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"Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
"Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch",
"Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Dutch terms with audio links",
"Rhymes:Dutch/ɛi̯f",
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{
"word": "groentewijf"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-fs",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wijf",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "-ve",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "wijve",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "-en",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wijve",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "-en",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "noun",
"3": "",
"4": "{{{stem}}}-",
"5": "",
"6": "{{{stem2}}}-",
"cat2": "",
"g": "n",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "",
"head2": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "wijf n",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "n"
},
"expansion": "wijf n",
"name": "dum-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "wijf",
"2": "wijf",
"3": "wijves, -fs",
"4": "wijve, -en",
"5": "wijf, -ve",
"6": "wijf, -ve",
"7": "wijf, -ve",
"8": "wijve, -en",
"head": "wijf"
},
"name": "dum-decl-noun-table"
}
],
"lang": "Middle Dutch",
"lang_code": "dum",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"dum:People"
],
"glosses": [
"woman"
],
"links": [
[
"woman",
"woman"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"wife, married woman"
],
"links": [
[
"wife",
"wife"
],
[
"married",
"married"
],
[
"woman",
"woman"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
}
],
"word": "wijf"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "*wijve",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "nouns",
"g": "",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "wijf",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"pl": "*wijve"
},
"expansion": "wijf (plural *wijve)",
"name": "enm-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "wyf"
}
],
"categories": [
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English nouns"
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative spelling of wyf"
],
"links": [
[
"wyf",
"wyf#Middle English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "wijf"
}
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