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"text": "1902, James H. Mulligan, In Kentucky, quoted in 2005, Wade Hall (editor), The Kentucky Anthology, page 203,\nThe moonlight falls the softest\nIn Kentucky;\nThe summer days come oftest\nIn Kentucky;"
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],
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},
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},
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}
],
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"word": "oftmols"
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},
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}
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"plural"
]
},
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"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
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"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
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"accusative",
"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"accusative",
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "niște ofturi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ofturile",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "oft",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "unui oft",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "oftului",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "ofturi",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "unor ofturi",
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"dative",
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ofturilor",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "oftule",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "ofturilor",
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"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
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"vs": "oftule",
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}
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"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
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"Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
"Romanian lemmas",
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"Romanian nouns",
"Romanian nouns with red links in their headword lines"
],
"glosses": [
"sigh"
],
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[
"sigh",
"sigh"
]
],
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]
}
],
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}
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