See attest on Wiktionary
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]
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"glosses": [
"a certificate"
],
"links": [
[
"certificate",
"certificate"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a testimonial"
],
"links": [
[
"testimonial",
"testimonial"
]
],
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"masculine"
]
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"no:attest"
],
"word": "attest"
}
{
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"Pages with 5 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
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{
"word": "dødsattest"
},
{
"word": "fødselsattest"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "la",
"3": "attestatum"
},
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"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Latin attestatum.",
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{
"form": "attesten",
"tags": [
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "attestar",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "attestane",
"tags": [
"definite",
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"glosses": [
"a certificate"
],
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[
"certificate",
"certificate"
]
],
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"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a testimonial"
],
"links": [
[
"testimonial",
"testimonial"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"word": "attest"
}
{
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{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sv-infl-noun-c-er",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "attest",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "attesten",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "attester",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "attesterna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "attests",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "attestens",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "attesters",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "attesternas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
}
],
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"2": "nouns",
"3": "",
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"g2": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
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"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "c"
},
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}
],
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"args": {},
"name": "sv-infl-noun-c-er"
}
],
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"word": "attestera"
}
],
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{
"categories": [
"Pages with 5 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Swedish common-gender nouns",
"Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
"Swedish lemmas",
"Swedish nouns"
],
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"certification, authorization; certificate"
],
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[
"certification",
"certification"
],
[
"authorization",
"authorization"
],
[
"certificate",
"certificate"
]
],
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"common-gender"
]
}
],
"word": "attest"
}
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