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}
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{
"ipa": "/fɜːθ/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/fɝθ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɜː(ɹ)θ"
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
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"word": "frith"
}
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "tesen zaliv",
"sense": "arm or inlet of the sea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тесен залив"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "arm or inlet of the sea",
"word": "estuaari"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "arm or inlet of the sea",
"word": "lahti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "arm or inlet of the sea",
"word": "vuono"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "arm or inlet of the sea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "esteiro"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "arm or inlet of the sea",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ría"
},
{
"code": "non",
"lang": "Old Norse",
"sense": "arm or inlet of the sea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fjǫrðr"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "limán",
"sense": "arm or inlet of the sea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "лима́н"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "arm or inlet of the sea",
"word": "firth"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "arm or inlet of the sea",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "caol"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "arm or inlet of the sea",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "linne"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "arm or inlet of the sea",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ría"
}
],
"word": "firth"
}
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"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Old English",
"English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
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"name": "der"
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{
"form": "firths",
"tags": [
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]
}
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"Scottish English"
],
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],
[
"forest",
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[
"used",
"use#Verb"
],
[
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"hunting#Noun"
],
[
"small",
"small"
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[
"wood",
"wood#Noun"
],
[
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"wooded#Adjective"
],
[
"country",
"country"
],
[
"land",
"land#Noun"
],
[
"covered",
"cover#Verb"
],
[
"brushwood",
"brushwood"
]
],
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"Northern-England",
"Scotland",
"alt-of",
"alternative"
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{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "fyrth"
}
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"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
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{
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{
"extra": "peace",
"word": "frith"
}
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"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English nouns"
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"Alternative form of frith (“peace”)"
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"alt-of",
"alternative"
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}
],
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}
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