See spiny on Wiktionary
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"links": [
[
"spina",
"spina#Polish"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"form-of",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "spina"
}
],
"glosses": [
"inflection of spina:",
"nominative/accusative/vocative plural"
],
"links": [
[
"spina",
"spina#Polish"
]
],
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"form-of",
"nominative",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈspi.nɘ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-inɘ"
}
],
"word": "spiny"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Polish 2-syllable words",
"Polish entries with incorrect language header",
"Polish non-lemma forms",
"Polish noun forms",
"Polish terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Rhymes:Polish/inɘ",
"Rhymes:Polish/inɘ/2 syllables"
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "noun form",
"g": "m"
},
"expansion": "spiny m",
"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"spi‧ny"
],
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "spin"
}
],
"glosses": [
"nominative/accusative/vocative plural of spin"
],
"links": [
[
"spin",
"spin#Polish"
]
],
"tags": [
"accusative",
"form-of",
"masculine",
"nominative",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈspi.nɘ/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-inɘ"
}
],
"word": "spiny"
}
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