa|पर्ण||feather; leaf|tr=parṇá}} Sanskrit पर्ण (parṇá, “feather; leaf”) Head templates: {{head|lv|noun|1st declension||||||or||||or||||cat2=|g=m|g2=|head=|head2=|sort=}} spārns m (1st declension), {{lv-noun|m|1st}} spārns m (1st declension) Inflection templates: {{lv-decl-noun|spārn|s|1st|extrawidth=-60}}, {{lv-decl-noun-1|spārn|s|4=|5=|6=|7=|8=|drop-v=|keep-s=|x=-60}}, {{lv-decl-noun-table|spārns|spārni|spārnu|spārnus|spārna|spārnu|spārnam|spārniem|spārnu|spārniem|spārnā|spārnos|spārn|spārni|type=1st|x=-60}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], spārns [nominative, singular], spārni [nominative, plural], spārna [genitive, singular], spārnu [genitive, plural], spārnam [dative, singular], spārniem [dative, plural], spārnu [accusative, singular], spārnus [accusative, plural], spārnu [instrumental, singular], spārniem [instrumental, plural], spārnā [locative, singular], spārnos [locative, plural], spārn [singular, vocative], spārni [plural, vocative]
  1. (anatomy, of birds, insects, bats) wing (one of a pair of flight organs) Tags: declension-1, masculine
    Sense id: en-spārns-lv-noun-2iYAl93t Categories (other): Anatomy Topics: anatomy, biology, entomology, insects, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
  2. wing (plate-like appendage in a large machine that interacts with the environment (e.g., air, water)) Tags: declension-1, masculine
    Sense id: en-spārns-lv-noun-utPItDWf Categories (other): Latvian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latvian entries with incorrect language header: 18 37 8 1 26 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 51 4 2 8 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 55 3 2 7 14
  3. plaque-like elongated element or part in a machine Tags: declension-1, masculine
    Sense id: en-spārns-lv-noun-SFvkDfPW
  4. wing (lateral part or extension of a building) Tags: declension-1, masculine
    Sense id: en-spārns-lv-noun-agCbQ750
  5. (military) flank Tags: declension-1, masculine
    Sense id: en-spārns-lv-noun-j-yIJofJ Categories (other): Military, Latvian words with falling intonation Disambiguation of Latvian words with falling intonation: 17 21 15 5 30 11 Topics: government, military, politics, war
  6. wing (a group of people, within a larger group) Tags: declension-1, masculine
    Sense id: en-spārns-lv-noun-NbCBhZAG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: šikšnosparnis (english: bat), spārnots (english: winged)

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*sparnas",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Balto-Slavic/sparnas"
    ],
    [
      "*sper-no-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pornóm"
    ],
    [
      "*per-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/per-"
    ],
    [
      "*sper-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sper-"
    ],
    [
      "*sper-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sper-"
    ],
    [
      "spar̃nas",
      "sparnas#Lithuanian"
    ],
    [
      "перо",
      "перо#Old_Church_Slavonic"
    ],
    [
      "перо́",
      "перо#Russian"
    ],
    [
      "перо́",
      "перо#Ukrainian"
    ],
    [
      "перо́",
      "перо#Bulgarian"
    ],
    [
      "pjero",
      "pjero#Upper_Sorbian"
    ],
    [
      "Farn",
      "Farn#German"
    ],
    [
      "fern",
      "fern#English"
    ],
    [
      "पर्ण",
      "पर्ण#Sanskrit"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "bat-pro",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Baltic",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*pornóm",
        "4": "*sper-no-",
        "5": "wing"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *sper-no- (“wing”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "spar̃nas"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian spar̃nas",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cu",
        "2": "перо",
        "3": "",
        "4": "feather"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Church Slavonic перо (pero, “feather”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "перо́"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian перо́ (peró)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": "перо́"
      },
      "expansion": "Ukrainian перо́ (peró)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bg",
        "2": "перо́"
      },
      "expansion": "Bulgarian перо́ (peró)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hsb",
        "2": "pjero"
      },
      "expansion": "Upper Sorbian pjero",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Farn"
      },
      "expansion": "German Farn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fern"
      },
      "expansion": "English fern",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hit",
        "2": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "feather",
        "tr": "partau̯ar"
      },
      "expansion": "Hittite [script needed] (partau̯ar, “feather”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "पर्ण",
        "3": "",
        "4": "feather; leaf",
        "tr": "parṇá"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit पर्ण (parṇá, “feather; leaf”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Baltic *sparnas (with lengthening of the *a), from Proto-Indo-European *sper-no- (“wing”), from the stem *per-, *sper- (with s-mobile; or else the /s/ may result from the influence of the stem *sper- (“to twitch, to flicker”)), perhaps meaning originally “over (away from)”, then “carry (away)”, “fly (away)”. Cognates include Lithuanian spar̃nas, Old Church Slavonic перо (pero, “feather”), Russian перо́ (peró), Ukrainian перо́ (peró), Bulgarian перо́ (peró), Upper Sorbian pjero, German Farn, English fern, Hittite [script needed] (partau̯ar, “feather”), Sanskrit पर्ण (parṇá, “feather; leaf”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lv-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spārns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spārni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spārna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spārnu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spārnam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spārniem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spārnu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spārnus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spārnu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spārniem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spārnā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spārnos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spārn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spārni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "10": "",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "or",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "1st declension",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "or",
        "cat2": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "spārns m (1st declension)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "1st"
      },
      "expansion": "spārns m (1st declension)",
      "name": "lv-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spārn",
        "2": "s",
        "3": "1st",
        "extrawidth": "-60"
      },
      "name": "lv-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spārn",
        "2": "s",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "drop-v": "",
        "keep-s": "",
        "x": "-60"
      },
      "name": "lv-decl-noun-1"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spārns",
        "10": "spārniem",
        "11": "spārnā",
        "12": "spārnos",
        "13": "spārn",
        "14": "spārni",
        "2": "spārni",
        "3": "spārnu",
        "4": "spārnus",
        "5": "spārna",
        "6": "spārnu",
        "7": "spārnam",
        "8": "spārniem",
        "9": "spārnu",
        "type": "1st",
        "x": "-60"
      },
      "name": "lv-decl-noun-table"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latvian",
  "lang_code": "lv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "bat",
      "translation": "bat",
      "word": "šikšnosparnis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "winged",
      "translation": "winged",
      "word": "spārnots"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "lv",
          "name": "Anatomy",
          "orig": "lv:Anatomy",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              24,
              30
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              37,
              41
            ]
          ],
          "english": "a bird's, butterfly's, grasshopper's wing",
          "text": "putna, tauriņa, sienāža spārns",
          "translation": "a bird's, butterfly's, grasshopper's wing",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              8,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              22,
              27
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to open, spread one's wings",
          "text": "izplest spārnus",
          "translation": "to open, spread one's wings",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              15,
              20
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to close one's wings",
          "text": "sakļaust spārnus",
          "translation": "to close one's wings",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "wingbeats",
          "text": "spārnu vēzieni",
          "translation": "wingbeats",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wing (one of a pair of flight organs)"
      ],
      "id": "en-spārns-lv-noun-2iYAl93t",
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "bird",
          "bird"
        ],
        [
          "insect",
          "insect"
        ],
        [
          "bat",
          "bat"
        ],
        [
          "wing",
          "wing"
        ],
        [
          "pair",
          "pair#English"
        ],
        [
          "flight",
          "flight#English"
        ],
        [
          "organ",
          "organ#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "bats",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy, of birds, insects, bats) wing (one of a pair of flight organs)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of birds"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "biology",
        "entomology",
        "insects",
        "medicine",
        "natural-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "18 37 8 1 26 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latvian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 51 4 2 8 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 55 3 2 7 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              17
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "english": "airplane wing",
          "text": "lidmašīnas spārns",
          "translation": "airplane wing",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              17,
              23
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              15,
              20
            ]
          ],
          "english": "ship propeller wings",
          "text": "kuģa dzenskrūves spārni",
          "translation": "ship propeller wings",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wing (plate-like appendage in a large machine that interacts with the environment (e.g., air, water))"
      ],
      "id": "en-spārns-lv-noun-utPItDWf",
      "links": [
        [
          "wing",
          "wing"
        ],
        [
          "plate",
          "plate#English"
        ],
        [
          "appendage",
          "appendage#English"
        ],
        [
          "machine",
          "machine#English"
        ],
        [
          "interact",
          "interact#English"
        ],
        [
          "environment",
          "environment#English"
        ],
        [
          "air",
          "air#English"
        ],
        [
          "water",
          "water#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              19,
              25
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              19
            ],
            [
              26,
              31
            ]
          ],
          "english": "bicycle fork prongs (lit. wings)",
          "text": "velosidpēda dakšas spārni",
          "translation": "bicycle fork prongs (lit. wings)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plaque-like elongated element or part in a machine"
      ],
      "id": "en-spārns-lv-noun-SFvkDfPW",
      "links": [
        [
          "plaque",
          "plaque"
        ],
        [
          "elongated",
          "elongated"
        ],
        [
          "element",
          "element"
        ],
        [
          "part",
          "part"
        ],
        [
          "machine",
          "machine"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              15,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              13
            ]
          ],
          "english": "from one wing of the building to the other",
          "text": "no vienas ēkas spārna uz otru",
          "translation": "from one wing of the building to the other",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              72,
              76
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              37,
              41
            ]
          ],
          "english": "the library is situated in the right wing",
          "text": "labajā spārnā atrodas bibliotēka",
          "translation": "the library is situated in the right wing",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wing (lateral part or extension of a building)"
      ],
      "id": "en-spārns-lv-noun-agCbQ750",
      "links": [
        [
          "wing",
          "wing"
        ],
        [
          "lateral",
          "lateral#English"
        ],
        [
          "part",
          "part#English"
        ],
        [
          "extension",
          "extension#English"
        ],
        [
          "building",
          "building#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "lv",
          "name": "Military",
          "orig": "lv:Military",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 21 15 5 30 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latvian words with falling intonation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              59,
              66
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              61,
              66
            ]
          ],
          "english": "the colonel and his aide rode up to (their) position's right flank",
          "text": "pulkvedis ar savu adjutantu piejāja līdz pozīcijas labajam spārnam",
          "translation": "the colonel and his aide rode up to (their) position's right flank",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "flank"
      ],
      "id": "en-spārns-lv-noun-j-yIJofJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "flank",
          "flank"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(military) flank"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              30,
              36
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              12,
              16
            ]
          ],
          "english": "the radical wing of the philosophical school",
          "text": "filozofijas skolas radikālais spārns",
          "translation": "the radical wing of the philosophical school",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wing (a group of people, within a larger group)"
      ],
      "id": "en-spārns-lv-noun-NbCBhZAG",
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      "english": "bat",
      "translation": "bat",
      "word": "šikšnosparnis"
    },
    {
      "english": "winged",
      "translation": "winged",
      "word": "spārnots"
    }
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              41
            ]
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          "english": "a bird's, butterfly's, grasshopper's wing",
          "text": "putna, tauriņa, sienāža spārns",
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        },
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          ],
          "english": "to open, spread one's wings",
          "text": "izplest spārnus",
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              20
            ]
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          "english": "to close one's wings",
          "text": "sakļaust spārnus",
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              0,
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              0,
              4
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          "english": "wingbeats",
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        ],
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        ],
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          "english": "airplane wing",
          "text": "lidmašīnas spārns",
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              20
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          "english": "ship propeller wings",
          "text": "kuģa dzenskrūves spārni",
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          "type": "example"
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        "wing (plate-like appendage in a large machine that interacts with the environment (e.g., air, water))"
      ],
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          "wing",
          "wing"
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          "plate",
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          "appendage",
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        ],
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          "machine",
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          "interact",
          "interact#English"
        ],
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          "environment",
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        ],
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          "air",
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          "water",
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          "english": "bicycle fork prongs (lit. wings)",
          "text": "velosidpēda dakšas spārni",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plaque-like elongated element or part in a machine"
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          "plaque",
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          "elongated",
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          "english": "from one wing of the building to the other",
          "text": "no vienas ēkas spārna uz otru",
          "translation": "from one wing of the building to the other",
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              72,
              76
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              37,
              41
            ]
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          "english": "the library is situated in the right wing",
          "text": "labajā spārnā atrodas bibliotēka",
          "translation": "the library is situated in the right wing",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wing (lateral part or extension of a building)"
      ],
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          "wing",
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          "lateral",
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        ],
        [
          "part",
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        ],
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          "extension",
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          "building",
          "building#English"
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      ],
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        "masculine"
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          "english": "the colonel and his aide rode up to (their) position's right flank",
          "text": "pulkvedis ar savu adjutantu piejāja līdz pozīcijas labajam spārnam",
          "translation": "the colonel and his aide rode up to (their) position's right flank",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "flank"
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          "military",
          "military"
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          "flank",
          "flank"
        ]
      ],
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        "(military) flank"
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        "declension-1",
        "masculine"
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      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
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              16
            ]
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          "english": "the radical wing of the philosophical school",
          "text": "filozofijas skolas radikālais spārns",
          "translation": "the radical wing of the philosophical school",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wing (a group of people, within a larger group)"
      ],
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        [
          "wing",
          "wing"
        ],
        [
          "group",
          "group#English"
        ],
        [
          "people",
          "people#English"
        ],
        [
          "group",
          "group#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "masculine"
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    {
      "ipa": "[spàːɾns]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spārns"
}

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