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"ref": "1978 April 29, Michael Bronski, “Notes on a Necessary Gay Film”, in Gay Community News, page 11",
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"indefinite",
"nominative",
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]
},
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"plural"
]
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"singular"
]
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"singular"
]
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"definite",
"masculine",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "politicele",
"source": "declension",
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"accusative",
"definite",
"feminine",
"neuter",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "politic",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "politice",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "politici",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "politice",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "politicului",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"genitive",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "politicei",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"feminine",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "politicilor",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"genitive",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "politicelor",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"feminine",
"genitive",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
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"args": {},
"expansion": "politic m or n (feminine singular politică, masculine plural politici, feminine and neuter plural politice)",
"name": "ro-adj"
}
],
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"name": "ro-decl-adj"
}
],
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Romanian adjectives",
"Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
"Romanian lemmas",
"Romanian terms borrowed from French",
"Romanian terms borrowed from Latin",
"Romanian terms derived from French",
"Romanian terms derived from Latin",
"Romanian terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
"glosses": [
"political"
],
"links": [
[
"political",
"political"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"neuter"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/poˈli.tik/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"english": "post-1930s Cyrillic spelling",
"word": "политик"
}
],
"word": "politic"
}
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