"spica" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: spicas [plural], spicae [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin spica. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|spica}} Latin spica Head templates: {{en-noun|s|spicae}} spica (plural spicas or spicae)
  1. (botany) A spike. Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-spica-en-noun-WsCn4XIV Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  2. (ornithology) A spur. Categories (topical): Ornithology
    Sense id: en-spica-en-noun-WKzNWMAv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 49 16 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, ornithology
  3. A kind of bandage passing, by successive turns and crosses, from an extremity to the trunk; a spiral bandage with reversed turns.
    Sense id: en-spica-en-noun-z3fBv0v-

Noun [Italian]

IPA: /ˈspi.ka/ Forms: spiche [plural]
Rhymes: -ika Head templates: {{it-noun|f}} spica f (plural spiche)
  1. (poetic, archaic) Alternative form of spiga; ear (of corn); spike Tags: alt-of, alternative, archaic, feminine, poetic Alternative form of: spiga (extra: ear (of corn); spike)
    Sense id: en-spica-it-noun-Z09PZdS6 Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 76 24
  2. (regional) lavender Tags: feminine, regional Synonyms: lavanda
    Sense id: en-spica-it-noun-~vjOwP~c Categories (other): Regional Italian

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /ˈspiː.ka/ [Classical], [ˈs̠piːkä] [Classical], /ˈspi.ka/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈspiːkä] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *speikā, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“sharp; sharp stick”). Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*spey-}}, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*speikā}} Proto-Italic *speikā, {{der|la|ine-pro|*spey-||sharp; sharp stick}} Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“sharp; sharp stick”) Head templates: {{la-noun|spīca<1>}} spīca f (genitive spīcae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|spīca<1>}} Forms: spīca [canonical, feminine], spīcae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], spīca [nominative, singular], spīcae [nominative, plural], spīcae [genitive, singular], spīcārum [genitive, plural], spīcae [dative, singular], spīcīs [dative, plural], spīcam [accusative, singular], spīcās [accusative, plural], spīcā [ablative, singular], spīcīs [ablative, plural], spīca [singular, vocative], spīcae [plural, vocative]
  1. (of grain) A head, ear, spike Tags: declension-1 Categories (lifeform): Grains Synonyms: spīcum, spīcus Derived forms: spīcilegium, spīcārium [Late-Latin]
    Sense id: en-spica-la-noun-Oncr~VvQ Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension

Adjective [Lower Sorbian]

IPA: [ˈspʲit͡sa]
Head templates: {{head|dsb|adjective form}} spica
  1. feminine nominative singular of spicy Tags: feminine, form-of, nominative, singular Form of: spicy
    Sense id: en-spica-dsb-adj-gY4Ob7R6 Categories (other): Lower Sorbian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Lower Sorbian entries with incorrect language header: 45 55

Verb [Lower Sorbian]

IPA: [ˈspʲit͡sa]
Head templates: {{head|dsb|participle form}} spica
  1. feminine nominative singular of spicy Tags: feminine, form-of, nominative, participle, singular Form of: spicy
    Sense id: en-spica-dsb-verb-gY4Ob7R6 Categories (other): Lower Sorbian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Lower Sorbian entries with incorrect language header: 45 55

Noun [Sicilian]

IPA: /ˈspika/ Forms: spichi [plural]
Etymology: From Latin spica (“spike, ear (of corn)”). Etymology templates: {{der|scn|la|spica||spike, ear (of corn)}} Latin spica (“spike, ear (of corn)”) Head templates: {{head|scn|nouns|g=f|g2=|head=spica}} spica f, {{scn-noun|spic|f|a|hi}} spica f (plural spichi)
  1. spike, ear Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-spica-scn-noun-m6cNUPJX
  2. grow, become mature Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-spica-scn-noun-~EGI6-SG Categories (other): Sicilian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Sicilian entries with incorrect language header: 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: spicari, spicata, spicatu Related terms: spiari, spicchiu, spicu, sticchiu, stipu

Inflected forms

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      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈspiːkä]",
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈspʲit͡sa]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spica"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "spicari"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "spicata"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "spicatu"
    }
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    {
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "spica",
        "4": "",
        "5": "spike, ear (of corn)"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin spica (“spike, ear (of corn)”).",
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    {
      "form": "spichi",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "scn",
        "2": "nouns",
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        "g2": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "spica f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spic",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "a",
        "4": "hi"
      },
      "expansion": "spica f (plural spichi)",
      "name": "scn-noun"
    }
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    "spi‧ca"
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  "lang_code": "scn",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "spiari"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "spicchiu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "spicu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sticchiu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "stipu"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "spike, ear"
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        [
          "spike",
          "spike"
        ],
        [
          "ear",
          "ear"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "12 88",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sicilian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "grow, become mature"
      ],
      "id": "en-spica-scn-noun-~EGI6-SG",
      "links": [
        [
          "grow",
          "grow"
        ],
        [
          "become",
          "become"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspika/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spica"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English terms borrowed from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Latin"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "spica"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin spica",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin spica.",
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    {
      "form": "spicas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spicae",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "spicae"
      },
      "expansion": "spica (plural spicas or spicae)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Botany"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A spike."
      ],
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        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
        ],
        [
          "spike",
          "spike"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(botany) A spike."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Ornithology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A spur."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ornithology",
          "ornithology"
        ],
        [
          "spur",
          "spur"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(ornithology) A spur."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "ornithology"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A kind of bandage passing, by successive turns and crosses, from an extremity to the trunk; a spiral bandage with reversed turns."
      ],
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        [
          "bandage",
          "bandage"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "spica"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Italian 2-syllable words",
    "Italian countable nouns",
    "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Italian feminine nouns",
    "Italian lemmas",
    "Italian nouns",
    "Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Rhymes:Italian/ika",
    "Rhymes:Italian/ika/2 syllables"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "spiche",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "spica f (plural spiche)",
      "name": "it-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "spì‧ca"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "ear (of corn); spike",
          "word": "spiga"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Italian poetic terms",
        "Italian terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of spiga; ear (of corn); spike"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "poetic",
          "poetic"
        ],
        [
          "spiga",
          "spiga#Italian"
        ],
        [
          "ear",
          "ear"
        ],
        [
          "spike",
          "spike"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(poetic, archaic) Alternative form of spiga; ear (of corn); spike"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "archaic",
        "feminine",
        "poetic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Regional Italian"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "lavender"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "regional",
          "regional#English"
        ],
        [
          "lavender",
          "lavender"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(regional) lavender"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "lavanda"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "regional"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspi.ka/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ika"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spica"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "spīcilegium"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Late-Latin"
      ],
      "word": "spīcārium"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rup",
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          },
          "expansion": "Aromanian: schic",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aromanian: schic"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "espiga"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: espiga",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: espiga"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dlm",
            "2": "spaica"
          },
          "expansion": "Dalmatian: spaica",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dalmatian: spaica"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "espi"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: espi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: espi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frm",
            "2": "espy",
            "3": "espi"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle French: espy, espi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle French: espy, espi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "épi"
          },
          "expansion": "French: épi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: épi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "spi"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: spi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: spi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "spiga"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: spiga",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: spiga"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "espic"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: espic",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: espic"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "espiga"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: espiga",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: espiga"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "spic"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: spic",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "spia",
            "3": "spigia",
            "4": "speia"
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          "expansion": "Romansch: spia, spigia, speia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: spia, spigia, speia"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "ipiga",
            "3": "ispiga",
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            "5": "spiga",
            "6": "spica"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: ipiga, ispiga, ispica, spiga, spica",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: ipiga, ispiga, ispica, spiga, spica"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "spica"
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          "expansion": "Sicilian: spica",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: spica"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "espiga"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: espiga",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: espiga"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "itc-pro",
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      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *speikā",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Italic *speikā, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“sharp; sharp stick”).",
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    {
      "form": "spīca",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
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    },
    {
      "form": "spīcae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spīca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spīcae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spīcae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spīcārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spīcae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spīcīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spīcam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spīcās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spīcā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spīcīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spīca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spīcae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spīca<1>"
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      "expansion": "spīca f (genitive spīcae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spīca<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 2-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin feminine nouns",
        "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
        "Latin first declension nouns",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic",
        "Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *spey-",
        "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "la:Grains"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A head, ear, spike"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "head",
          "head"
        ],
        [
          "ear",
          "ear"
        ],
        [
          "spike",
          "spike"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of grain) A head, ear, spike"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of grain"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspiː.ka/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈs̠piːkä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspi.ka/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈspiːkä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "spīcum"
    },
    {
      "word": "spīcus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spica"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Lower Sorbian adjective forms",
    "Lower Sorbian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Lower Sorbian non-lemma forms",
    "Lower Sorbian participle forms",
    "Lower Sorbian terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dsb",
        "2": "adjective form"
      },
      "expansion": "spica",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
  "lang_code": "dsb",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "spicy"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "feminine nominative singular of spicy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spicy",
          "spicy#Lower Sorbian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "form-of",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈspʲit͡sa]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spica"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Lower Sorbian adjective forms",
    "Lower Sorbian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Lower Sorbian non-lemma forms",
    "Lower Sorbian participle forms",
    "Lower Sorbian terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dsb",
        "2": "participle form"
      },
      "expansion": "spica",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
  "lang_code": "dsb",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "spicy"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "feminine nominative singular of spicy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spicy",
          "spicy#Lower Sorbian"
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "form-of",
        "nominative",
        "participle",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈspʲit͡sa]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spica"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Sicilian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Sicilian feminine nouns",
    "Sicilian lemmas",
    "Sicilian nouns",
    "Sicilian terms derived from Latin",
    "Sicilian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Sicilian terms with redundant head parameter"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "spicari"
    },
    {
      "word": "spicata"
    },
    {
      "word": "spicatu"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "scn",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "spica",
        "4": "",
        "5": "spike, ear (of corn)"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin spica (“spike, ear (of corn)”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin spica (“spike, ear (of corn)”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "spichi",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "scn",
        "2": "nouns",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "spica"
      },
      "expansion": "spica f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spic",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "a",
        "4": "hi"
      },
      "expansion": "spica f (plural spichi)",
      "name": "scn-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "spi‧ca"
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  "lang": "Sicilian",
  "lang_code": "scn",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "spiari"
    },
    {
      "word": "spicchiu"
    },
    {
      "word": "spicu"
    },
    {
      "word": "sticchiu"
    },
    {
      "word": "stipu"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "spike, ear"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spike",
          "spike"
        ],
        [
          "ear",
          "ear"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "grow, become mature"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grow",
          "grow"
        ],
        [
          "become",
          "become"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspika/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spica"
}

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