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"nominative",
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]
},
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"form": "prebiotic",
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"masculine",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "prebiotice",
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"feminine",
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "prebiotici",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "prebiotice",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "prebioticului",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"genitive",
"masculine",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "prebioticei",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"feminine",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "prebioticilor",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"genitive",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "prebioticelor",
"source": "declension",
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"dative",
"definite",
"feminine",
"genitive",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
}
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"expansion": "prebiotic m or n (feminine singular prebiotică, masculine plural prebiotici, feminine and neuter plural prebiotice)",
"name": "ro-adj"
}
],
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"args": {},
"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 English",
"Romanian terms derived from English"
],
"glosses": [
"prebiotic"
],
"links": [
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"prebiotic",
"prebiotic#English"
]
],
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]
}
],
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}
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