"lapsa" meaning in All languages combined

{
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    {
      "form": "lāpsa",
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        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "participle form",
        "head": "lāpsa"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "_dis": "34 29 37",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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      ],
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        "inflection of lāpsus:",
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      ],
      "id": "en-lapsa-la-verb-08akIkF3",
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        [
          "lāpsus",
          "lapsus#Latin"
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      ],
      "id": "en-lapsa-la-verb-hgZqlcNQ",
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        [
          "lāpsus",
          "lapsus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
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        "accusative",
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        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "participle",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lāpsā",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "participle form",
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      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
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        }
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        "ablative feminine singular of lāpsus"
      ],
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          "lāpsus",
          "lapsus#Latin"
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        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "form-of",
        "participle",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lapsene"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lapsēns"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "*lapesa"
      },
      "expansion": "*lapesa",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "bat-pro",
        "3": "*lap-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Baltic *lap-",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-bsl-pro",
        "2": "*wlap-"
      },
      "expansion": "*wlap-",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-bsl-pro",
        "2": "*wlop-"
      },
      "expansion": "*wlop-",
      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ine-bsl-pro",
        "2": "*-eš"
      },
      "expansion": "*-eš",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*-eḱ"
      },
      "expansion": "*-eḱ",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wlp-"
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      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wlp-",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*lup-"
      },
      "expansion": "*lup-",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*lop-"
      },
      "expansion": "*lop-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*h₂wl(o)p"
      },
      "expansion": "*h₂wl(o)p",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*h₂ulp"
      },
      "expansion": "*h₂ulp",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
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        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*wel-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to pluck; to steal, to plunder; to tear"
      },
      "expansion": "*wel- (“to pluck; to steal, to plunder; to tear”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "vilks",
        "3": "",
        "4": "wolf"
      },
      "expansion": "vilks (“wolf”)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "vilks"
      },
      "expansion": "vilks",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ltg",
        "2": "lopsa"
      },
      "expansion": "Latgalian lopsa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "lãpė"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian lãpė",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "prg",
        "2": "lape"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Prussian lape",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xsv",
        "2": "łaps"
      },
      "expansion": "Sudovian łaps",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "louarn"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton louarn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ἀλώπηξ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "लोपाशः",
        "3": "",
        "4": "fox, jackal"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit लोपाशः (lopāśaḥ, “fox, jackal”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "volpes",
        "3": "volpēs"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin volpēs",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kho",
        "tr": "rrūvāsa"
      },
      "expansion": "Khotanese [script needed] (rrūvāsa)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hy",
        "2": "աղվես"
      },
      "expansion": "Armenian աղվես (aġves)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "روباه",
        "tr": "rubâh"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian روباه (rubâh)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sla-pro",
        "2": "*lisa"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *lisa",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From earlier *lapesa, from Proto-Baltic *lap- (< *wlap-, *wlop-) with an extra element *-eš (< *-eḱ), from Proto-Indo-European *wlp-, *lup-, *lop-, *h₂wl(o)p, *h₂ulp, ultimately from the stem *wel- (“to pluck; to steal, to plunder; to tear”), whence also vilks (“wolf”), q.v.). The original meaning was, as in the case of vilks, also “thief,” “tearer.”\nCognates include Latgalian lopsa, Lithuanian lãpė, Old Prussian lape, Sudovian łaps, Breton louarn, Ancient Greek ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx), Sanskrit लोपाशः (lopāśaḥ, “fox, jackal”), Latin volpēs, Khotanese [script needed] (rrūvāsa), Armenian աղվես (aġves), Persian روباه (rubâh) and probably Proto-Slavic *lisa.",
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        "table-tags"
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    {
      "form": "4th declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "lapsa",
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    },
    {
      "form": "lapsas",
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        "nominative",
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    },
    {
      "form": "lapsu",
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "lapsas",
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    {
      "form": "lapsas",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lapsu",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lapsai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "lapsām",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lapsu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "lapsām",
      "source": "declension",
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        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lapsā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lapsās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lapsa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "lapsas",
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        "2": "noun",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "lapsa f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
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      },
      "expansion": "lapsa f (4th declension)",
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      "args": {
        "1": "lapsa",
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        "13": "lapsa",
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        "16": "",
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        "5": "lapsas",
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      },
      "name": "lv-decl-noun-table"
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  ],
  "lang": "Latvian",
  "lang_code": "lv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
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          "_dis": "79 21",
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          "_dis": "76 24",
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          "_dis": "65 35",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "71 29",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "lv",
          "name": "Canids",
          "orig": "lv:Canids",
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            "Mammals",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "88 12",
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          "name": "Mammals",
          "orig": "lv:Mammals",
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            "Lifeforms",
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            "Life",
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "red fox",
          "text": "sarkanā lapsa",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "fox skin, fur",
          "text": "lapsas āda",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "fox hunting",
          "text": "lapsu medības",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "cunning as a fox",
          "text": "viltīgs kā lapsa",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "foxes are crafty animals, they know well how to avoid danger and get prey",
          "text": "lapsas ir veikli dzīvnieki, tās labi prot izvairīties no briesmām un iegūt laupījumu",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fox (esp. Vulpes vulpes)"
      ],
      "id": "en-lapsa-lv-noun-2C5YKyyb",
      "links": [
        [
          "fox",
          "fox"
        ],
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          "Vulpes vulpes",
          "Vulpes vulpes#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-4",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [],
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        {
          "english": "with reports of unrest among the boys the school inspector in Valmiera only wanted to get a better position... or would the curator in Riga be a badger and believe the Valmieran fox?",
          "text": "ar ziņojumiem par puiku nemieriem skolu inspektors Valmierā tikai pats grib tikt labākā vietā... vai nu kurators Rīgā lai būtu tāds āpsis un ticētu Valmieras lapsai?",
          "type": "example"
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        "fox, old fox (a cunning person)"
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      "id": "en-lapsa-lv-noun-AbMWpS-w",
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        [
          "fox",
          "fox"
        ],
        [
          "old",
          "old"
        ],
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          "cunning",
          "cunning#English"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person#English"
        ]
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        "(figuratively) fox, old fox (a cunning person)"
      ],
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        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "[lapsa]"
    },
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      "audio": "lv-riga-lapsa.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f7/Lv-riga-lapsa.ogg/Lv-riga-lapsa.ogg.mp3",
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  ],
  "wikipedia": [
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  ],
  "word": "lapsa"
}

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  ],
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  ],
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}

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    "Latvian etymologies from LEV",
    "Latvian feminine nouns",
    "Latvian fourth declension nouns",
    "Latvian lemmas",
    "Latvian nouns",
    "Latvian terms derived from Proto-Baltic",
    "Latvian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
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    "Latvian terms with audio links",
    "Latvian undefined derivations",
    "Requests for native script for Khotanese terms",
    "lv:Canids",
    "lv:Mammals"
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    {
      "word": "lapsene"
    },
    {
      "word": "lapsēns"
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  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "bat-pro",
        "3": "*lap-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Baltic *lap-",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "*wlap-"
      },
      "expansion": "*wlap-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-bsl-pro",
        "2": "*wlop-"
      },
      "expansion": "*wlop-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-bsl-pro",
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      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*-eḱ"
      },
      "expansion": "*-eḱ",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "ine-pro",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wlp-",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*lup-"
      },
      "expansion": "*lup-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*lop-"
      },
      "expansion": "*lop-",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*h₂wl(o)p"
      },
      "expansion": "*h₂wl(o)p",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*h₂ulp"
      },
      "expansion": "*h₂ulp",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*wel-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to pluck; to steal, to plunder; to tear"
      },
      "expansion": "*wel- (“to pluck; to steal, to plunder; to tear”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "vilks",
        "3": "",
        "4": "wolf"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "vilks"
      },
      "expansion": "vilks",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ltg",
        "2": "lopsa"
      },
      "expansion": "Latgalian lopsa",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "lãpė"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian lãpė",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "prg",
        "2": "lape"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Prussian lape",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xsv",
        "2": "łaps"
      },
      "expansion": "Sudovian łaps",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "br",
        "2": "louarn"
      },
      "expansion": "Breton louarn",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ἀλώπηξ"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "लोपाशः",
        "3": "",
        "4": "fox, jackal"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit लोपाशः (lopāśaḥ, “fox, jackal”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "volpes",
        "3": "volpēs"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin volpēs",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kho",
        "tr": "rrūvāsa"
      },
      "expansion": "Khotanese [script needed] (rrūvāsa)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hy",
        "2": "աղվես"
      },
      "expansion": "Armenian աղվես (aġves)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "روباه",
        "tr": "rubâh"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian روباه (rubâh)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sla-pro",
        "2": "*lisa"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *lisa",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From earlier *lapesa, from Proto-Baltic *lap- (< *wlap-, *wlop-) with an extra element *-eš (< *-eḱ), from Proto-Indo-European *wlp-, *lup-, *lop-, *h₂wl(o)p, *h₂ulp, ultimately from the stem *wel- (“to pluck; to steal, to plunder; to tear”), whence also vilks (“wolf”), q.v.). The original meaning was, as in the case of vilks, also “thief,” “tearer.”\nCognates include Latgalian lopsa, Lithuanian lãpė, Old Prussian lape, Sudovian łaps, Breton louarn, Ancient Greek ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx), Sanskrit लोपाशः (lopāśaḥ, “fox, jackal”), Latin volpēs, Khotanese [script needed] (rrūvāsa), Armenian աղվես (aġves), Persian روباه (rubâh) and probably Proto-Slavic *lisa.",
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "lv-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "4th declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "lapsa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lapsas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lapsu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lapsas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lapsas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lapsu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lapsai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lapsām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lapsu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lapsām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lapsā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lapsās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lapsa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lapsas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "noun",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "lapsa f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "4th"
      },
      "expansion": "lapsa f (4th declension)",
      "name": "lv-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "laps",
        "2": "a",
        "3": "4th",
        "extrawidth": "-60"
      },
      "name": "lv-decl-noun"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "laps",
        "2": "a",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "drop-v": "",
        "keep-s": "",
        "x": "-60"
      },
      "name": "lv-decl-noun-4"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lapsa",
        "10": "lapsām",
        "11": "lapsā",
        "12": "lapsās",
        "13": "lapsa",
        "14": "lapsas",
        "16": "",
        "2": "lapsas",
        "3": "lapsu",
        "4": "lapsas",
        "5": "lapsas",
        "6": "lapsu",
        "7": "lapsai",
        "8": "lapsām",
        "9": "lapsu",
        "type": "4th declension",
        "x": "-60"
      },
      "name": "lv-decl-noun-table"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latvian",
  "lang_code": "lv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "red fox",
          "text": "sarkanā lapsa",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "fox skin, fur",
          "text": "lapsas āda",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "fox hunting",
          "text": "lapsu medības",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "cunning as a fox",
          "text": "viltīgs kā lapsa",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "foxes are crafty animals, they know well how to avoid danger and get prey",
          "text": "lapsas ir veikli dzīvnieki, tās labi prot izvairīties no briesmām un iegūt laupījumu",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fox (esp. Vulpes vulpes)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fox",
          "fox"
        ],
        [
          "Vulpes vulpes",
          "Vulpes vulpes#Translingual"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-4",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "with reports of unrest among the boys the school inspector in Valmiera only wanted to get a better position... or would the curator in Riga be a badger and believe the Valmieran fox?",
          "text": "ar ziņojumiem par puiku nemieriem skolu inspektors Valmierā tikai pats grib tikt labākā vietā... vai nu kurators Rīgā lai būtu tāds āpsis un ticētu Valmieras lapsai?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fox, old fox (a cunning person)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fox",
          "fox"
        ],
        [
          "old",
          "old"
        ],
        [
          "cunning",
          "cunning#English"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) fox, old fox (a cunning person)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-4",
        "feminine",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[lapsa]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "lv-riga-lapsa.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f7/Lv-riga-lapsa.ogg/Lv-riga-lapsa.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Lv-riga-lapsa.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "lv:lapsa"
  ],
  "word": "lapsa"
}