See lask on Wiktionary
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"plural",
"translative"
]
},
{
"form": "laseks",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"translative"
]
},
{
"form": "lasuni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "laskudeni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"terminative"
]
},
{
"form": "lasuna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"essive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "laskudena",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"essive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lasuta",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"abessive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "laskudeta",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"abessive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lasuga",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"comitative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "laskudega",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"comitative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "et",
"10": "",
"2": "nouns",
"3": "genitive",
"4": "lasu",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"7": "partitive",
"8": "lasku",
"9": "",
"cat2": "",
"f1accel-form": "gen|s",
"f1request": "1",
"f2accel-form": "gen|s",
"f3accel-form": "par|s",
"f3request": "1",
"f4accel-form": "par|s",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "lask (genitive lasu, partitive lasku)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lasu",
"2": "lasku"
},
"expansion": "lask (genitive lasu, partitive lasku)",
"name": "et-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"lask"
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "las",
"2": "k",
"3": "",
"4": "u"
},
"name": "et-decl-riik"
}
],
"lang": "Estonian",
"lang_code": "et",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Estonian deverbals",
"Estonian entries with incorrect language header",
"Estonian lemmas",
"Estonian nouns",
"Estonian riik-type nominals",
"Estonian terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Estonian/ɑsk",
"Rhymes:Estonian/ɑsk/1 syllable",
"et:Weapons"
],
"glosses": [
"shot, gunshot"
],
"links": [
[
"shot",
"shot"
],
[
"gunshot",
"gunshot"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈlɑsk/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈlɑsk]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑsk"
}
],
"word": "lask"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "liv",
"2": "urj-fin-pro",
"3": "*laskëdak"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Finnic *laskëdak",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Finnic *laskëdak.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "liv",
"2": "verb"
},
"expansion": "lask",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Livonian",
"lang_code": "liv",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Livonian entries with incorrect language header",
"Livonian lemmas",
"Livonian terms derived from Proto-Finnic",
"Livonian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic",
"Livonian verbs",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"let"
],
"links": [
[
"let",
"let"
]
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "Courland",
"word": "laskõ"
}
],
"word": "lask"
}
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