See ليت on Wiktionary
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"4": "ليتين",
"5": "plural",
"6": "ليتات",
"f1tr": "lētēn",
"f2tr": "lētāt",
"g": "m",
"tr": "lēt"
},
"expansion": "ليت • (lēt) m (dual ليتين (lētēn), plural ليتات (lētāt))",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Gulf Arabic",
"lang_code": "afb",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Gulf Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
"Gulf Arabic lemmas",
"Gulf Arabic masculine nouns",
"Gulf Arabic nouns",
"Gulf Arabic terms borrowed from English",
"Gulf Arabic terms derived from English",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"light"
],
"links": [
[
"light",
"light"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/leːt/",
"tags": [
"Kuwait"
]
}
],
"word": "ليت"
}
Download raw JSONL data for ليت meaning in All languages combined (7.3kB)
{
"called_from": "inflection/865",
"msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: ليت/Arabic 'base form' base_tags=set()",
"path": [
"ليت"
],
"section": "Arabic",
"subsection": "particle",
"title": "ليت",
"trace": ""
}
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