See difficile on Wiktionary
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"expansion": "difficile m or f",
"name": "nrf-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Norman",
"lang_code": "nrm",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Guernsey Norman",
"Jersey Norman",
"Norman adjectives",
"Norman entries with incorrect language header",
"Norman lemmas",
"Norman terms derived from Latin",
"Norman terms derived from Old French",
"Pages with 8 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"difficult"
],
"links": [
[
"difficult",
"difficult"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Jersey, Guernsey) difficult"
],
"tags": [
"Guernsey",
"Jersey",
"feminine",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"word": "difficile"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "difficile"
},
"expansion": "French: difficile",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "French: difficile"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nrf",
"2": "difficile"
},
"expansion": "Norman: difficile",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Jersey",
"2": "Guernsey"
},
"expansion": "(Jersey, Guernsey)",
"name": "qualifier"
}
],
"text": "Norman: difficile (Jersey, Guernsey)"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "difficile",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"nominative",
"oblique",
"singular"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"10": "",
"2": "adjective",
"3": "oblique and nominative feminine singular",
"4": "difficile",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"9": "",
"g": "m",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "difficile m (oblique and nominative feminine singular difficile)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "mf"
},
"expansion": "difficile m (oblique and nominative feminine singular difficile)",
"name": "fro-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Old French",
"lang_code": "fro",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Old French adjectives",
"Old French entries with incorrect language header",
"Old French lemmas",
"Pages with 8 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"difficult"
],
"links": [
[
"difficult",
"difficult"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"masculine",
"oblique",
"singular"
],
"word": "difficil"
}
],
"word": "difficile"
}
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