See rifja on Wiktionary
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},
"expansion": "Icelandic: rifja",
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}
],
"text": "Icelandic: rifja"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From the same root as rífa (“to rip, pull at forcefully”). The \"explain\" sense appears to be a metaphorical extension of the \"rake hay\" sense, as raking hay together is similar to raking one's thoughts and expressing them.",
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},
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"pos": "verb",
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{
"glosses": [
"to turn hay, rake hay"
],
"links": [
[
"turn",
"turn"
],
[
"hay",
"hay"
],
[
"rake",
"rake"
]
]
},
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"to explain, enumerate"
],
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[
"explain",
"explain"
],
[
"enumerate",
"enumerate"
]
]
}
],
"word": "rifja"
}
Download raw JSONL data for rifja meaning in All languages combined (7.5kB)
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