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"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "dearthy"
}
],
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"2": "enm",
"3": "derth"
},
"expansion": "Middle English derth",
"name": "inh"
},
{
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"1": "enm",
"2": "derthe"
},
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"2": "derþe"
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"3": "*dīerþ"
},
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},
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"2": "gmw-pro",
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"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*diuriþō",
"4": "",
"5": "costliness, preciousness, honour"
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"name": "suf"
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{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "diuriða",
"3": "",
"4": "glory, honour; preciousness"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "djoerte",
"3": "",
"4": "love, dearness, value, worth"
},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "duurte",
"3": "",
"4": "dearness; scarcity, dearth"
},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "dýrð",
"3": "",
"4": "honour, glory"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic dýrð (“honour, glory”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "First attested at least as early as the late 1300s, and appearing in Tyndale’s Pentateuch (1530) as well as the Coverdale Bible (1535). From Middle English derth, derthe, derþe, probably from Old English *dīerþ, *dīerþu, from Proto-West Germanic *diuriþu, from Proto-Germanic *diuriþō (“costliness, preciousness, honour”); corresponding to dear + -th. Cognate with Old Saxon diuriða (“glory, honour; preciousness”), West Frisian djoerte (“love, dearness, value, worth”), Dutch duurte (“dearness; scarcity, dearth”), Icelandic dýrð (“honour, glory”).",
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{
"form": "dearths",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {
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},
"expansion": "dearth (countable and uncountable, plural dearths)",
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}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"A period or condition when food is rare and hence expensive; famine."
],
"id": "en-dearth-en-noun-TwRPwqQA",
"links": [
[
"period",
"period"
],
[
"food",
"food"
],
[
"rare",
"rare"
],
[
"famine",
"famine"
]
],
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{
"_dis1": "62 8 30",
"sense": "period when food is rare",
"word": "famine"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 8 30",
"sense": "period when food is rare",
"word": "shortage"
}
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
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{
"_dis1": "62 8 30",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "oskǎdica",
"sense": "period when food is rare",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "оскъдица"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 8 30",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "glad",
"sense": "period when food is rare",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "глад"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 8 30",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "period when food is rare",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nouze"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 8 30",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "period when food is rare",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nedostatek"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 8 30",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "period when food is rare",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hongersnood"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 8 30",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "period when food is rare",
"word": "nälänhätä"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 8 30",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "period when food is rare",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "disette"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 8 30",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "period when food is rare",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escaseza"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 8 30",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "siɣaribe",
"sense": "period when food is rare",
"word": "სიღარიბე"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 8 30",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "depiciṭi",
"sense": "period when food is rare",
"word": "დეფიციტი"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 8 30",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "uḳmaroba",
"sense": "period when food is rare",
"word": "უკმარობა"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 8 30",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "period when food is rare",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Hungersnot"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 8 30",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "limós",
"sense": "period when food is rare",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "λιμός"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 8 30",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "peína",
"sense": "period when food is rare",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "πείνα"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 8 30",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "period when food is rare",
"word": "ínség"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 8 30",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "period when food is rare",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "carestia"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 8 30",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "nedóstatok",
"sense": "period when food is rare",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "недо́статок"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 8 30",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "glad",
"sense": "period when food is rare",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "глад"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 8 30",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "oskúdica",
"sense": "period when food is rare",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "оску́дица"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 8 30",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "period when food is rare",
"word": "matekaitanga"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 8 30",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "period when food is rare",
"word": "derth"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 8 30",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "period when food is rare",
"word": "hungersnød"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 8 30",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "period when food is rare",
"word": "matmangel"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 8 30",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "qahti",
"sense": "period when food is rare",
"word": "قحطی"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 8 30",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "period when food is rare",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "niedostatek"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 8 30",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "period when food is rare",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "głód"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 8 30",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "period when food is rare",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "fome"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 8 30",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nedostátočnostʹ",
"sense": "period when food is rare",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "недоста́точность"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 8 30",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nedostátok",
"sense": "period when food is rare",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "недоста́ток"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 8 30",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nexvátka",
"sense": "period when food is rare",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "нехва́тка"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 8 30",
"code": "ru",
"english": "famine",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gólod",
"sense": "period when food is rare",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "го́лод"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 8 30",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "deficít",
"sense": "period when food is rare",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дефици́т"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 8 30",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "period when food is rare",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hlad"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 8 30",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "period when food is rare",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nedostatok"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 8 30",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "period when food is rare",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "hambruna"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 8 30",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "period when food is rare",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hungersnöd"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 8 30",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "period when food is rare",
"word": "kıtlık"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 8 30",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nedostača",
"sense": "period when food is rare",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "недостача"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 8 30",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "holod",
"sense": "period when food is rare",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "голод"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 8 30",
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "period when food is rare",
"word": "ğelay"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1634, John Downame, The christian warfare, page 559",
"text": "And faine would hee, if he could tell how, haue plentie in his own fields, and scarcity in other mens; superfluitie at home, and dearth abroade, that hee might sell his corne at the dearer rate",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1855, Robert Browning, Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came, section XXV",
"text": "Next a marsh, it would seem, and now mere earth / Desperate and done with; (so a fool finds mirth, / Makes a thing and then mars it, till his mood / Changes and off he goes!) within a rood— / Bog, clay and rubble, sand and stark black dearth.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2020 November 18, Paul Bigland, “New infrastructure and new rolling stock”, in Rail, page 50",
"text": "Similarly, at Cambridge, I observe what I had seen elsewhere - the dearth of tourists. The station would normally be awash with overseas visitors and students. Now it is quiet.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2023 August 16, Erin Griffith, “The Desperate Hunt for the A.I. Boom’s Most Indispensable Prize”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
"text": "The dearth of A.I. chips has been exacerbated because Nvidia, a longtime provider of the chips, has a virtual lock on the market.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Scarcity; a lack or short supply."
],
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[
"Scarcity",
"scarcity"
],
[
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"lack"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(by extension) Scarcity; a lack or short supply."
],
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"sense": "scarcity",
"word": "lack"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 88 6",
"sense": "scarcity",
"word": "paucity"
},
{
"_dis1": "6 88 6",
"sense": "scarcity",
"word": "scarcity"
}
],
"tags": [
"broadly",
"countable",
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
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"_dis1": "3 91 6",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nedoimǎk",
"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "недоимък"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 6",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "quēfá",
"sense": "scarcity",
"word": "缺乏"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 6",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nedostatek"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 6",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "schaarste"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 6",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "scarcity",
"word": "malabundo"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "scarcity",
"word": "pula"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "scarcity",
"word": "niukkuus"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 6",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pénurie"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 6",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "naḳleboba",
"sense": "scarcity",
"word": "ნაკლებობა"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 6",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "depiciṭi",
"sense": "scarcity",
"word": "დეფიციტი"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 6",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "uḳmaroba",
"sense": "scarcity",
"word": "უკმარობა"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 6",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "simc̣ire",
"sense": "scarcity",
"word": "სიმწირე"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Mangel"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Knappheit"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 6",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "anepárkeia",
"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ανεπάρκεια"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 6",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
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"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "έλλειψη"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 6",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "spánis",
"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "σπάνις"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "scarsità"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "carenza"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 6",
"alt": "ふそく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "fusoku",
"sense": "scarcity",
"word": "不足"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 6",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "nemáštija",
"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "нема́штија"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 6",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "scarcity",
"word": "ngōuruuru"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 6",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "scarcity",
"word": "kāhoretanga"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 6",
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "scarcity",
"word": "derth"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 6",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "scarcity",
"word": "mangel"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 6",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "scarcity",
"word": "knapphet"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 6",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "brak"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 6",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "falta"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 6",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escassez"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skúdnostʹ",
"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ску́дность"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nedostátočnostʹ",
"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "недоста́точность"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nedostátok",
"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "недоста́ток"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nexvátka",
"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "нехва́тка"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "deficít",
"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дефици́т"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 6",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nedostatok"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escasez"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "scarcity",
"word": "cortedad"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "carestía"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 6",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "brist"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 6",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "knapphet"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 6",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "scarcity",
"word": "kulang"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 6",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "scarcity",
"word": "kıtlık"
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"word": "დეფიციტი"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "uḳmaroba",
"sense": "scarcity",
"word": "უკმარობა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "simc̣ire",
"sense": "scarcity",
"word": "სიმწირე"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Mangel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Knappheit"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "anepárkeia",
"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ανεπάρκεια"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "élleipsi",
"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "έλλειψη"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "spánis",
"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "σπάνις"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "scarsità"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "carenza"
},
{
"alt": "ふそく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "fusoku",
"sense": "scarcity",
"word": "不足"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "nemáštija",
"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "нема́штија"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "scarcity",
"word": "ngōuruuru"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "scarcity",
"word": "kāhoretanga"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "scarcity",
"word": "derth"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "scarcity",
"word": "mangel"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "scarcity",
"word": "knapphet"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "brak"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "falta"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escassez"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skúdnostʹ",
"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ску́дность"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nedostátočnostʹ",
"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "недоста́точность"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nedostátok",
"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "недоста́ток"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nexvátka",
"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "нехва́тка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "deficít",
"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дефици́т"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "nedostatok"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "escasez"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "scarcity",
"word": "cortedad"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "carestía"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "brist"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "knapphet"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "scarcity",
"word": "kulang"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "scarcity",
"word": "kıtlık"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "scarcity",
"word": "yokluk"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "scarcity",
"word": "darlık"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "scarcity",
"word": "azlık"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nestača",
"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "нестача"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "brak",
"sense": "scarcity",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "брак"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "scarcity",
"word": "tengey"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "scarcity",
"word": "çınêbıyayey"
},
{
"code": "zza",
"lang": "Zazaki",
"sense": "scarcity",
"word": "tayney"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Coverdale Bible"
],
"word": "dearth"
}
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