See slått on Wiktionary
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],
"links": [
[
"slå",
"slå#Norwegian_Nynorsk"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
"word": "slått"
}
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "slått",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Regional Swedish",
"Swedish colloquialisms",
"Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
"Swedish non-lemma forms",
"Swedish nonstandard terms",
"Swedish verb forms"
],
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{
"word": "slå"
}
],
"glosses": [
"supine of slå"
],
"links": [
[
"regional",
"regional#English"
],
[
"slå",
"slå#Swedish"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(regional, colloquial, nonstandard) supine of slå"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "slagit"
}
],
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"colloquial",
"form-of",
"nonstandard",
"regional",
"supine"
]
}
],
"word": "slått"
}
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