"-ward" meaning in All languages combined

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Suffix [English]

IPA: /wəd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /wɚd/ [General-American], /wɔːd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /wɔɹd/ [General-American]
Etymology: From Old English -weard, from Proto-Germanic *wardaz, earlier *warþaz (“turned toward, in the direction of, facing”) (compare -wards, from -weardes). Cognate with Dutch -waarts, Low German -warts, German -wärts, Icelandic -verðr, Gothic -𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍃 (-wairþs), Latin vertere (“to turn”) or versus (“toward”), and Sanskrit वर्तते (vártate, “he turns”). Also related to worth (“to become”). Compare verse. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*wert-}}, {{inh|en|ang|-weard|}} Old English -weard, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*wardaz}} Proto-Germanic *wardaz, {{m|gem-pro|*warþaz||turned toward, in the direction of, facing}} *warþaz (“turned toward, in the direction of, facing”), {{m|en|-wards}} -wards, {{m|en|-weardes}} -weardes, {{cog|nl|-waarts}} Dutch -waarts, {{cog|nds|-warts}} Low German -warts, {{cog|de|-wärts}} German -wärts, {{cog|is|-verðr}} Icelandic -verðr, {{cog|got|-𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍃}} Gothic -𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍃 (-wairþs), {{cog|la|vertere||to turn}} Latin vertere (“to turn”), {{m|la|versus||toward}} versus (“toward”), {{cog|sa|वर्तते||he turns|tr=vártate}} Sanskrit वर्तते (vártate, “he turns”), {{m|en|worth||to become}} worth (“to become”), {{m|en|verse}} verse Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -ward, {{en-suffix}} -ward
  1. Forming adverbs denoting course or direction to, or motion or tendency toward, as in "backward", "toward", "forward", etc. Tags: morpheme Translations (forming adverbs): ـًا، ـاً (-an, -an) (Arabic), لـ (l-) (Arabic), -waarts (Dutch), -wärts (German), ־ה (-a) (Hebrew), ל־ (l'-) (Hebrew), -felé (Hungarian), -jigo (Navajo), -åt (Swedish), אַר־ (ar-) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en--ward-en-suffix-J-iSqA-n Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'forming adverbs': 68 32
  2. Forming adjectives, as in "a backward look", "the northward road", etc; used even by speakers who usually use -wards for adverbs. Tags: morpheme Translations (forming adjectives): -waarts (Dutch), -i (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en--ward-en-suffix-WSnaNUeA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'forming adjectives': 20 80

Suffix [Proto-West Germanic]

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *-wardaz. Etymology templates: {{inh|gmw-pro|gem-pro|*-wardaz}} Proto-Germanic *-wardaz Head templates: {{head|gmw-pro|suffix|cat2=adjective-forming suffixes}} *-ward Inflection templates: {{gmw-infl-adj}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], -ward [masculine, nominative, singular], -wardu [feminine, nominative, singular], -ward [neuter, nominative, singular], -wardanā [accusative, masculine, singular], -wardā [accusative, feminine, singular], -ward [accusative, neuter, singular], -wardas [genitive, masculine, singular], -wardeʀā [feminine, genitive, singular], -wardas [genitive, neuter, singular], -wardumē [dative, masculine, singular], -wardeʀē [dative, feminine, singular], -wardumē [dative, neuter, singular], -wardu [instrumental, masculine, singular], -wardeʀu [feminine, instrumental, singular], -wardu [instrumental, neuter, singular], -wardē [masculine, nominative, plural], -wardō [feminine, nominative, plural], -wardu [neuter, nominative, plural], -wardā [accusative, masculine, plural], -wardā [accusative, feminine, plural], -wardu [accusative, neuter, plural], -wardeʀō [genitive, masculine, plural], -wardeʀō [feminine, genitive, plural], -wardeʀō [genitive, neuter, plural], -wardēm [dative, masculine, plural], -wardum [dative, masculine, plural], -wardēm [dative, feminine, plural], -wardum [dative, feminine, plural], -wardēm [dative, neuter, plural], -wardum [dative, neuter, plural], -wardēm [instrumental, masculine, plural], -wardum [instrumental, masculine, plural], -wardēm [feminine, instrumental, plural], -wardum [feminine, instrumental, plural], -wardēm [instrumental, neuter, plural], -wardum [instrumental, neuter, plural]
  1. -ward. Forms adverbs from nouns and adjectives denoting in the direction of, facing. Tags: morpheme, reconstruction Synonyms: -wardas
    Sense id: en--ward-gmw-pro-suffix-vV8TYY6F Categories (other): Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for -ward meaning in All languages combined (10.9kB)

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          "sense": "forming adverbs",
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          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "forming adverbs",
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          "sense": "forming adjectives",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/wɔɹd/",
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        "General-American"
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          },
          "expansion": "Old English: -weard\nMiddle English: -warde, -ward\nEnglish: -ward\nScots: -wart, -art, -it",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
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    },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Frisian: -ward, -werd"
    },
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          "args": {
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    },
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      ],
      "text": "Middle Low German: -ward"
    },
    {
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        {
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        }
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      "text": "Middle Dutch: -wert, -weert, -waert"
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gmw-infl-adj",
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    },
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      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
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    },
    {
      "form": "-ward",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ward",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardanā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ward",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardeʀā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardumē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardeʀē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardumē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardeʀu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardeʀō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardeʀō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardeʀō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-ward",
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        {
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        "-ward. Forms adverbs from nouns and adjectives denoting in the direction of, facing."
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        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
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}
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English suffixes",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wert-",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation"
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      "name": "root"
    },
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        "2": "ang",
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        "4": ""
      },
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      "name": "inh"
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      },
      "expansion": "-wards",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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      },
      "expansion": "-weardes",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "-waarts"
      },
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    },
    {
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        "2": "-warts"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German -warts",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "-wärts"
      },
      "expansion": "German -wärts",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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        "3": "",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "toward"
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "he turns",
        "tr": "vártate"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit वर्तते (vártate, “he turns”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "worth",
        "3": "",
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
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      "expansion": "verse",
      "name": "m"
    }
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      "args": {
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        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
        "head": "",
        "id": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
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      "args": {},
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "suffix",
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        "Forming adverbs denoting course or direction to, or motion or tendency toward, as in \"backward\", \"toward\", \"forward\", etc."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "Forming adjectives, as in \"a backward look\", \"the northward road\", etc; used even by speakers who usually use -wards for adverbs."
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        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/wəd/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɚd/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɔːd/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɔɹd/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "-an, -an",
      "sense": "forming adverbs",
      "word": "ـًا، ـاً"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "l-",
      "sense": "forming adverbs",
      "word": "لـ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "forming adverbs",
      "word": "-waarts"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "forming adverbs",
      "word": "-wärts"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "-a",
      "sense": "forming adverbs",
      "word": "־ה"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "l'-",
      "sense": "forming adverbs",
      "word": "ל־"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "forming adverbs",
      "word": "-felé"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "forming adverbs",
      "word": "-jigo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "forming adverbs",
      "word": "-åt"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "ar-",
      "sense": "forming adverbs",
      "word": "אַר־"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "forming adjectives",
      "word": "-waarts"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "forming adjectives",
      "word": "-i"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ward"
}

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          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "-weard"
          },
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: -weard\nMiddle English: -warde, -ward\nEnglish: -ward\nScots: -wart, -art, -it"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
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          "expansion": "Old Frisian: -ward, -werd",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Frisian: -ward, -werd"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osx",
            "2": "-ward"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Saxon: -ward",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: -ward"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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          "args": {
            "1": "gml",
            "2": "-ward"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Low German: -ward"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "-ward",
            "3": "-wart"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Low German: -ward, -wart"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
            "2": "*-ward",
            "3": "*-werd"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Dutch: *-ward, *-werd"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dum",
            "2": "-wert",
            "3": "-weert",
            "4": "-waert"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Dutch: -wert, -weert, -waert"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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            "2": "-wart",
            "3": "-wert"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: -wart, -wert"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "-wert"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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    }
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      "name": "inh"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *-wardaz.",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "gmw-infl-adj",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
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    {
      "form": "-ward",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
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      "form": "-wardu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ward",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "-wardanā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardā",
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        "singular"
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    {
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "-wardas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardeʀā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardumē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardeʀē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardumē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardeʀu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardeʀō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardeʀō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardeʀō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-wardum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "adjective-forming suffixes"
      },
      "expansion": "*-ward",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gmw-infl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-ward",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Proto-West Germanic a-stem adjectives",
        "Proto-West Germanic adjective-forming suffixes",
        "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Proto-West Germanic lemmas",
        "Proto-West Germanic suffixes",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "-ward. Forms adverbs from nouns and adjectives denoting in the direction of, facing."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-ward",
          "-ward"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "-wardas"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ward"
}

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