"wusc" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Old English]

IPA: /wuːsk/
Rhymes: -uːsk Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *wunsk, from Proto-Germanic *wunskaz. Cognate with Old High German wunsc, Old Norse ósk. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*wunsk}} Proto-West Germanic *wunsk, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*wunskaz}} Proto-Germanic *wunskaz, {{cog|goh|wunsc}} Old High German wunsc, {{cog|non|ósk}} Old Norse ósk Head templates: {{ang-noun|m|head=wūsc}} wūsc m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun|wūsc|wūscas|wūsc|wūscas|wūsċes|wūsca|wūsċe|wūscum|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: wūsc [canonical, masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], wūsc [nominative, singular], wūscas [nominative, plural], wūsc [accusative, singular], wūscas [accusative, plural], wūsċes [genitive, singular], wūsca [genitive, plural], wūsċe [dative, singular], wūscum [dative, plural], ūsc [alternative], wȳsċ [alternative]
  1. wish
    Sense id: en-wusc-ang-noun-CR5gZ1Jh Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8
  2. choice
    Sense id: en-wusc-ang-noun-z4Pw-YKF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: wūscbearn, Wūscfrea, wȳsċan
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "wūscbearn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Wūscfrea"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "wȳsċan"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "wusch"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "wucshe"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "wush"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*wunsk",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wunsk"
    ],
    [
      "*wunskaz",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wunskaz"
    ],
    [
      "wunsc",
      "wunsc#Old_High_German"
    ],
    [
      "ósk",
      "ósk#Old_Norse"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*wunsk"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *wunsk",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*wunskaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *wunskaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "wunsc"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German wunsc",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "ósk"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse ósk",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *wunsk, from Proto-Germanic *wunskaz. Cognate with Old High German wunsc, Old Norse ósk.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wūsc",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wūsc",
      "links": [
        [
          "wūsc",
          "wusc#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wūscas",
      "links": [
        [
          "wūscas",
          "wuscas#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wūsc",
      "links": [
        [
          "wūsc",
          "wusc#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wūscas",
      "links": [
        [
          "wūscas",
          "wuscas#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wūsċes",
      "links": [
        [
          "wūsċes",
          "wusces#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wūsca",
      "links": [
        [
          "wūsca",
          "wusca#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wūsċe",
      "links": [
        [
          "wūsċe",
          "wusce#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wūscum",
      "links": [
        [
          "wūscum",
          "wuscum#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ūsc",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wȳsċ",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "head": "wūsc"
      },
      "expansion": "wūsc m",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wūsc",
        "2": "wūscas",
        "3": "wūsc",
        "4": "wūscas",
        "5": "wūsċes",
        "6": "wūsca",
        "7": "wūsċe",
        "8": "wūscum",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "89 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "83 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "92 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wish"
      ],
      "id": "en-wusc-ang-noun-CR5gZ1Jh",
      "links": [
        [
          "wish",
          "wish"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "choice"
      ],
      "id": "en-wusc-ang-noun-z4Pw-YKF",
      "links": [
        [
          "choice",
          "choice"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wuːsk/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uːsk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wusc"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English masculine nouns",
    "Old English nouns",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Old English/uːsk",
    "Rhymes:Old English/uːsk/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "wūscbearn"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wūscfrea"
    },
    {
      "word": "wȳsċan"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "wusch"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "wucshe"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "word": "wush"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "*wunsk",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/wunsk"
    ],
    [
      "*wunskaz",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/wunskaz"
    ],
    [
      "wunsc",
      "wunsc#Old_High_German"
    ],
    [
      "ósk",
      "ósk#Old_Norse"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*wunsk"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *wunsk",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*wunskaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *wunskaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "wunsc"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German wunsc",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "ósk"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse ósk",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *wunsk, from Proto-Germanic *wunskaz. Cognate with Old High German wunsc, Old Norse ósk.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wūsc",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wūsc",
      "links": [
        [
          "wūsc",
          "wusc#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wūscas",
      "links": [
        [
          "wūscas",
          "wuscas#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wūsc",
      "links": [
        [
          "wūsc",
          "wusc#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wūscas",
      "links": [
        [
          "wūscas",
          "wuscas#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wūsċes",
      "links": [
        [
          "wūsċes",
          "wusces#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wūsca",
      "links": [
        [
          "wūsca",
          "wusca#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wūsċe",
      "links": [
        [
          "wūsċe",
          "wusce#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wūscum",
      "links": [
        [
          "wūscum",
          "wuscum#Old_English"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ūsc",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wȳsċ",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "head": "wūsc"
      },
      "expansion": "wūsc m",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wūsc",
        "2": "wūscas",
        "3": "wūsc",
        "4": "wūscas",
        "5": "wūsċes",
        "6": "wūsca",
        "7": "wūsċe",
        "8": "wūscum",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wish"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wish",
          "wish"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "choice"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "choice",
          "choice"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wuːsk/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uːsk"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wusc"
}

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