"-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, Old Norse -verðr, Icelandic -verðr, Swedish -vart, 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, {{cog|nl|-waarts}} Dutch -waarts, {{cog|nds|-warts}} Low German -warts, {{cog|de|-wärts}} German -wärts, {{cog|non|-verðr}} Old Norse -verðr, {{cog|is|-verðr}} Icelandic -verðr, {{cog|sv|-vart}} Swedish -vart, {{cog|got|-𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍃}} Gothic -𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍃 (-wairþs), {{cog|la|vertere||to turn}} Latin vertere (“to turn”), {{cog|sa|वर्तते||he turns|tr=vártate}} Sanskrit वर्तते (vártate, “he turns”) 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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using catfix, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Navajo translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Navajo translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 45 55 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, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using catfix, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Navajo translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 46 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Navajo translations: 48 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 45 55 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
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        "feminine",
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        "singular"
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    {
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    {
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    {
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    {
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    {
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      "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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        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "suffix",
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      "name": "head"
    }
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    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gmw-infl-adj"
    }
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  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-ward",
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          "parents": [],
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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        {
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          "parents": [
            "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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        [
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        "morpheme",
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}
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    "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",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages using catfix",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Navajo translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Yiddish translations"
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        "1": "en",
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      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "-warts"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German -warts",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "-wärts"
      },
      "expansion": "German -wärts",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
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    {
      "args": {
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    {
      "args": {
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      "expansion": "Swedish -vart",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
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      "expansion": "Gothic -𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍃 (-wairþs)",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "to turn"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "वर्तते",
        "3": "",
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    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "",
        "cat3": "",
        "head": "",
        "id": ""
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
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  "lang_code": "en",
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    {
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        "Forming adverbs denoting course or direction to, or motion or tendency toward, as in \"backward\", \"toward\", \"forward\", etc."
      ],
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        "morpheme"
      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "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"
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    {
      "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"
    }
  ],
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}

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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
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          },
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osx",
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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      "depth": 2,
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            "2": "-ward"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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    },
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "-ward",
            "3": "-wart"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
            "2": "*-ward",
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dum",
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            "3": "-weert",
            "4": "-waert"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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          "name": "desc"
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    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "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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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
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    {
      "form": "gmw-infl-adj",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "-ward",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "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",
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        "neuter",
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      "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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  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-ward",
  "pos": "suffix",
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        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "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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