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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈθiːkə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-theca.wav [Southern-England] Forms: thecas [plural], thecae [plural]
Etymology: From New Latin, from Latin thēca, from Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē, “a case, box, receptacle”), from τίθημι (títhēmi, “put, set, place”). Doublet of tay. Etymology templates: {{der|en|NL.|-}} New Latin, {{der|en|la|thēca}} Latin thēca, {{der|en|grc|θήκη||a case, box, receptacle}} Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē, “a case, box, receptacle”), {{m|grc|τίθημι||put, set, place}} τίθημι (títhēmi, “put, set, place”), {{doublet|en|tay}} Doublet of tay Head templates: {{en-noun|s|thecae}} theca (plural thecas or thecae)
  1. (biology) Any external case or sheath. Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-theca-en-noun-Eo6uaKDa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 22 24 10 12 18 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  2. (botany) The pollen-producing organ usually found in pairs and forming an anther. Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-theca-en-noun-lq-GKZMu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 22 24 10 12 18 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
  3. (medicine) The twin layers of cells surrounding the basal lamina of an ovarian follicle. Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-theca-en-noun-CnwqtwG~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 22 24 10 12 18 Topics: medicine, sciences
  4. (microbiology, planktology) The membrane complex enveloping the cells of certain plankton including diatoms and dinoflagellates. Categories (topical): Microbiology
    Sense id: en-theca-en-noun-4Pb-zgz8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 22 24 10 12 18 Topics: biology, botany, microbiology, natural-sciences, planktology
  5. (marine biology) The calcareous wall of a corallite, the exoskeleton of a coral polyp. Categories (topical): Marine biology
    Sense id: en-theca-en-noun-XXEXrstH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 22 24 10 12 18
  6. (Christianity) A case for the corporal cloth used in the Eucharist. Categories (topical): Christianity
    Sense id: en-theca-en-noun-WIC53q9f Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 22 24 10 12 18 Topics: Christianity
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: thecium
Derived forms: epitheca, gnathotheca, hypotheca, ootheca, spermatheca, theca cordis, theca externa, theca folliculi, theca interna, thecal, thecate, thecoma

Verb [Kikuyu]

IPA: /ðɛːɕa/ Forms: gũtheca [infinitive]
Head templates: {{head|ki|verb}} theca
  1. to pierce, to stab Synonyms: theeca Related terms: mũthece [class-3]
    Sense id: en-theca-ki-verb-jSYKGzjq Categories (other): Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /ˈtʰeː.ka/ [Classical], [ˈt̪ʰeːkä] [Classical], /ˈte.ka/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈt̪ɛːkä] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē, “a case, box, receptacle”), from τίθημι (títhēmi, “put, set, place”). Etymology templates: {{bor|la|grc|θήκη||a case, box, receptacle}} Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē, “a case, box, receptacle”), {{m|grc|τίθημι||put, set, place}} τίθημι (títhēmi, “put, set, place”) Head templates: {{la-noun|thēca<1>}} thēca f (genitive thēcae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|thēca<1>}} Forms: thēca [canonical, feminine], thēcae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], thēca [nominative, singular], thēcae [nominative, plural], thēcae [genitive, singular], thēcārum [genitive, plural], thēcae [dative, singular], thēcīs [dative, plural], thēcam [accusative, singular], thēcās [accusative, plural], thēcā [ablative, singular], thēcīs [ablative, plural], thēca [singular, vocative], thēcae [plural, vocative]
  1. a case, envelope, sheath Tags: declension-1 Related terms: bibliothēca, hypothēca
    Sense id: en-theca-la-noun-n6cQ4uI8 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension

Inflected forms

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        "(Christianity) A case for the corporal cloth used in the Eucharist."
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      "ipa": "/ðɛːɕa/"
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Balkan Romance:"
    },
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          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Aromanian: teacã"
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          "expansion": "Megleno-Romanian: teacă",
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      "text": "Megleno-Romanian: teacă"
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      "text": "Romanian: teacă"
    },
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      "templates": [],
      "text": "North Italian:"
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          "expansion": "Ligurian: téiga",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Ligurian: téiga"
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          "expansion": "Piedmontese: teja",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Piedmontese: teja"
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          "expansion": "Romansch: taja",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Romansch: taja"
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    {
      "depth": 2,
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetian: tega"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Romance:"
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    {
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          },
          "expansion": "Italian: tega",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: tega"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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            "qq": "Abruzzese"
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          "expansion": "Neapolitan: teche (Abruzzese)",
          "name": "desc"
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      ],
      "text": "Neapolitan: teche (Abruzzese)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Romance:"
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          "expansion": "Old French: teie, toie",
          "name": "desc"
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      ],
      "text": "Old French: teie, toie"
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    {
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            "3": "toie",
            "4": "toûe"
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          "expansion": "Bourguignon: taye, toie, toûe",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Bourguignon: taye, toie, toûe"
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          "expansion": "Champenois: toïe, toye, touye",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Champenois: toïe, toye, touye"
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          "expansion": "Middle French: taye, taie, toie, toye\nFrench: taie\n→ Middle English: tay",
          "name": "desctree"
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      ],
      "text": "Middle French: taye, taie, toie, toye\nFrench: taie\n→ Middle English: tay"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
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          "name": "desc"
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      ],
      "text": "Lorrain: taye, tâye, tôe"
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      "text": "Walloon: toye"
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      "text": "Insular Romance:"
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          "expansion": "Sardinian:",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian:"
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    {
      "depth": 2,
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          "args": {
            "1": "sc-sro",
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          "expansion": "Campidanese: tega",
          "name": "desc"
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      ],
      "text": "Campidanese: tega"
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    {
      "depth": 2,
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            "2": "tega"
          },
          "expansion": "Logudorese: tega",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Logudorese: tega"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc-nuo",
            "2": "teca"
          },
          "expansion": "Nuorese: teca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Nuorese: teca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Borrowings:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "theca",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: theca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: theca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dum",
            "2": "teke",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle Dutch: teke",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle Dutch: teke"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "teek"
          },
          "expansion": "Dutch: teek",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "archaic"
          },
          "expansion": "(archaic)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dutch: teek (archaic)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Theke",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Theke",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Theke"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sga",
            "2": "tiach",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Irish: tiach",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Irish: tiach"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "tiach"
          },
          "expansion": "Irish: tiach",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Irish: tiach"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "thèque",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: thèque",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "-thèque"
          },
          "expansion": "-thèque",
          "name": "l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: thèque, -thèque"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hu",
            "2": "téka",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hungarian: téka",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hu",
            "2": "-téka"
          },
          "expansion": "-téka",
          "name": "l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hungarian: téka, -téka"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "teca",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: teca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: teca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "-teka",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: -teka",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: -teka"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": "teca",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Occitan: teca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Occitan: teca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "teca"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: teca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: teca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "teca",
            "3": "tecla",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: teca, tecla",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: teca, tecla"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "wa",
            "2": "tîke",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Walloon: tîke",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Walloon: tîke"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "owl",
            "2": "tuic",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Welsh: tuic",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Welsh: tuic"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-pro",
            "2": "*tēkā",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-West Germanic: *tēkā",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-West Germanic: *tēkā (see there for further descendants)"
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        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "θήκη",
        "4": "",
        "5": "a case, box, receptacle"
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "τίθημι",
        "3": "",
        "4": "put, set, place"
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  ],
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      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "genitive"
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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      "form": "thēca",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "thēcae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    {
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "thēcārum",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "thēcae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "thēcīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thēcam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "thēcās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thēcā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thēcīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thēca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "thēcae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "thēca<1>"
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      "expansion": "thēca f (genitive thēcae); first declension",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "thēca<1>"
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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        "a case, envelope, sheath"
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        [
          "case",
          "case"
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        [
          "envelope",
          "envelope"
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        [
          "sheath",
          "sheath"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "bibliothēca"
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        {
          "word": "hypothēca"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    }
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtʰeː.ka/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪ʰeːkä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈte.ka/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪ɛːkä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "English doublets",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from New Latin",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "epitheca"
    },
    {
      "word": "gnathotheca"
    },
    {
      "word": "hypotheca"
    },
    {
      "word": "ootheca"
    },
    {
      "word": "spermatheca"
    },
    {
      "word": "theca cordis"
    },
    {
      "word": "theca externa"
    },
    {
      "word": "theca folliculi"
    },
    {
      "word": "theca interna"
    },
    {
      "word": "thecal"
    },
    {
      "word": "thecate"
    },
    {
      "word": "thecoma"
    }
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "NL.",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "New Latin",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "thēca"
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    },
    {
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        "2": "grc",
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        "5": "a case, box, receptacle"
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "τίθημι",
        "3": "",
        "4": "put, set, place"
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      "expansion": "τίθημι (títhēmi, “put, set, place”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "tay"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of tay",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From New Latin, from Latin thēca, from Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē, “a case, box, receptacle”), from τίθημι (títhēmi, “put, set, place”). Doublet of tay.",
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    {
      "form": "thecas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thecae",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "thecae"
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      "expansion": "theca (plural thecas or thecae)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "thecium"
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        [
          "biology",
          "biology"
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        [
          "sheath",
          "sheath"
        ]
      ],
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        "(biology) Any external case or sheath."
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      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Botany"
      ],
      "glosses": [
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        [
          "botany",
          "botany"
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        [
          "pollen",
          "pollen"
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          "anther",
          "anther"
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      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Medicine"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The twin layers of cells surrounding the basal lamina of an ovarian follicle."
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        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "basal lamina",
          "basal lamina"
        ],
        [
          "ovarian follicle",
          "ovarian follicle"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
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      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Microbiology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The membrane complex enveloping the cells of certain plankton including diatoms and dinoflagellates."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "microbiology",
          "microbiology"
        ],
        [
          "plankton",
          "plankton"
        ],
        [
          "diatom",
          "diatom"
        ],
        [
          "dinoflagellate",
          "dinoflagellate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
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      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "microbiology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "planktology"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Marine biology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The calcareous wall of a corallite, the exoskeleton of a coral polyp."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "marine biology",
          "marine biology"
        ],
        [
          "calcareous",
          "calcareous"
        ],
        [
          "corallite",
          "corallite"
        ],
        [
          "polyp",
          "polyp"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "marine biology",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(marine biology) The calcareous wall of a corallite, the exoskeleton of a coral polyp."
      ]
    },
    {
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        "en:Christianity"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A case for the corporal cloth used in the Eucharist."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Christianity",
          "Christianity"
        ],
        [
          "corporal",
          "corporal"
        ],
        [
          "cloth",
          "cloth"
        ],
        [
          "Eucharist",
          "Eucharist"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Christianity) A case for the corporal cloth used in the Eucharist."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Christianity"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈθiːkə/"
    },
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  "word": "theca"
}

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    {
      "form": "gũtheca",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ki",
        "2": "verb"
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      "expansion": "theca",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Kikuyu",
  "lang_code": "ki",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "tags": [
        "class-3"
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      "word": "mũthece"
    }
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        "Kikuyu lemmas",
        "Kikuyu terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Kikuyu verbs"
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      ],
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        [
          "pierce",
          "pierce"
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        [
          "stab",
          "stab"
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ðɛːɕa/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "theeca"
    }
  ],
  "word": "theca"
}

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Balkan Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rup",
            "2": "teacã"
          },
          "expansion": "Aromanian: teacã",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Aromanian: teacã"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ruq",
            "2": "teacă"
          },
          "expansion": "Megleno-Romanian: teacă",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Megleno-Romanian: teacă"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "teacă"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: teacă",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: teacă"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "North Italian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lij",
            "2": "téiga"
          },
          "expansion": "Ligurian: téiga",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Ligurian: téiga"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "teja"
          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: teja",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Piedmontese: teja"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "taja"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: taja",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: taja"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "tega"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetian: tega",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetian: tega"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "tega"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: tega",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: tega"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nap",
            "2": "teche",
            "qq": "Abruzzese"
          },
          "expansion": "Neapolitan: teche (Abruzzese)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Neapolitan: teche (Abruzzese)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "teie",
            "3": "toie"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: teie, toie",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: teie, toie"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-brg",
            "2": "taye",
            "3": "toie",
            "4": "toûe"
          },
          "expansion": "Bourguignon: taye, toie, toûe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Bourguignon: taye, toie, toûe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-cha",
            "2": "toïe",
            "3": "toye",
            "4": "touye"
          },
          "expansion": "Champenois: toïe, toye, touye",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Champenois: toïe, toye, touye"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frm",
            "2": "taye"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle French: taye, taie, toie, toye\nFrench: taie\n→ Middle English: tay",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle French: taye, taie, toie, toye\nFrench: taie\n→ Middle English: tay"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-lor",
            "2": "taye",
            "3": "tâye",
            "4": "tôe"
          },
          "expansion": "Lorrain: taye, tâye, tôe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lorrain: taye, tâye, tôe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "wa",
            "2": "toye"
          },
          "expansion": "Walloon: toye",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Walloon: toye"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Insular Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc-sro",
            "2": "tega"
          },
          "expansion": "Campidanese: tega",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Campidanese: tega"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc-src",
            "2": "tega"
          },
          "expansion": "Logudorese: tega",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Logudorese: tega"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc-nuo",
            "2": "teca"
          },
          "expansion": "Nuorese: teca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Nuorese: teca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Borrowings:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "theca",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: theca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: theca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dum",
            "2": "teke",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle Dutch: teke",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle Dutch: teke"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "teek"
          },
          "expansion": "Dutch: teek",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "archaic"
          },
          "expansion": "(archaic)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dutch: teek (archaic)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Theke",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Theke",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Theke"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sga",
            "2": "tiach",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Irish: tiach",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Irish: tiach"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "tiach"
          },
          "expansion": "Irish: tiach",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Irish: tiach"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "thèque",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: thèque",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "-thèque"
          },
          "expansion": "-thèque",
          "name": "l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: thèque, -thèque"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hu",
            "2": "téka",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Hungarian: téka",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hu",
            "2": "-téka"
          },
          "expansion": "-téka",
          "name": "l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Hungarian: téka, -téka"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "teca",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: teca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: teca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "-teka",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: -teka",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: -teka"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": "teca",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Occitan: teca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Occitan: teca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "teca"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: teca",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: teca"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "teca",
            "3": "tecla",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: teca, tecla",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: teca, tecla"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "wa",
            "2": "tîke",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Walloon: tîke",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Walloon: tîke"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "owl",
            "2": "tuic",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Welsh: tuic",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Welsh: tuic"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmw-pro",
            "2": "*tēkā",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Proto-West Germanic: *tēkā",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Proto-West Germanic: *tēkā (see there for further descendants)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "θήκη",
        "4": "",
        "5": "a case, box, receptacle"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē, “a case, box, receptacle”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "τίθημι",
        "3": "",
        "4": "put, set, place"
      },
      "expansion": "τίθημι (títhēmi, “put, set, place”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē, “a case, box, receptacle”), from τίθημι (títhēmi, “put, set, place”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "thēca",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thēcae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thēca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thēcae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thēcae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thēcārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thēcae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thēcīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thēcam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thēcās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thēcā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thēcīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thēca",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "thēcae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "thēca<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "thēca f (genitive thēcae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "thēca<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "bibliothēca"
    },
    {
      "word": "hypothēca"
    }
  ],
  "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 borrowed from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a case, envelope, sheath"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "case",
          "case"
        ],
        [
          "envelope",
          "envelope"
        ],
        [
          "sheath",
          "sheath"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtʰeː.ka/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪ʰeːkä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈte.ka/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪ɛːkä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "theca"
}

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