"spern" meaning in All languages combined

See spern on Wiktionary

Noun [Cornish]

Forms: spernen [singulative]
Etymology: Related to spera (“to spear”), borrowed from English spear. Etymology templates: {{der|kw|en|spear}} English spear Head templates: {{head|kw|noun|singulative|spernen|g=f}} spern f (singulative spernen)
  1. thorns Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-spern-kw-noun-J~304r05
  2. thornbushes Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Botany Categories (lifeform): Plants, Pome fruits
    Sense id: en-spern-kw-noun-T3ndGc33 Disambiguation of Botany: 21 79 Disambiguation of Plants: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pome fruits: 14 86 Categories (other): Cornish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Cornish entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: spern du (english: blackthorn), spern gwynn (english: hawthorn), spernek (english: thorny)

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "blackthorn",
      "word": "spern du"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "hawthorn",
      "word": "spern gwynn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "thorny",
      "word": "spernek"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "spear"
      },
      "expansion": "English spear",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Related to spera (“to spear”), borrowed from English spear.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "spernen",
      "tags": [
        "singulative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "singulative",
        "4": "spernen",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "spern f (singulative spernen)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Cornish",
  "lang_code": "kw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "thorns"
      ],
      "id": "en-spern-kw-noun-J~304r05",
      "links": [
        [
          "thorn",
          "thorn"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 92",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cornish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 92",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 79",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "kw",
          "name": "Botany",
          "orig": "kw:Botany",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 84",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "kw",
          "name": "Plants",
          "orig": "kw:Plants",
          "parents": [
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 86",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "kw",
          "name": "Pome fruits",
          "orig": "kw:Pome fruits",
          "parents": [
            "Rose family plants",
            "Shrubs",
            "Trees",
            "Rosales order plants",
            "Plants",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thornbushes"
      ],
      "id": "en-spern-kw-noun-T3ndGc33",
      "links": [
        [
          "thornbush",
          "thornbush"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "spern"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Cornish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Cornish feminine nouns",
    "Cornish lemmas",
    "Cornish nouns",
    "Cornish terms derived from English",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "kw:Botany",
    "kw:Plants",
    "kw:Pome fruits"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "blackthorn",
      "word": "spern du"
    },
    {
      "english": "hawthorn",
      "word": "spern gwynn"
    },
    {
      "english": "thorny",
      "word": "spernek"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "spear"
      },
      "expansion": "English spear",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Related to spera (“to spear”), borrowed from English spear.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "spernen",
      "tags": [
        "singulative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kw",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "singulative",
        "4": "spernen",
        "g": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "spern f (singulative spernen)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Cornish",
  "lang_code": "kw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "thorns"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thorn",
          "thorn"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "thornbushes"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thornbush",
          "thornbush"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "spern"
}

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  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Cornish",
  "subsection": "noun",
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}

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