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Noun [Latvian]

IPA: [dìɛws] Audio: lv-riga-dievs.ogg
Etymology: From Proto-Balto-Slavic *deiwás, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós. The original meaning was probably “light,” from which “sky” (via “bright one”, “shining one”) (a meaning still found in Proto-Finnic *taivas), whence also “god”. Etymology templates: {{inh|lv|ine-bsl-pro|*deiwás}} Proto-Balto-Slavic *deiwás, {{inh|lv|ine-pro|*deywós}} Proto-Indo-European *deywós, {{cog|urj-fin-pro|*taivas}} Proto-Finnic *taivas Head templates: {{head|lv|noun|g=m|g2=|head=|sort=}} dievs m, {{lv-noun|m|1st|fem=dieviete|fem2=dieve}} dievs m (1st declension, feminine form: dieviete or dieve) Inflection templates: {{lv-decl-noun|diev|s|1st|extrawidth=-60}}, {{lv-decl-noun-1|diev|s|4=|5=|6=|7=|8=|drop-v=|keep-s=|x=-60}}, {{lv-decl-noun-table|dievs|dievi|dievu|dievus|dieva|dievu|dievam|dieviem|dievu|dieviem|dievā|dievos|diev|dievi|type=1st declension|x=-60}} Forms: dieviete [feminine], dieve [feminine], declension-1 [table-tags], dievs [nominative, singular], dievi [nominative, plural], dievu [accusative, singular], dievus [accusative, plural], dieva [genitive, singular], dievu [genitive, plural], dievam [dative, singular], dieviem [dative, plural], dievu [instrumental, singular], dieviem [instrumental, plural], dievā [locative, singular], dievos [locative, plural], diev [singular, vocative], dievi [plural, vocative]
  1. (theology, Christianity, often capitalized) god (supernatural being that created the world) Tags: capitalized, declension-1, masculine, often Categories (topical): Christianity, Theology, Gods, Religion
    Sense id: en-dievs-lv-noun-m9DUKXIf Disambiguation of Gods: 55 45 Disambiguation of Religion: 64 36 Categories (other): Latvian entries with incorrect language header, Latvian etymologies from LEV, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latvian entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of Latvian etymologies from LEV: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14 Topics: Christianity, lifestyle, religion, theology
  2. (mythology) god (powerful supernatural being that demands worship) Tags: declension-1, masculine Categories (topical): Mythology, Gods
    Sense id: en-dievs-lv-noun-qekRF7wV Disambiguation of Gods: 55 45 Categories (other): Latvian words with falling intonation Disambiguation of Latvian words with falling intonation: 26 74 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dievība, dievināt, dievišķs, dievišķīgs

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "dēmons"
    },
    {
      "word": "sātans"
    },
    {
      "word": "velns"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "dievība"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "dievināt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "dievišķs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "dievišķīgs"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "ine-bsl-pro",
        "3": "*deiwás"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*deywós"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *deywós",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "urj-fin-pro",
        "2": "*taivas"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Finnic *taivas",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Balto-Slavic *deiwás, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós. The original meaning was probably “light,” from which “sky” (via “bright one”, “shining one”) (a meaning still found in Proto-Finnic *taivas), whence also “god”.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dieviete",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dieve",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "declension-1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lv-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1st declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dievs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dievi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dievu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dievus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dieva",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dievu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dievam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dieviem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dievu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dieviem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dievā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dievos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "diev",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dievi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "dievs m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "1st",
        "fem": "dieviete",
        "fem2": "dieve"
      },
      "expansion": "dievs m (1st declension, feminine form: dieviete or dieve)",
      "name": "lv-noun"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "diev",
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        "extrawidth": "-60"
      },
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    },
    {
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        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
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        "x": "-60"
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "5": "dieva",
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        "8": "dieviem",
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latvian",
  "lang_code": "lv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "lv",
          "name": "Christianity",
          "orig": "lv:Christianity",
          "parents": [
            "Abrahamism",
            "Religion",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
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          "orig": "lv:Theology",
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            "Religion",
            "All topics",
            "Culture",
            "Fundamental",
            "Society"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "57 43",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latvian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "60 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latvian etymologies from LEV",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "72 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "86 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "lv",
          "name": "Gods",
          "orig": "lv:Gods",
          "parents": [
            "Religion",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "64 36",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "lv",
          "name": "Religion",
          "orig": "lv:Religion",
          "parents": [
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "to pray to god",
          "text": "lūgt dievu",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to believe in god",
          "text": "ticēt dievam",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "servant of god (i.e., a preacher)",
          "text": "dieva kalps",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "god's judgment",
          "text": "dieva tiesa",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "god forbid!",
          "text": "dievs (pa)sargi! pasargi dievs! lai dievs (pa)sarga!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "dear god! my god!",
          "text": "mīļais dievs! mans dievs!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "(it) is a characteristic belief of religion that god created the world",
          "text": "reliģijai raksturīgs uzskats, ka pasauli radījis dievs",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "kingdom of god (literally \"state of god\"; karaliste, the word for kingdom, is not used in the Latvian Bible)",
          "text": "dieva valstība",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "god (supernatural being that created the world)"
      ],
      "id": "en-dievs-lv-noun-m9DUKXIf",
      "links": [
        [
          "theology",
          "theology"
        ],
        [
          "Christianity",
          "Christianity"
        ],
        [
          "capitalize",
          "capitalize"
        ],
        [
          "god",
          "god"
        ],
        [
          "supernatural",
          "supernatural#English"
        ],
        [
          "being",
          "being#English"
        ],
        [
          "create",
          "create#English"
        ],
        [
          "world",
          "world#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(theology, Christianity, often capitalized) god (supernatural being that created the world)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "capitalized",
        "declension-1",
        "masculine",
        "often"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Christianity",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion",
        "theology"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
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          "name": "Mythology",
          "orig": "lv:Mythology",
          "parents": [
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 74",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latvian words with falling intonation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "lv",
          "name": "Gods",
          "orig": "lv:Gods",
          "parents": [
            "Religion",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "ancient Greek gods",
          "text": "seno grieķu dievi",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Roman gods",
          "text": "romiešu dievi",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "pagan gods",
          "text": "pagāniskie dievi",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the god of war",
          "text": "kara dievs",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "god (powerful supernatural being that demands worship)"
      ],
      "id": "en-dievs-lv-noun-qekRF7wV",
      "links": [
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "god",
          "god"
        ],
        [
          "powerful",
          "powerful#English"
        ],
        [
          "supernatural",
          "supernatural#English"
        ],
        [
          "being",
          "being#English"
        ],
        [
          "demand",
          "demand#English"
        ],
        [
          "worship",
          "worship#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mythology) god (powerful supernatural being that demands worship)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[dìɛws]"
    },
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      "audio": "lv-riga-dievs.ogg",
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  ],
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    "lv:dievs"
  ],
  "word": "dievs"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "dēmons"
    },
    {
      "word": "sātans"
    },
    {
      "word": "velns"
    }
  ],
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    "Latvian etymologies from LEV",
    "Latvian first declension nouns",
    "Latvian lemmas",
    "Latvian masculine nouns",
    "Latvian nouns",
    "Latvian terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic",
    "Latvian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latvian terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic",
    "Latvian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Latvian words with falling intonation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "lv:Gods",
    "lv:Religion"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "dievība"
    },
    {
      "word": "dievināt"
    },
    {
      "word": "dievišķs"
    },
    {
      "word": "dievišķīgs"
    }
  ],
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Balto-Slavic *deiwás, from Proto-Indo-European *deywós. The original meaning was probably “light,” from which “sky” (via “bright one”, “shining one”) (a meaning still found in Proto-Finnic *taivas), whence also “god”.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dieviete",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dieve",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "declension-1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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    },
    {
      "form": "lv-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "1st declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
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    },
    {
      "form": "dievs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dievi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dievu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dievus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dieva",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dievu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dievam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dieviem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dievu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dieviem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dievā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dievos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "diev",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dievi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "noun",
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        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "dievs m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "1st",
        "fem": "dieviete",
        "fem2": "dieve"
      },
      "expansion": "dievs m (1st declension, feminine form: dieviete or dieve)",
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  ],
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      "args": {
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "diev",
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        "5": "",
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        "7": "",
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        "keep-s": "",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dievs",
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        "3": "dievu",
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        "5": "dieva",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latvian",
  "lang_code": "lv",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian terms with usage examples",
        "lv:Christianity",
        "lv:Theology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to pray to god",
          "text": "lūgt dievu",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "to believe in god",
          "text": "ticēt dievam",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "servant of god (i.e., a preacher)",
          "text": "dieva kalps",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "god's judgment",
          "text": "dieva tiesa",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "god forbid!",
          "text": "dievs (pa)sargi! pasargi dievs! lai dievs (pa)sarga!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "dear god! my god!",
          "text": "mīļais dievs! mans dievs!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "(it) is a characteristic belief of religion that god created the world",
          "text": "reliģijai raksturīgs uzskats, ka pasauli radījis dievs",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "kingdom of god (literally \"state of god\"; karaliste, the word for kingdom, is not used in the Latvian Bible)",
          "text": "dieva valstība",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "god (supernatural being that created the world)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "theology",
          "theology"
        ],
        [
          "Christianity",
          "Christianity"
        ],
        [
          "capitalize",
          "capitalize"
        ],
        [
          "god",
          "god"
        ],
        [
          "supernatural",
          "supernatural#English"
        ],
        [
          "being",
          "being#English"
        ],
        [
          "create",
          "create#English"
        ],
        [
          "world",
          "world#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(theology, Christianity, often capitalized) god (supernatural being that created the world)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "capitalized",
        "declension-1",
        "masculine",
        "often"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Christianity",
        "lifestyle",
        "religion",
        "theology"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian terms with usage examples",
        "lv:Mythology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "ancient Greek gods",
          "text": "seno grieķu dievi",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Roman gods",
          "text": "romiešu dievi",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "pagan gods",
          "text": "pagāniskie dievi",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the god of war",
          "text": "kara dievs",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "god (powerful supernatural being that demands worship)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mythology",
          "mythology"
        ],
        [
          "god",
          "god"
        ],
        [
          "powerful",
          "powerful#English"
        ],
        [
          "supernatural",
          "supernatural#English"
        ],
        [
          "being",
          "being#English"
        ],
        [
          "demand",
          "demand#English"
        ],
        [
          "worship",
          "worship#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mythology) god (powerful supernatural being that demands worship)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "mysticism",
        "mythology",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[dìɛws]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "lv-riga-dievs.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/66/Lv-riga-dievs.ogg/Lv-riga-dievs.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Lv-riga-dievs.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "lv:dievs"
  ],
  "word": "dievs"
}

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