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"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "virrinedda"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "virriniari"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "virrinuna"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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}
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"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "berrina"
}
],
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"2": "verrina"
},
"expansion": "Italian verrina",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "scn",
"2": "uncertain"
},
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"name": "unc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "πείρω",
"t": "to pierce, run through"
},
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"name": "ncog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Akin to Italian verrina, of uncertain origin. Traditionally derived from Ancient Greek πείρω (peírō, “to pierce, run through”).",
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{
"form": "virrini",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "birrina",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "firrina",
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"alternative"
]
},
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}
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"8": "{{{pl3}}}",
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"head": "virrina"
},
"expansion": "virrina f (plural virrini)",
"name": "head"
},
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"3": "a",
"4": "i"
},
"expansion": "virrina f (plural virrini)",
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],
"lang": "Sicilian",
"lang_code": "scn",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "virruggiu"
}
],
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"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "scn",
"name": "Tools",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "80 20",
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"name": "Sicilian entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
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}
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{
"text": "Near-synonyms: tràpanu, virruggiu, passaturi, pirciaturi, asta, mancina"
}
],
"glosses": [
"auger, gimlet"
],
"id": "en-virrina-scn-noun-17ptgq9s",
"links": [
[
"auger",
"auger"
],
[
"gimlet",
"gimlet"
]
],
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"word": "tràpanu"
},
{
"word": "virruggiu"
},
{
"word": "passaturi"
},
{
"word": "pirciaturi"
},
{
"word": "asta"
},
{
"word": "mancina"
}
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"fraudster, swindler"
],
"id": "en-virrina-scn-noun-wMBa~b0Y",
"links": [
[
"fraudster",
"fraudster"
],
[
"swindler",
"swindler"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) fraudster, swindler"
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"word": "virrina"
}
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"Pages with entries",
"Sicilian entries with incorrect language header",
"Sicilian feminine nouns",
"Sicilian lemmas",
"Sicilian nouns",
"Sicilian nouns with red links in their headword lines",
"Sicilian terms with unknown etymologies"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "virrinedda"
},
{
"word": "virriniari"
},
{
"word": "virrinuna"
},
{
"word": "virrinuni"
}
],
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"lang_code": "mt",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "berrina"
}
],
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"2": "verrina"
},
"expansion": "Italian verrina",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "scn",
"2": "uncertain"
},
"expansion": "uncertain",
"name": "unc"
},
{
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"t": "to pierce, run through"
},
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"name": "ncog"
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],
"etymology_text": "Akin to Italian verrina, of uncertain origin. Traditionally derived from Ancient Greek πείρω (peírō, “to pierce, run through”).",
"forms": [
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"form": "virrini",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "birrina",
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]
},
{
"form": "firrina",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "nfirrina",
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"alternative"
]
}
],
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"5": "",
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"head": "virrina"
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"expansion": "virrina f (plural virrini)",
"name": "head"
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"3": "a",
"4": "i"
},
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],
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"lang_code": "scn",
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}
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],
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{
"text": "Near-synonyms: tràpanu, virruggiu, passaturi, pirciaturi, asta, mancina"
}
],
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"auger, gimlet"
],
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"auger",
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"word": "tràpanu"
},
{
"word": "virruggiu"
},
{
"word": "passaturi"
},
{
"word": "pirciaturi"
},
{
"word": "asta"
},
{
"word": "mancina"
}
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"fraudster, swindler"
],
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[
"fraudster",
"fraudster"
],
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"swindler",
"swindler"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) fraudster, swindler"
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"word": "virrina"
}
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