See lyra on Wiktionary
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"Swedish nouns",
"sv:Fish",
"sv:Musical instruments",
"sv:String instruments"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "a catch in brännboll"
},
{
"word": "enhandslyra"
}
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sv-infl-noun-c-or",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "lyra",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lyras",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lyran",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lyrans",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lyror",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lyrors",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lyrorna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lyrornas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "nouns",
"3": "",
"g": "c",
"g2": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "lyra c",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "c"
},
"expansion": "lyra c",
"name": "sv-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "sv-infl-noun-c-or"
}
],
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"sv:Musical instruments"
],
"glosses": [
"a lyre (stringed musical instrument)"
],
"links": [
[
"music",
"music"
],
[
"lyre",
"lyre"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(music) a lyre (stringed musical instrument)"
],
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"topics": [
"entertainment",
"lifestyle",
"music"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a European pollock (Pollachius pollachius)"
],
"links": [
[
"European pollock",
"European pollock"
],
[
"Pollachius pollachius",
"Pollachius pollachius#Translingual"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "lyrtorsk"
},
{
"tags": [
"regional"
],
"word": "bleksej"
},
{
"word": "bleka"
}
],
"tags": [
"common-gender"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"a catch without the ball having touched the ground"
],
"links": [
[
"catch",
"catch"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(brännboll) a catch without the ball having touched the ground"
],
"tags": [
"common-gender"
]
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"sv:lyra"
],
"word": "lyra"
}
Download raw JSONL data for lyra meaning in All languages combined (16.0kB)
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: pre-2012",
"path": [
"lyra"
],
"section": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "lyra",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: pre-2012",
"path": [
"lyra"
],
"section": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "lyra",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: brännboll",
"path": [
"lyra"
],
"section": "Swedish",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "lyra",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
"msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: brännboll",
"path": [
"lyra"
],
"section": "Swedish",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "lyra",
"trace": ""
}
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