"twelf" meaning in All languages combined

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Numeral [Fanagalo]

Etymology: Borrowed from English twelve. Etymology templates: {{bor|fng|en|twelve}} English twelve Head templates: {{head|fng|numeral}} twelf
  1. twelve

Numeral [Low German]

Head templates: {{head|nds|numeral}} twelf
  1. (Low Prussian) alternative form of twalf (“twelve (12)”) Tags: Low-Prussian, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: twalf (extra: (“twelve (12)”))

Numeral [Middle English]

IPA: /twɛlf/ Forms: twelve [postpositional], tuelf [alternative], twelfe [alternative], twælf [alternative, Early-Middle-English], twellf [alternative, Ormulum]
Etymology: Inherited from Old English twelf, from Proto-West Germanic *twalif, in turn from Proto-Germanic *twalif. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|enm|ang|twelf|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old English twelf, {{inh+|enm|ang|twelf}} Inherited from Old English twelf, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*twalif}} Proto-West Germanic *twalif, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*twalif}} Proto-Germanic *twalif Head templates: {{head|enm|numeral|postpositive|twelve||{{{2}}}|f1l=|f2l=}} twelf (postpositive twelve), {{enm-numeral|twelve}} twelf (postpositive twelve)
  1. twelve Related terms: twelfte

Numeral [Middle Scots]

Forms: tuelf [alternative], twalf [alternative]
Etymology: Inherited from Early Scots twelf, from Proto-West Germanic *twalif, in turn from Proto-Germanic *twalif. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|gmw-msc|enm-esc|twelf|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Early Scots twelf, {{inh+|gmw-msc|enm-esc|twelf}} Inherited from Early Scots twelf, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*twalif}} Proto-West Germanic *twalif, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*twalif}} Proto-Germanic *twalif Head templates: {{head|gmw-msc|numeral}} twelf
  1. twelve
    Sense id: en-twelf-gmw-msc-num-0adJrYeb Categories (other): Middle Scots entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries

Numeral [Old English]

IPA: /twelf/, [tweɫf]
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *twalif, a compound of *twa- (compare two) and *-lif. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*twalif}} Proto-Germanic *twalif Head templates: {{head|ang|numeral}} twelf Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], twelfe [masculine, nominative], twelfe [feminine, nominative], twelfu [feminine, nominative], twelfe [accusative, feminine], twelfu [accusative, feminine], twelfa [genitive], twelfum [dative], twælf [alternative], tuœlf [alternative], tuelf [alternative]
  1. twelve Derived forms: twelffeald, twelfhynde

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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              "lang": "Scots",
              "lang_code": "sco",
              "word": "twel"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Scots",
              "lang_code": "sco",
              "word": "twol"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Middle Scots",
          "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
          "word": "twalf"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Early Middle English"
      ],
      "word": "twælf"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "twelve"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Scots",
              "lang_code": "sco",
              "word": "twal"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Scots",
              "lang_code": "sco",
              "word": "twel"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Scots",
              "lang_code": "sco",
              "word": "twol"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Middle Scots",
          "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
          "word": "twelf"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Scots",
              "lang_code": "sco",
              "word": "twal"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Scots",
              "lang_code": "sco",
              "word": "twel"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Scots",
              "lang_code": "sco",
              "word": "twol"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Middle Scots",
          "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
          "word": "tuelf"
        },
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Scots",
              "lang_code": "sco",
              "word": "twal"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Scots",
              "lang_code": "sco",
              "word": "twel"
            },
            {
              "lang": "Scots",
              "lang_code": "sco",
              "word": "twol"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Middle Scots",
          "lang_code": "gmw-msc",
          "word": "twalf"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "tags": [
        "Ormulum"
      ],
      "word": "twellf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*twalif"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *twalif",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *twalif, a compound of *twa- (compare two) and *-lif.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twelfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twelfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twelfu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twelfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twelfu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twelfa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twelfum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twælf",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tuœlf",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tuelf",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "numeral"
      },
      "expansion": "twelf",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "num",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English cardinal numbers",
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old English lemmas",
        "Old English numerals",
        "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Old English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 5 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "ang:Twelve"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History\n[Wiht] is þrittiġes mīla lang ēast ⁊ west, ⁊ twelf mīla brād sūð ⁊ norð.\n[Wight] is thirty miles long east-to-west and twelve miles wide north-to-south.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Before Moses and His people, He dried up twelve paths in the Red Sea, so that they could cross the sea with dry feet.",
          "text": "late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans\nBeforan Moyse and hys folce, hē ðone Rēadan sǣ on twelf wegas ādrīġde; þæt hī, drīġan fōtan, þæne sǣ oferfērdon.",
          "translation": "Before Moses and His people, He dried up twelve paths in the Red Sea, so that they could cross the sea with dry feet.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "twelve"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "twelve",
          "twelve"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/twelf/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[tweɫf]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "twelf"
}

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