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"word": "Anfangsphase"
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{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "early state in development",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "dergûşî"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nepǎlnolétie",
"sense": "law: state of being minor",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "непълноле́тие"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "law: state of being minor",
"word": "alaikäisyys"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sağir",
"sense": "law: state of being minor",
"word": "صغیر"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nesoveršennolétije",
"sense": "law: state of being minor",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "несовершенноле́тие"
}
],
"word": "infancy"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "infancy",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "infancie"
}
],
"categories": [
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English nouns"
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of infancie"
],
"links": [
[
"infancie",
"infancie#Middle English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "infancy"
}
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