"wif" meaning in All languages combined

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Preposition [English]

IPA: /wɪf/
enPR: wĭf Rhymes: -ɪf Etymology: Alteration of with. Etymology templates: {{m|en|with}} with Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} wif, {{en-prep}} wif
  1. (informal, dialectal, nonstandard) with Tags: dialectal, informal, nonstandard Synonyms: wid, wiv [informal]
    Sense id: en-wif-en-prep-BpW1Y6ze Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English prepositions, West Frisian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of West Frisian entries with incorrect language header: 21 2 2 1 19 15 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 24 6

Adjective [Mapudungun]

Head templates: {{head|arn|adjective}} wif
  1. long Tags: Raguileo-Alphabet
    Sense id: en-wif-arn-adj-~GbwIcZ9
  2. straight Tags: Raguileo-Alphabet
    Sense id: en-wif-arn-adj-KkJIdahH

Adverb [Mapudungun]

Head templates: {{head|arn|adverb}} wif
  1. directly Tags: Raguileo-Alphabet
    Sense id: en-wif-arn-adv-klEDbJMd

Noun [Mapudungun]

Head templates: {{head|arn|noun}} wif
  1. irrigation ditch Tags: Raguileo-Alphabet
    Sense id: en-wif-arn-noun-hJsmeHS1 Categories (other): West Frisian entries with incorrect language header, Mapudungun entries with incorrect language header, Raguileo Mapudungun spellings Disambiguation of West Frisian entries with incorrect language header: 21 2 2 1 19 15 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 24 6 Disambiguation of Mapudungun entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 3 95 Disambiguation of Raguileo Mapudungun spellings: 0 0 3 97

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} wif
  1. Alternative form of wyf Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: wyf
    Sense id: en-wif-enm-noun-gyz-OESu Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, West Frisian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of West Frisian entries with incorrect language header: 21 2 2 1 19 15 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 24 6

Noun [Old Dutch]

IPA: /wiːf/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *wīb, from Proto-Germanic *wībą. Cognate with Old Frisian wīf, Old Saxon wīf, Old English wīf, Old High German wīb, Old Norse víf. Etymology templates: {{inh|odt|gmw-pro|*wīb}} Proto-West Germanic *wīb, {{inh|odt|gem-pro|*wībą}} Proto-Germanic *wībą, {{cog|ofs|wīf}} Old Frisian wīf, {{cog|osx|wīf}} Old Saxon wīf, {{cog|ang|wīf}} Old English wīf, {{cog|goh|wīb}} Old High German wīb, {{cog|non|víf}} Old Norse víf Head templates: {{head|odt|noun|cat2=|g=n|g2=|g3=|head=wīf|sort=}} wīf n, {{odt-noun|n|head=wīf}} wīf n Inflection templates: {{odt-decl-table|wīf|wīf|wīvis, -es|wīve, -i|wīf|wīf|wīvo|wīvon}} Forms: wīf [canonical, neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], wīf [nominative, singular], wīf [nominative, plural], wīf [accusative, singular], wīf [accusative, plural], wīvis [genitive, singular], -es [genitive, singular], wīvo [genitive, plural], wīve [dative, singular], -i [dative, singular], wīvon [dative, plural]
  1. woman
    Sense id: en-wif-odt-noun-zy5b~x7w
  2. (rare) wife Tags: rare Categories (topical): Family
    Sense id: en-wif-odt-noun-nVKjyOTW Categories (other): Old Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: wīffardragan (english: the kidnapping of a woman)

Noun [Old English]

IPA: /wiːf/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *wīb, from Proto-Germanic *wībą, of uncertain origin. Cognate with Old Frisian wīf, Old Saxon wīf, Old Dutch wīf, Old High German wīb, Old Norse víf. Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gmw-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*wīb}} Proto-West Germanic *wīb, {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*wībą}} Proto-Germanic *wībą, {{cog|ofs|wīf}} Old Frisian wīf, {{cog|osx|wīf}} Old Saxon wīf, {{cog|odt|wīf}} Old Dutch wīf, {{cog|goh|wīb}} Old High German wīb, {{cog|non|víf}} Old Norse víf Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=n|g2=|g3=|head=wīf|sort=}} wīf n, {{ang-noun|n|head=wīf}} wīf n Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-n|wīf}}, {{ang-decl-noun|wīf|wīf|wīf|wīf|wīfes|wīfa|wīfe|wīfum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: wīf [canonical, neuter], strong [table-tags], wīf [nominative, singular], wīf [nominative, plural], wīf [accusative, singular], wīf [accusative, plural], wīfes [genitive, singular], wīfa [genitive, plural], wīfe [dative, singular], wīfum [dative, plural]
  1. woman
    Sense id: en-wif-ang-noun-zy5b~x7w Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33
  2. female Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-wif-ang-noun-nxZROajC Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33
  3. wife
    Sense id: en-wif-ang-noun-nVKjyOTW Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Family Synonyms: wīb Derived forms: wīfcynn (english: womankind), wīffrēond (english: female friend), wīfhād (english: the female gender), wīfhand (english: a female inheritor; female side), wīflēas (english: wifeless), wīflīċ [feminine], wīfmann (english: woman), wīfsċrūd (english: women's clothing)
Disambiguation of Family: 0 0 0

Noun [Old Frisian]

IPA: /wiːf/ Forms: wīf [canonical, neuter]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *wīb, from Proto-Germanic *wībą, of uncertain origin. Cognates include Old English wīf, Old Saxon wīf and Old Dutch wīf. Etymology templates: {{inh|ofs|gmw-pro|*wīb}} Proto-West Germanic *wīb, {{inh|ofs|gem-pro|*wībą}} Proto-Germanic *wībą, {{cog|ang|wīf}} Old English wīf, {{cog|osx|wīf}} Old Saxon wīf, {{cog|odt|wīf}} Old Dutch wīf Head templates: {{head|ofs|noun|g=n|g2=|g3=|head=wīf|sort=}} wīf n, {{ofs-noun|n|head=wīf}} wīf n
  1. woman
    Sense id: en-wif-ofs-noun-zy5b~x7w Categories (other): Old Frisian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old Frisian entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. wife
    Sense id: en-wif-ofs-noun-nVKjyOTW Categories (other): Old Frisian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old Frisian entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: wiif [Late-Old-Frisian]

Adjective [West Frisian]

IPA: /vɪf/
Head templates: {{head|fy|adjective}} wif Inflection templates: {{fy-infl-adj|wiffe}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], wif [adverbial, positive, predicative], wiffer [adverbial, comparative, predicative], it wifst [adverbial, predicative, superlative], it wifste [adverbial, predicative, superlative], wiffe [common-gender, indefinite, positive, singular], wiffere [common-gender, comparative, indefinite, singular], wifste [common-gender, indefinite, singular, superlative], wif [indefinite, neuter, positive, singular], wiffer [comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular], wifste [indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative], wiffe [indefinite, plural, positive], wiffere [comparative, indefinite, plural], wifste [indefinite, plural, superlative], wiffe [definite, positive], wiffere [comparative, definite], wifste [definite, superlative], wifs [partitive, positive], wiffers [comparative, partitive], - [partitive, superlative]
  1. shaky
    Sense id: en-wif-fy-adj-wDpK3vhA
  2. impermanent
    Sense id: en-wif-fy-adj-gb3vSMQV Categories (other): West Frisian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of West Frisian entries with incorrect language header: 21 2 2 1 19 15 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 24 6
  3. fickle, indecisive
    Sense id: en-wif-fy-adj-GmRoPKoz

Alternative forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "with"
      },
      "expansion": "with",
      "name": "m"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Alteration of with.",
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      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1998, Ted Shine, Contributions, page 31",
          "text": "That's what I mo' wear wif my shoes.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000, Jan King, It'a A Girl Thing: The Hilarious Truth About Women, page 161",
          "text": "I been at the gym gettin' down wif my peeps.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Stan Hayes, The Rough English Equivalent, page 324",
          "text": "If I don' have no problem wif my high school test?",
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      "ipa": "/wɪf/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪf"
    },
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    }
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      ],
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  "lang": "Middle English",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "the kidnapping of a woman",
      "word": "wīffardragan"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dum",
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          },
          "expansion": "Middle Dutch: wijf\nDutch: wijf\nAfrikaans: wyf\nJersey Dutch: wāif\nNegerhollands: wief, wif\nSkepi Creole Dutch: weef\nSranan Tongo: wefi\nLimburgish: wief\nWest Flemish: wuuf\nZealandic: wuuf",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Dutch: wijf\nDutch: wijf\nAfrikaans: wyf\nJersey Dutch: wāif\nNegerhollands: wief, wif\nSkepi Creole Dutch: weef\nSranan Tongo: wefi\nLimburgish: wief\nWest Flemish: wuuf\nZealandic: wuuf"
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      "name": "inh"
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *wīb, from Proto-Germanic *wībą.\nCognate with Old Frisian wīf, Old Saxon wīf, Old English wīf, Old High German wīb, Old Norse víf.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "wīf",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "neuter"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
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    },
    {
      "form": "-es",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wīve",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-i",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "wīvon",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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        "cat2": "",
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      },
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      "name": "head"
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  "lang": "Old Dutch",
  "lang_code": "odt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The girls saw her and counted her as the most fortunate of all women",
          "text": "c. 1000 CE, Leiden Willeram;\nThie thiernan sahon sie ande zaldon sie ze aller wivo saligosta",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Because of his evil hate, he decieved that poor woman",
          "text": "c. 1100 CE, Rhinelandic Rhyming Bible;\nThure sinen bosen nith betroch er thaz arme wif",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "woman"
      ],
      "id": "en-wif-odt-noun-zy5b~x7w",
      "links": [
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ]
      ]
    },
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          "langcode": "odt",
          "name": "Family",
          "orig": "odt:Family",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 95",
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          "name": "Old Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wife"
      ],
      "id": "en-wif-odt-noun-nVKjyOTW",
      "links": [
        [
          "wife",
          "wife"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) wife"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wiːf/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wif"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "with respect to gender",
      "word": "wer"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    {
      "_dis": "0 0 0",
      "kind": "topical",
      "langcode": "ang",
      "name": "Family",
      "orig": "ang:Family",
      "parents": [
        "People",
        "Human",
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      ],
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "womankind",
      "word": "wīfcynn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "female friend",
      "word": "wīffrēond"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "word": "wīfhād"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "a female inheritor; female side",
      "word": "wīfhand"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "wifeless",
      "word": "wīflēas"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wīflīċ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "woman",
      "word": "wīfmann"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "women's clothing",
      "word": "wīfsċrūd"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "wyf"
          },
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: wyf, wife, wif, wiff, wiffe, wijf, wive, wyfe, wyff, wyve\nEnglish: wife (see there for further descendants)\nScots: wife"
    }
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        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "inh": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
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    {
      "args": {
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      "args": {
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      },
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "víf"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "wīf",
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        "canonical",
        "neuter"
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    },
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      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-n",
      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wīf",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wīf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wīf",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wīfes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wīfa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wīfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wīfum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "wīf",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "wīf n",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "head": "wīf"
      },
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      "args": {
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      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-n"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "title": "",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        }
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        {
          "english": "Death and disaster came to us through a woman [Eve], and then life and salvation came to us through a woman [Mary].",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Annunciation of St. Mary\"\nŪs becōm dēaþ and forwyrd þurh wīf, and ūs becōm eft līf and hredding þurh wīfmann.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "His disciples were amazed that he was talking to a woman, though none of them said “What are you looking for?” or “Why are you talking to her?”",
          "roman": "His leornungcneohtas wundrodon þæt hē wiþ wīf spræc, þēah heora nān ne cwæþ “Hwæt sēcst þū?” oþþe “Hwæt spricst þū wiþ hīe?”",
          "text": "c. 990, Wessex Gospels, John 4:27",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "woman"
      ],
      "id": "en-wif-ang-noun-zy5b~x7w",
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          "woman",
          "woman"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "A person is either a male or a female.",
          "text": "c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English\nǢġðer is mann ġe wer ġe wīf.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "female"
      ],
      "id": "en-wif-ang-noun-nxZROajC",
      "links": [
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 33 33",
          "kind": "other",
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "It's very pleasant to have a wife and children.",
          "text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy\nSwīðe wynsum hit biþ þæt man wīf hæbbe and bearn.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wife"
      ],
      "id": "en-wif-ang-noun-nVKjyOTW",
      "links": [
        [
          "wife",
          "wife"
        ]
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/wiːf/"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "wīb"
    }
  ],
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}

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          "args": {
            "1": "frr",
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          "expansion": "North Frisian: wüf",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "stq",
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          },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fy",
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          "name": "desc"
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    }
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "head": "wīf"
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
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          ],
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}

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      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "form": "fy-infl-adj",
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        "inflection-template"
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    },
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "predicative"
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        "predicative",
        "superlative"
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    {
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "predicative",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiffe",
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      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "indefinite",
        "positive",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "wiffere",
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        "comparative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "wifste",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "common-gender",
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        "superlative"
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    },
    {
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        "neuter",
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    },
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wifste",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiffe",
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      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiffere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wifste",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiffe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiffere",
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      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wifste",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wifs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiffers",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "partitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "wif",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wiffe"
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      "name": "fy-infl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "West Frisian",
  "lang_code": "fy",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "shaky"
      ],
      "id": "en-wif-fy-adj-wDpK3vhA",
      "links": [
        [
          "shaky",
          "shaky"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "21 2 2 1 19 15 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 24 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "West Frisian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "impermanent"
      ],
      "id": "en-wif-fy-adj-gb3vSMQV",
      "links": [
        [
          "impermanent",
          "impermanent"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fickle, indecisive"
      ],
      "id": "en-wif-fy-adj-GmRoPKoz",
      "links": [
        [
          "fickle",
          "fickle"
        ],
        [
          "indecisive",
          "indecisive"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/vɪf/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wif"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "West Frisian adjectives",
    "West Frisian entries with incorrect language header",
    "West Frisian lemmas",
    "West Frisian terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "with"
      },
      "expansion": "with",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Alteration of with.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "prepositions",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "wif",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "wif",
      "name": "en-prep"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English 1-syllable words",
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nonstandard terms",
        "English prepositions",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Rhymes:English/ɪf"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1998, Ted Shine, Contributions, page 31",
          "text": "That's what I mo' wear wif my shoes.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000, Jan King, It'a A Girl Thing: The Hilarious Truth About Women, page 161",
          "text": "I been at the gym gettin' down wif my peeps.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Stan Hayes, The Rough English Equivalent, page 324",
          "text": "If I don' have no problem wif my high school test?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "with"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "with",
          "with"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, dialectal, nonstandard) with"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "informal",
        "nonstandard"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wɪf/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪf"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "wĭf"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "wid"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "wiv"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wif"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Mapudungun adjectives",
    "Mapudungun adverbs",
    "Mapudungun entries with incorrect language header",
    "Mapudungun lemmas",
    "Mapudungun nouns",
    "Raguileo Mapudungun spellings",
    "West Frisian adjectives",
    "West Frisian entries with incorrect language header",
    "West Frisian lemmas",
    "West Frisian terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arn",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "wif",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Mapudungun",
  "lang_code": "arn",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "long"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "long",
          "long"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Raguileo-Alphabet"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "straight"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "straight",
          "straight"
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      "tags": [
        "Raguileo-Alphabet"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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  "categories": [
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    "Mapudungun adverbs",
    "Mapudungun entries with incorrect language header",
    "Mapudungun lemmas",
    "Mapudungun nouns",
    "Raguileo Mapudungun spellings",
    "West Frisian adjectives",
    "West Frisian entries with incorrect language header",
    "West Frisian lemmas",
    "West Frisian terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "arn",
        "2": "adverb"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "directly"
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      "links": [
        [
          "directly",
          "directly"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Raguileo-Alphabet"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "wif"
}

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  "categories": [
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    "Mapudungun adverbs",
    "Mapudungun entries with incorrect language header",
    "Mapudungun lemmas",
    "Mapudungun nouns",
    "Raguileo Mapudungun spellings",
    "West Frisian adjectives",
    "West Frisian entries with incorrect language header",
    "West Frisian lemmas",
    "West Frisian terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arn",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "wif",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "arn",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "irrigation ditch"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "irrigation",
          "irrigation"
        ],
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          "ditch",
          "ditch"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Raguileo-Alphabet"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "wif"
}

{
  "categories": [
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    "West Frisian entries with incorrect language header",
    "West Frisian lemmas",
    "West Frisian terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    }
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  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        {
          "word": "wyf"
        }
      ],
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        "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle English lemmas",
        "Middle English nouns"
      ],
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      ],
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        [
          "wyf",
          "wyf#Middle English"
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        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

{
  "categories": [
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    "Old Dutch lemmas",
    "Old Dutch neuter nouns",
    "Old Dutch nouns",
    "Old Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "West Frisian adjectives",
    "West Frisian entries with incorrect language header",
    "West Frisian lemmas",
    "West Frisian terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "the kidnapping of a woman",
      "word": "wīffardragan"
    }
  ],
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "dum",
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        }
      ],
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    {
      "args": {
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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        "neuter"
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        "table-tags"
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
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        "nominative",
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    },
    {
      "form": "wīf",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "wīf",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
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    },
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "wīvis",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "-es",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "wīvo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wīve",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-i",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wīvon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
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      "args": {
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        "cat2": "",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
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        "sort": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "head": "wīf"
      },
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "wīf",
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        "5": "wīf",
        "6": "wīf",
        "7": "wīvo",
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    }
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  "lang_code": "odt",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Dutch terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "The girls saw her and counted her as the most fortunate of all women",
          "text": "c. 1000 CE, Leiden Willeram;\nThie thiernan sahon sie ande zaldon sie ze aller wivo saligosta",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "Because of his evil hate, he decieved that poor woman",
          "text": "c. 1100 CE, Rhinelandic Rhyming Bible;\nThure sinen bosen nith betroch er thaz arme wif",
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        }
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        "woman"
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          "woman",
          "woman"
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        "Old Dutch terms with rare senses",
        "odt:Family"
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          "wife",
          "wife"
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        "(rare) wife"
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      "tags": [
        "rare"
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    {
      "ipa": "/wiːf/"
    }
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}

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      "word": "wer"
    }
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    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English neuter a-stem nouns",
    "Old English neuter nouns",
    "Old English nouns",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Old English terms with usage examples",
    "West Frisian adjectives",
    "West Frisian entries with incorrect language header",
    "West Frisian lemmas",
    "West Frisian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "ang:Family"
  ],
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    {
      "english": "womankind",
      "word": "wīfcynn"
    },
    {
      "english": "female friend",
      "word": "wīffrēond"
    },
    {
      "english": "the female gender",
      "word": "wīfhād"
    },
    {
      "english": "a female inheritor; female side",
      "word": "wīfhand"
    },
    {
      "english": "wifeless",
      "word": "wīflēas"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wīflīċ"
    },
    {
      "english": "woman",
      "word": "wīfmann"
    },
    {
      "english": "women's clothing",
      "word": "wīfsċrūd"
    }
  ],
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: wyf, wife, wif, wiff, wiffe, wijf, wive, wyfe, wyff, wyve\nEnglish: wife (see there for further descendants)\nScots: wife"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "inh": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
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      "name": "inh"
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "gem-pro",
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      "name": "inh"
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "wīf"
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      "args": {
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      "name": "cog"
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        "canonical",
        "neuter"
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      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "form": "wīf",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wīfes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wīfa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wīfe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wīfum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
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        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
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        "sort": ""
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      "name": "head"
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      "args": {
        "1": "n",
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        "title": "",
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "Death and disaster came to us through a woman [Eve], and then life and salvation came to us through a woman [Mary].",
          "text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"The Annunciation of St. Mary\"\nŪs becōm dēaþ and forwyrd þurh wīf, and ūs becōm eft līf and hredding þurh wīfmann.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "His disciples were amazed that he was talking to a woman, though none of them said “What are you looking for?” or “Why are you talking to her?”",
          "roman": "His leornungcneohtas wundrodon þæt hē wiþ wīf spræc, þēah heora nān ne cwæþ “Hwæt sēcst þū?” oþþe “Hwæt spricst þū wiþ hīe?”",
          "text": "c. 990, Wessex Gospels, John 4:27",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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          "woman"
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
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        {
          "english": "A person is either a male or a female.",
          "text": "c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English\nǢġðer is mann ġe wer ġe wīf.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "It's very pleasant to have a wife and children.",
          "text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy\nSwīðe wynsum hit biþ þæt man wīf hæbbe and bearn.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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          "wife"
        ]
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/wiːf/"
    }
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    {
      "word": "wīb"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wif"
}

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    "Old Frisian lemmas",
    "Old Frisian neuter nouns",
    "Old Frisian nouns",
    "Old Frisian terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old Frisian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old Frisian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
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    "West Frisian entries with incorrect language header",
    "West Frisian lemmas",
    "West Frisian terms with IPA pronunciation"
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          "name": "desc"
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "stq",
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          "args": {
            "1": "fy",
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          "name": "desc"
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    }
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      "name": "inh"
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        "2": "wīf"
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    }
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        "neuter"
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        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "wīf n",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "head": "wīf"
      },
      "expansion": "wīf n",
      "name": "ofs-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Frisian",
  "lang_code": "ofs",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "woman"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wife"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wife",
          "wife"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wiːf/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Late-Old-Frisian"
      ],
      "word": "wiif"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wif"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "West Frisian adjectives",
    "West Frisian entries with incorrect language header",
    "West Frisian lemmas",
    "West Frisian terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fy-infl-adj",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wif",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "positive",
        "predicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiffer",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "comparative",
        "predicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "it wifst",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "predicative",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "it wifste",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "predicative",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiffe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "indefinite",
        "positive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiffere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "comparative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wifste",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender",
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wif",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "positive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiffer",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wifste",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiffe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiffere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wifste",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiffe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiffere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wifste",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wifs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wiffers",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "partitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "wif",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wiffe"
      },
      "name": "fy-infl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "West Frisian",
  "lang_code": "fy",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "shaky"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shaky",
          "shaky"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "impermanent"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "impermanent",
          "impermanent"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fickle, indecisive"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fickle",
          "fickle"
        ],
        [
          "indecisive",
          "indecisive"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/vɪf/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wif"
}

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