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"1": "Etymology 1"
},
"expansion": "(Etymology 1)",
"name": "q"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "non",
"3": "svelta"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse svelta",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nn",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*swaltijaną"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *swaltijaną",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Causative of svelte (Etymology 1). From Old Norse svelta, from Proto-Germanic *swaltijaną.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "svelter",
"tags": [
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "svelte",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "svelt",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "sveltast",
"tags": [
"infinitive",
"passive"
]
},
{
"form": "sveltande",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "svelt",
"tags": [
"imperative"
]
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"lang_code": "nn",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Norwegian Nynorsk transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"to starve (someone)"
],
"links": [
[
"starve",
"starve"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) to starve (someone)"
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"alt": "a-infinitive",
"word": "svelta"
}
],
"word": "svelte"
}
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