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"ref": "2010, Philip Carr-Gomm, Richard Heygate, The Book of English Magic",
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"A ley line."
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"word": "ugarnak hagyott"
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"english": "He got into the back of my truck.",
"text": "O tummbeke ley akalawal mobel am.",
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"english": "Don't wrestle in the house, go outside.",
"text": "Taa ŋawlunduree ley suudu ga, njehee sella.",
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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"lit": "",
"nocat": "",
"pos": "",
"sc": "",
"sort": "",
"tr": "",
"ts": ""
},
"expansion": "Latin lēgem",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "la",
"3": "lēx",
"4": "lēgem"
},
"expansion": "Inherited from Latin lēgem",
"name": "inh+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "legal"
},
"expansion": "legal",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "legitimate"
},
"expansion": "legitimate",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "itc-pro",
"3": "*lēg-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Italic *lēg-",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*leǵ-s"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-s",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*leǵ-",
"3": "",
"4": "to gather"
},
"expansion": "*leǵ- (“to gather”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Inherited from Latin lēgem (whence English legal and legitimate), from Proto-Italic *lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-s, from *leǵ- (“to gather”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "leyes",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "f"
},
"expansion": "ley f (plural leyes)",
"name": "es-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"ley"
],
"hyponyms": [
{
"word": "ley del buen samaritano"
},
{
"tags": [
"natural"
],
"topics": [
"law"
],
"word": "ley natural"
}
],
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "leal"
},
{
"word": "legal"
},
{
"word": "legislar"
},
{
"word": "legítimo"
},
{
"word": "lindo"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"law (a well-established characteristic of nature)"
],
"links": [
[
"law",
"law"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"law (body of rules issued by a legislative body)"
],
"links": [
[
"law",
"law"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"law (particular piece of legislation)"
],
"links": [
[
"law",
"law"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"religion, credence, worship of a god"
],
"links": [
[
"religion",
"religion"
],
[
"credence",
"credence"
],
[
"worship",
"worship"
],
[
"god",
"god"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈlei/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈlei̯]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ei"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"es:ley"
],
"word": "ley"
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Maasina",
"path": [
"ley"
],
"section": "Fula",
"subsection": "preposition",
"title": "ley",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Maasina",
"path": [
"ley"
],
"section": "Fula",
"subsection": "preposition",
"title": "ley",
"trace": ""
}
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