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{
"etymology_text": "The term originates in the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) game, where it originally referred to a Githyanki fighter/wizard combination. Gish is not an official term used in D&D referring to this, but is also used to refer to any character who has a martial/spellcasting combination of abilities.",
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"plural"
]
}
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"langcode": "en",
"name": "Fantasy",
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"Artistic works",
"Genres",
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"Human activity",
"Human behaviour",
"Human",
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"_dis": "80 20",
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"Role-playing games",
"Tabletop games",
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"Speculative fiction",
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"Genres",
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"Art",
"Entertainment",
"Human activity",
"Culture",
"Human behaviour",
"Society",
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"Fundamental"
],
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}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Most gishes use their magical abilities to increase their own personal combat abilities (known as \"buffing\")."
}
],
"glosses": [
"A character that is skilled in both physical combat and the use of magic."
],
"id": "en-gish-en-noun-SwRWMfhZ",
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"fantasy",
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],
[
"roleplaying game",
"roleplaying game"
],
[
"physical",
"physical"
],
[
"combat",
"combat"
],
[
"magic",
"magic"
]
],
"qualifier": "fantasy roleplaying games",
"raw_glosses": [
"(fantasy roleplaying games) A character that is skilled in both physical combat and the use of magic."
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"An outsider."
],
"id": "en-gish-en-noun-npfUCQh1",
"links": [
[
"outsider",
"outsider"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang) An outsider."
],
"tags": [
"slang"
]
}
],
"word": "gish"
}
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"3": "",
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"name": "m"
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"etymology_text": "From the root -GIZH (“make a motion with a sticklike object”).",
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"form": "no-table-tags",
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},
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"form": "nv-pos-lowtone",
"source": "inflection",
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},
{
"form": "shigish",
"source": "inflection",
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"first-person",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "nihigish",
"source": "inflection",
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"duoplural",
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]
},
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"form": "danihigish",
"source": "inflection",
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"first-person",
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]
},
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"form": "nigish",
"source": "inflection",
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"second-person",
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},
{
"form": "nihigish",
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"duoplural",
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]
},
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"source": "inflection",
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"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "bigish",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "yigish",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"fourth-person"
]
},
{
"form": "hagish",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"fourth-person"
]
},
{
"form": "agish",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"indefinite"
]
}
],
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"lang": "Navajo",
"lang_code": "nv",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
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"name": "Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
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},
{
"_dis": "94 6",
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"name": "Navajo entries with topic categories using raw markup",
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},
{
"_dis": "87 13",
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"name": "Navajo terms belonging to the root -GIZH (act with stick)",
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "94 6",
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}
],
"glosses": [
"digging stick, planting stick"
],
"id": "en-gish-nv-noun-XDDGK0j1",
"links": [
[
"digging stick",
"digging stick"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "32 68",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "nv",
"name": "Tools",
"orig": "nv:Tools",
"parents": [
"Technology",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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}
],
"glosses": [
"cane, staff, crutch"
],
"id": "en-gish-nv-noun-39NVDQY5",
"links": [
[
"cane",
"cane"
],
[
"staff",
"staff"
],
[
"crutch",
"crutch"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[kɪ̀ʃ]"
},
{
"ipa": "[kɣɪ̀ʃ]"
}
],
"word": "gish"
}
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"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
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"en:Dungeons & Dragons",
"nv:Tools"
],
"etymology_text": "The term originates in the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) game, where it originally referred to a Githyanki fighter/wizard combination. Gish is not an official term used in D&D referring to this, but is also used to refer to any character who has a martial/spellcasting combination of abilities.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "gishes",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"en:Fantasy",
"en:Role-playing games"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Most gishes use their magical abilities to increase their own personal combat abilities (known as \"buffing\")."
}
],
"glosses": [
"A character that is skilled in both physical combat and the use of magic."
],
"links": [
[
"fantasy",
"fantasy"
],
[
"roleplaying game",
"roleplaying game"
],
[
"physical",
"physical"
],
[
"combat",
"combat"
],
[
"magic",
"magic"
]
],
"qualifier": "fantasy roleplaying games",
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"(fantasy roleplaying games) A character that is skilled in both physical combat and the use of magic."
]
},
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"English slang"
],
"glosses": [
"An outsider."
],
"links": [
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"outsider",
"outsider"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang) An outsider."
],
"tags": [
"slang"
]
}
],
"word": "gish"
}
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"Navajo entries with incorrect language header",
"Navajo entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Navajo lemmas",
"Navajo nouns",
"Navajo terms belonging to the root -GIZH (act with stick)",
"Navajo terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Navajo terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"nv:Tools"
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"name": "m"
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],
"etymology_text": "From the root -GIZH (“make a motion with a sticklike object”).",
"forms": [
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"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "nv-pos-lowtone",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "shigish",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nihigish",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"duoplural",
"first-person"
]
},
{
"form": "danihigish",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "nigish",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "nihigish",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"duoplural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "danihigish",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "bigish",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "yigish",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"fourth-person"
]
},
{
"form": "hagish",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"fourth-person"
]
},
{
"form": "agish",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"indefinite"
]
}
],
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"lang": "Navajo",
"lang_code": "nv",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"digging stick, planting stick"
],
"links": [
[
"digging stick",
"digging stick"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"cane, staff, crutch"
],
"links": [
[
"cane",
"cane"
],
[
"staff",
"staff"
],
[
"crutch",
"crutch"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[kɪ̀ʃ]"
},
{
"ipa": "[kɣɪ̀ʃ]"
}
],
"word": "gish"
}
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