"bleat" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbliːt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bleat.wav [Southern-England] Forms: bleats [plural]
Rhymes: -iːt Etymology: From Middle English bleten, from Old English blǣtan (“to bleat”), from Proto-West Germanic *blātijan, from Proto-Germanic *blētijaną (“to bleat”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to howl, cry, bleat”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to make a loud noise”). Cognate with Scots blete, bleit, West Frisian bâlte, blaaien, blêtsje (“to bleat”), Dutch blaten (“to bleat”), Low German bleten (“to bleat”), German blaßen, blässen (“to bleat”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰleh₁-|id=bleat}}, {{inh|en|enm|bleten}} Middle English bleten, {{inh|en|ang|blǣtan|t=to bleat}} Old English blǣtan (“to bleat”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*blātijan}} Proto-West Germanic *blātijan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*blētijaną|t=to bleat}} Proto-Germanic *blētijaną (“to bleat”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰleh₁-||to howl, cry, bleat}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to howl, cry, bleat”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰel-||to make a loud noise}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to make a loud noise”), {{cog|sco|blete}} Scots blete, {{m|sco|bleit}} bleit, {{cog|fy|bâlte}} West Frisian bâlte, {{m|fy|blaaien}} blaaien, {{m|fy|blêtsje|t=to bleat}} blêtsje (“to bleat”), {{cog|nl|blaten|t=to bleat}} Dutch blaten (“to bleat”), {{cog|nds|bleten|t=to bleat}} Low German bleten (“to bleat”), {{cog|de|blaßen}} German blaßen, {{m|de|blässen|t=to bleat}} blässen (“to bleat”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} bleat (plural bleats)
  1. The characteristic cry of a sheep or a goat. Synonyms (sheep's cry): baa, baaing, bleating Derived forms: heather-bleat Translations (cry of a sheep or a goat): blegërij (Albanian), βληχή (blēkhḗ) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), ثُغَاء (ṯuḡāʔ) [masculine] (Arabic), مَأْمَأَة (maʔmaʔa) (Arabic), блеене (bleene) (Bulgarian), bel [masculine] (Catalan), باع (ba') (Central Kurdish), باڵاندن (ballandin) (Central Kurdish), bečení [neuter] (Czech), bek [masculine] (Czech), mæh (Danish), geblaat [neuter] (Dutch), beo (Esperanto), jarm [neuter] (Faroese), jarman [feminine] (Faroese), jarming [feminine] (Faroese), määkiminen (Finnish), määintä (Finnish), bêlement (english: sheep's cry) [masculine] (French), bêlement (english: goat's cry) [masculine] (French), béguètement [masculine] (French), Blöken [neuter] (German), βέλασμα (vélasma) [neuter] (Greek), פעיה (pe'iyá) [feminine] (Hebrew), חניבה (chanivá) [feminine] (Hebrew), jarmur [masculine] (Icelandic), bramo (Ido), embik (Indonesian), embek (Indonesian), belato [masculine] (Italian), balatus [masculine] (Latin), embek (Malay), blǣt [masculine] (Old English), blǣtung (Old English), bek [masculine] (Polish), balido [masculine] (Portuguese), бле́янье (bléjanʹje) [neuter] (Russian), бле́яние (bléjanije) [neuter] (Russian), meig (Scottish Gaelic), migead (Scottish Gaelic), meigead (Scottish Gaelic), blejanje (Serbo-Croatian), balido (english: sheep's bleat) [masculine] (Spanish), bräkande [neuter] (Swedish), mee (Tagalog), me (Tagalog), me (Turkish), meleme (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-bleat-en-noun-u4UYf0wO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 30 22 17 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 15 18 36 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: blate, blait [Scotland]

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈbliːt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bleat.wav [Southern-England] Forms: bleats [present, singular, third-person], bleating [participle, present], bleated [participle, past], bleated [past]
Rhymes: -iːt Etymology: From Middle English bleten, from Old English blǣtan (“to bleat”), from Proto-West Germanic *blātijan, from Proto-Germanic *blētijaną (“to bleat”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to howl, cry, bleat”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to make a loud noise”). Cognate with Scots blete, bleit, West Frisian bâlte, blaaien, blêtsje (“to bleat”), Dutch blaten (“to bleat”), Low German bleten (“to bleat”), German blaßen, blässen (“to bleat”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰleh₁-|id=bleat}}, {{inh|en|enm|bleten}} Middle English bleten, {{inh|en|ang|blǣtan|t=to bleat}} Old English blǣtan (“to bleat”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*blātijan}} Proto-West Germanic *blātijan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*blētijaną|t=to bleat}} Proto-Germanic *blētijaną (“to bleat”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰleh₁-||to howl, cry, bleat}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to howl, cry, bleat”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰel-||to make a loud noise}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to make a loud noise”), {{cog|sco|blete}} Scots blete, {{m|sco|bleit}} bleit, {{cog|fy|bâlte}} West Frisian bâlte, {{m|fy|blaaien}} blaaien, {{m|fy|blêtsje|t=to bleat}} blêtsje (“to bleat”), {{cog|nl|blaten|t=to bleat}} Dutch blaten (“to bleat”), {{cog|nds|bleten|t=to bleat}} Low German bleten (“to bleat”), {{cog|de|blaßen}} German blaßen, {{m|de|blässen|t=to bleat}} blässen (“to bleat”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} bleat (third-person singular simple present bleats, present participle bleating, simple past and past participle bleated)
  1. Of a sheep or goat, to make its characteristic cry; of a human, to mimic this sound. Synonyms (make the characteristic cry of a sheep or goat): baa Translations (to make the cry of a sheep or goat): βληχάομαι (blēkháomai) (Ancient Greek), مَأْمَأَ (maʔmaʔa) (Arabic), ثَغَا (ṯaḡā) (Arabic), блея (bleja) (Bulgarian), belar (Catalan), bečet [imperfective] (Czech), mečet [imperfective] (Czech), bræge (Danish), mæe (Danish), blaten (Dutch), blèren (Dutch), bei (Esperanto), jarma (Faroese), määkiä (english: sheep) (Finnish), päkättää (english: goat) (Finnish), bêler (english: sheep or goat) (French), bégueter (english: goat) (French), chevroter (French), bradar (Galician), blöken (German), βελάζω (velázo) (Greek), פעה (pa'á) (Hebrew), חנב (chanáv) (Hebrew), jarma (Icelandic), bramar (Ido), bääkkää (Ingrian), bäkättää (Ingrian), belare (Italian), vēkšt (Latgalian), bālō (Latin), blēt (Latvian), mengembek (Malay), bleten (Middle English), blǣtan (Old English), beczeć [imperfective] (Polish), balir (Portuguese), бле́ять (bléjatʹ) (Russian), mèil (Scottish Gaelic), meigeall (Scottish Gaelic), blejati (Serbo-Croatian), balar (Spanish), bräka (Swedish), mumee (Tagalog), melemek (Turkish), brefu (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-bleat-en-verb--wJKr~8D Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 30 22 17 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 15 18 36 31 Disambiguation of 'make the characteristic cry of a sheep or goat': 87 8 5 Disambiguation of 'to make the cry of a sheep or goat': 84 11 6
  2. (informal, derogatory) Of a person, to complain. Tags: derogatory, informal Categories (topical): Animal sounds Synonyms (complain): kvetch [US], moan, whinge [UK], whine Translations (informal: to complain): fňukat [imperfective] (Czech), kňourat [imperfective] (Czech), mekkeren (Dutch), marista (Finnish), rouspéter (French), blöken (German), βελάζω (velázo) (Greek), bramar (Ido), beczeć [imperfective] (Polish), бле́ять (bléjatʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-bleat-en-verb-fp16AtyF Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 20 26 44 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, West Frisian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 30 22 17 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 15 18 36 31 Disambiguation of West Frisian entries with incorrect language header: 14 17 31 23 12 1 1 Disambiguation of 'complain': 7 92 1 Disambiguation of 'informal: to complain': 7 92 1
  3. (informal, derogatory) Of a person, to say things of little importance to the listener. Tags: derogatory, informal
    Sense id: en-bleat-en-verb-lGTiBgQW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 30 22 17 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 15 18 36 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: blate, blait [Scotland]

Adjective [Old English]

IPA: /blæ͜ɑːt/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *blaut, from Proto-Germanic *blautaz, whence also Old High German blōz (“naked”), Old Norse blautr. More at blouse. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*blaut}} Proto-West Germanic *blaut, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*blautaz}} Proto-Germanic *blautaz, {{cog|goh|blōz|t=naked}} Old High German blōz (“naked”), {{cog|non|blautr}} Old Norse blautr, {{m|en|blouse}} blouse Head templates: {{ang-adj|blēat}} blēat Inflection templates: {{ang-adecl|blēat}} Forms: blēat [canonical], strong [table-tags], blēat [masculine, nominative, singular], blēat [feminine, nominative, singular], blēat [neuter, nominative, singular], blēatne [accusative, masculine, singular], blēate [accusative, feminine, singular], blēat [accusative, neuter, singular], blēates [genitive, masculine, singular], blēatre [feminine, genitive, singular], blēates [genitive, neuter, singular], blēatum [dative, masculine, singular], blēatre [dative, feminine, singular], blēatum [dative, neuter, singular], blēate [instrumental, masculine, singular], blēatre [feminine, instrumental, singular], blēate [instrumental, neuter, singular], blēate [masculine, nominative, plural], blēata [feminine, nominative, plural], blēate [feminine, nominative, plural], blēat [neuter, nominative, plural], blēate [accusative, masculine, plural], blēata [accusative, feminine, plural], blēate [accusative, feminine, plural], blēat [accusative, neuter, plural], blēatra [genitive, masculine, plural], blēatra [feminine, genitive, plural], blēatra [genitive, neuter, plural], blēatum [dative, masculine, plural], blēatum [dative, feminine, plural], blēatum [dative, neuter, plural], blēatum [instrumental, masculine, plural], blēatum [feminine, instrumental, plural], blēatum [instrumental, neuter, plural], weak [table-tags], blēata [masculine, nominative, singular], blēate [feminine, nominative, singular], blēate [neuter, nominative, singular], blēatan [accusative, masculine, singular], blēatan [accusative, feminine, singular], blēate [accusative, neuter, singular], blēatan [genitive, masculine, singular], blēatan [feminine, genitive, singular], blēatan [genitive, neuter, singular], blēatan [dative, masculine, singular], blēatan [dative, feminine, singular], blēatan [dative, neuter, singular], blēatan [instrumental, masculine, singular], blēatan [feminine, instrumental, singular], blēatan [instrumental, neuter, singular], blēatan [masculine, nominative, plural], blēatan [feminine, nominative, plural], blēatan [neuter, nominative, plural], blēatan [accusative, masculine, plural], blēatan [accusative, feminine, plural], blēatan [accusative, neuter, plural], blēatra [genitive, masculine, plural], blēatena [genitive, masculine, plural], blēatra [feminine, genitive, plural], blēatena [feminine, genitive, plural], blēatra [genitive, neuter, plural], blēatena [genitive, neuter, plural], blēatum [dative, masculine, plural], blēatum [dative, feminine, plural], blēatum [dative, neuter, plural], blēatum [instrumental, masculine, plural], blēatum [feminine, instrumental, plural], blēatum [instrumental, neuter, plural]
  1. wretched, miserable Derived forms: wælblēat
    Sense id: en-bleat-ang-adj-mZjYBHnC Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header

Adjective [West Frisian]

Etymology: From Old Frisian blāt, from Proto-Germanic *blautaz. Etymology templates: {{inh|fy|ofs|blāt}} Old Frisian blāt, {{inh|fy|gem-pro|*blautaz}} Proto-Germanic *blautaz Head templates: {{head|fy|adjective}} bleat Inflection templates: {{fy-infl-adj}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], bleat [adverbial, positive, predicative], bleater [adverbial, comparative, predicative], it bleatst [adverbial, predicative, superlative], it bleatste [adverbial, predicative, superlative], bleate [common-gender, indefinite, positive, singular], bleatere [common-gender, comparative, indefinite, singular], bleatste [common-gender, indefinite, singular, superlative], bleat [indefinite, neuter, positive, singular], bleater [comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular], bleatste [indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative], bleate [indefinite, plural, positive], bleatere [comparative, indefinite, plural], bleatste [indefinite, plural, superlative], bleate [definite, positive], bleatere [comparative, definite], bleatste [definite, superlative], bleats [partitive, positive], bleaters [comparative, partitive], - [partitive, superlative]
  1. bare, naked
    Sense id: en-bleat-fy-adj-q1MAkmja
  2. poor
    Sense id: en-bleat-fy-adj-TjeV0F2d

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "cry of a sheep or a goat",
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          "word": "ثُغَاء"
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          "sense": "cry of a sheep or a goat",
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          "sense": "cry of a sheep or a goat",
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          "sense": "cry of a sheep or a goat",
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          "sense": "cry of a sheep or a goat",
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          "sense": "cry of a sheep or a goat",
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          "sense": "cry of a sheep or a goat",
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        },
        {
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          "sense": "cry of a sheep or a goat",
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "cry of a sheep or a goat",
          "word": "määkiminen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "cry of a sheep or a goat",
          "word": "määintä"
        },
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          "english": "sheep's cry",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "cry of a sheep or a goat",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "bêlement"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "english": "goat's cry",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "cry of a sheep or a goat",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "bêlement"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "cry of a sheep or a goat",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "béguètement"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "cry of a sheep or a goat",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Blöken"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "vélasma",
          "sense": "cry of a sheep or a goat",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "βέλασμα"
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        "Of a person, to complain."
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      "id": "en-bleat-en-verb-fp16AtyF",
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "complain",
          "complain"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, derogatory) Of a person, to complain."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "7 92 1",
          "sense": "complain",
          "tags": [
            "US"
          ],
          "word": "kvetch"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 92 1",
          "sense": "complain",
          "word": "moan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 92 1",
          "sense": "complain",
          "tags": [
            "UK"
          ],
          "word": "whinge"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 92 1",
          "sense": "complain",
          "word": "whine"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "informal"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "7 92 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "informal: to complain",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "fňukat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 92 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "informal: to complain",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "kňourat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 92 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "informal: to complain",
          "word": "mekkeren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 92 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "informal: to complain",
          "word": "marista"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 92 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "informal: to complain",
          "word": "rouspéter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 92 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "informal: to complain",
          "word": "blöken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 92 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "velázo",
          "sense": "informal: to complain",
          "word": "βελάζω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 92 1",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "informal: to complain",
          "word": "bramar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 92 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "informal: to complain",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "beczeć"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "7 92 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bléjatʹ",
          "sense": "informal: to complain",
          "word": "бле́ять"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "31 30 22 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 18 36 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2016, James Lovegrove, Age of Heroes, Solaris",
          "text": "I can't have, for instance, Heracles come bleating to me at some future date, asking please can he have his bow back, and getting all stroppy when I refuse to tell him where it is.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of a person, to say things of little importance to the listener."
      ],
      "id": "en-bleat-en-verb-lGTiBgQW",
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, derogatory) Of a person, to say things of little importance to the listener."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbliːt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːt"
    },
    {
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/01/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-bleat.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-bleat.wav.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "blate"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ],
      "word": "blait"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bleat"
}

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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "*blete",
            "3": "*bleet"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: *blete, *bleet",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: *blete, *bleet"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "bleat",
            "3": "blait",
            "4": "bleet"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: bleat, blait, bleet",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: bleat, blait, bleet"
    }
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        "2": "gmw-pro",
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "blautr"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "blouse"
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      "name": "m"
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *blaut, from Proto-Germanic *blautaz, whence also Old High German blōz (“naked”), Old Norse blautr. More at blouse.",
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    {
      "form": "blēat",
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      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "blēat",
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      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    {
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēate",
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      "tags": [
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        "feminine",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "blēat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "neuter",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "blēates",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēates",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "blēatum",
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      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "blēatre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "blēate",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "blēate",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "blēate",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "blēata",
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      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēate",
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      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "blēate",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "blēata",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēate",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "blēata",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēate",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēate",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēate",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blēat"
      },
      "expansion": "blēat",
      "name": "ang-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "blēat"
      },
      "name": "ang-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "wælblēat"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wretched, miserable"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "wretched",
          "wretched"
        ],
        [
          "miserable",
          "miserable"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/blæ͜ɑːt/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bleat"
}

{
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      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "ofs",
        "3": "blāt"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian blāt",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*blautaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *blautaz",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Frisian blāt, from Proto-Germanic *blautaz.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fy-infl-adj",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bleat",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "positive",
        "predicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bleater",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "comparative",
        "predicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "it bleatst",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "predicative",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "it bleatste",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "predicative",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bleate",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "indefinite",
        "positive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bleatere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "comparative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bleatste",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bleat",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "positive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "blaaien"
      },
      "expansion": "blaaien",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "blêtsje",
        "t": "to bleat"
      },
      "expansion": "blêtsje (“to bleat”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "blaten",
        "t": "to bleat"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch blaten (“to bleat”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "bleten",
        "t": "to bleat"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German bleten (“to bleat”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "blaßen"
      },
      "expansion": "German blaßen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "blässen",
        "t": "to bleat"
      },
      "expansion": "blässen (“to bleat”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English bleten, from Old English blǣtan (“to bleat”), from Proto-West Germanic *blātijan, from Proto-Germanic *blētijaną (“to bleat”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to howl, cry, bleat”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to make a loud noise”).\nCognate with Scots blete, bleit, West Frisian bâlte, blaaien, blêtsje (“to bleat”), Dutch blaten (“to bleat”), Low German bleten (“to bleat”), German blaßen, blässen (“to bleat”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bleats",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bleating",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bleated",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bleated",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "bleat (third-person singular simple present bleats, present participle bleating, simple past and past participle bleated)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 99",
          "text": "In the year 1633, the Bridget Nuns, near Xanthus, behaved like sheep, jumping about and bleating continuously.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of a sheep or goat, to make its characteristic cry; of a human, to mimic this sound."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English derogatory terms",
        "English informal terms"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The last thing we need is to hear them bleating to us about organizational problems."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of a person, to complain."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "complain",
          "complain"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, derogatory) Of a person, to complain."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English derogatory terms",
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2016, James Lovegrove, Age of Heroes, Solaris",
          "text": "I can't have, for instance, Heracles come bleating to me at some future date, asking please can he have his bow back, and getting all stroppy when I refuse to tell him where it is.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of a person, to say things of little importance to the listener."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, derogatory) Of a person, to say things of little importance to the listener."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbliːt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːt"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "make the characteristic cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "baa"
    },
    {
      "sense": "complain",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "word": "kvetch"
    },
    {
      "sense": "complain",
      "word": "moan"
    },
    {
      "sense": "complain",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "word": "whinge"
    },
    {
      "sense": "complain",
      "word": "whine"
    },
    {
      "word": "blate"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ],
      "word": "blait"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "maʔmaʔa",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "مَأْمَأَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṯaḡā",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "ثَغَا"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bleja",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "блея"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "belar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "bečet"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "mečet"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "bræge"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "mæe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "blaten"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "blèren"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "bei"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "jarma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "sheep",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "määkiä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "goat",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "päkättää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "english": "sheep or goat",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "bêler"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "english": "goat",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "bégueter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "chevroter"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "bradar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "blöken"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "velázo",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "βελάζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "blēkháomai",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "βληχάομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "pa'á",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "פעה"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "chanáv",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "חנב"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "jarma"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "bramar"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "bääkkää"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "bäkättää"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "belare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ltg",
      "lang": "Latgalian",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "vēkšt"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "bālō"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "blēt"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "mengembek"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "bleten"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "blǣtan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "beczeć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "balir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bléjatʹ",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "бле́ять"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "mèil"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "meigeall"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "blejati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "balar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "bräka"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "mumee"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "melemek"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to make the cry of a sheep or goat",
      "word": "brefu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "informal: to complain",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "fňukat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "informal: to complain",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "kňourat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "informal: to complain",
      "word": "mekkeren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "informal: to complain",
      "word": "marista"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "informal: to complain",
      "word": "rouspéter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "informal: to complain",
      "word": "blöken"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "velázo",
      "sense": "informal: to complain",
      "word": "βελάζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "informal: to complain",
      "word": "bramar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "informal: to complain",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "beczeć"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bléjatʹ",
      "sense": "informal: to complain",
      "word": "бле́ять"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bleat"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "West Frisian adjectives",
    "West Frisian entries with incorrect language header",
    "West Frisian lemmas",
    "West Frisian terms derived from Old Frisian",
    "West Frisian terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "West Frisian terms inherited from Old Frisian",
    "West Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "wælblēat"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "*blete",
            "3": "*bleet"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: *blete, *bleet",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: *blete, *bleet"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "bleat",
            "3": "blait",
            "4": "bleet"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: bleat, blait, bleet",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: bleat, blait, bleet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*blaut"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *blaut",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*blautaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *blautaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "blōz",
        "t": "naked"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German blōz (“naked”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "blautr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse blautr",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "blouse"
      },
      "expansion": "blouse",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *blaut, from Proto-Germanic *blautaz, whence also Old High German blōz (“naked”), Old Norse blautr. More at blouse.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "blēat",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēate",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēates",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēates",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēate",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēate",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēate",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēata",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēate",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēate",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēata",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēate",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēat",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "blēatum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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        "plural"
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "blēatum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "blēatum",
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
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        "plural"
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "adj",
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        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
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        "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"
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}

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    "West Frisian entries with incorrect language header",
    "West Frisian lemmas",
    "West Frisian terms derived from Old Frisian",
    "West Frisian terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "West Frisian terms inherited from Old Frisian",
    "West Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic"
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    },
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        "3": "*blautaz"
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      "name": "inh"
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        "positive",
        "predicative"
      ]
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        "comparative",
        "predicative"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "predicative",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "predicative",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
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        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
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        "common-gender",
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        "singular",
        "superlative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "bleat",
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        "neuter",
        "positive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bleater",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bleatste",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bleate",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bleatere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bleatste",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bleate",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bleatere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bleatste",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bleats",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bleaters",
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      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "partitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
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      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "superlative"
      ]
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        "1": "fy",
        "2": "adjective"
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "fy-infl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "West Frisian",
  "lang_code": "fy",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bare, naked"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bare",
          "bare"
        ],
        [
          "naked",
          "naked"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "poor"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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          "poor"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "bleat"
}

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