See ligger on Wiktionary
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}
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"2": "verb form"
},
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}
],
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
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"categories": [
"Pages with 6 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
"Swedish non-lemma forms",
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}
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"glosses": [
"present indicative of ligga"
],
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"ligga",
"ligga#Swedish"
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