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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɹɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-writ.wav Forms: writs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪt Etymology: From Middle English writ, from Old English writ and ġewrit (“writing”), from Proto-Germanic *writą (“fissure, writing”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrey-, *wrī- (“to scratch, carve, ingrave”). Cognate with Scots writ (“writ, writing, handwriting”), Icelandic rit (“writing, writ, literary work, publication”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|writ}} Middle English writ, {{inh|en|ang|writ}} Old English writ, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*writą||fissure, writing}} Proto-Germanic *writą (“fissure, writing”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*wrey-}} Proto-Indo-European *wrey-, {{cog|sco|writ||writ, writing, handwriting}} Scots writ (“writ, writing, handwriting”), {{cog|is|rit||writing, writ, literary work, publication}} Icelandic rit (“writing, writ, literary work, publication”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} writ (countable and uncountable, plural writs)
  1. (law) A written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-writ-en-noun-IIUUVr~H Topics: law
  2. Authority, power to enforce compliance. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (authority, power to enforce compliance): pověření [neuter] (Czech), mandát [masculine] (Czech)
    Sense id: en-writ-en-noun-O2L9CVYm Disambiguation of 'authority, power to enforce compliance': 1 93 0 6
  3. (archaic) That which is written; writing. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable Translations (that which is written): писание (pisanie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), písemnost [feminine] (Czech), kirjoitus (Finnish), écrit [masculine] (French), 𐌱𐍉𐌺𐌰 (bōka) [feminine] (Gothic), scritto [masculine] (Italian), pismo [neuter] (Polish), escrito [masculine] (Portuguese), escrito [masculine] (Spanish), escripto [masculine] (Spanish), skrift [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-writ-en-noun-WHnF4re5 Disambiguation of 'that which is written': 8 1 83 8
  4. A written order, issued by the British House of Commons, ordering a parliamentary by-election, or an order, issued by the Lord Chancellor, ordering a general election, or one issued by the House of Lords summoning Peers to the Chamber. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Directives
    Sense id: en-writ-en-noun-GbhfQgR5 Disambiguation of Directives: 9 11 2 78 0 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Gothic translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 11 2 74 1 1 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 4 3 80 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 11 6 3 73 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 4 2 78 2 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 7 7 4 77 2 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 5 8 3 79 2 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 9 10 5 65 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 7 8 4 76 2 2 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 9 10 5 66 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 9 10 5 70 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Gothic translations: 5 10 8 75 1 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 7 8 4 77 2 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 6 13 3 73 2 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 8 10 4 71 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 8 10 4 71 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 7 7 4 79 2 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 6 8 3 79 2 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 7 7 4 78 2 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 6 6 4 77 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 6 14 3 73 2 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 8 10 4 71 3 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 9 9 4 70 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 7 7 3 79 2 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: claim form [English] [law] Translations (a written order): нареждане (nareždane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), предписание (predpisanie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 令狀 (Chinese Mandarin), 令状 (lìngzhuàng) (Chinese Mandarin), písemný příkaz [masculine] (Czech), bevelschrift (Dutch), gerechterlijke opdracht (Dutch), dwangbevel (Dutch), oikeuden määräys (Finnish), ordonnance [feminine] (French), Erlaß [masculine] (German), Gerichtsurkunde [feminine] (German), Verfügung [feminine] (German), Zwangsbefehl [masculine] (German), विधि (vidhi) (Hindi), végzés (Hungarian), bírósági végzés (Hungarian), bírói végzés (Hungarian), hivatalos okirat (Hungarian), ordinanza [feminine] (Italian), intimazione [feminine] (Italian), mandato [masculine] (Italian), ingiunzione [feminine] (Italian), 令状 (reijō) (alt: れいじょう) (Japanese), 영장 (yeongjang) (Korean), tāmana (Maori), whakahau-ā-pukapuka (Maori), nakaz sądowy [masculine] (Polish), mandado [masculine] (Portuguese), прика́з (prikáz) [masculine] (Russian), распоряже́ние суда́ (rasporjažénije sudá) [neuter] (Russian), decreto judicial [masculine] (Spanish), recurso [masculine] (Spanish), auto [masculine] (Spanish), requerimiento judicial [masculine] (Spanish), skrivelse [common-gender] (Swedish)

Verb [English]

IPA: /ɹɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-writ.wav
Rhymes: -ɪt Etymology: From Middle English writ, from Old English writ and ġewrit (“writing”), from Proto-Germanic *writą (“fissure, writing”), from Proto-Indo-European *wrey-, *wrī- (“to scratch, carve, ingrave”). Cognate with Scots writ (“writ, writing, handwriting”), Icelandic rit (“writing, writ, literary work, publication”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|writ}} Middle English writ, {{inh|en|ang|writ}} Old English writ, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*writą||fissure, writing}} Proto-Germanic *writą (“fissure, writing”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*wrey-}} Proto-Indo-European *wrey-, {{cog|sco|writ||writ, writing, handwriting}} Scots writ (“writ, writing, handwriting”), {{cog|is|rit||writing, writ, literary work, publication}} Icelandic rit (“writing, writ, literary work, publication”) Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} writ
  1. (archaic) past of write Tags: archaic, form-of, past Form of: write
    Sense id: en-writ-en-verb-oSOymG00
  2. (archaic) past participle of write Tags: archaic, form-of, participle, past Form of: write
    Sense id: en-writ-en-verb-XVMerlh5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: writ large, writ small

Romanization [Gothic]

Head templates: {{head|got|romanization|head=}} writ, {{got-rom}} writ
  1. Romanization of 𐍅𐍂𐌹𐍄 Tags: alt-of, romanization Alternative form of: 𐍅𐍂𐌹𐍄
    Sense id: en-writ-got-romanization-q2~OBqnX Categories (other): Gothic entries with incorrect language header, Gothic romanizations, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Old English]

IPA: /writ/
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *writą, whence also Old High German riz, Old Norse rit. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*writą}} Proto-Germanic *writą, {{cog|goh|riz}} Old High German riz, {{cog|non|rit}} Old Norse rit Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|nominative plural|writu|||g=n|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} writ n (nominative plural writu), {{ang-noun|n|writu}} writ n (nominative plural writu) Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-n|writ|short=1}}, {{ang-decl-noun|writ|writu|writ|writu|writes|writa|write|writum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: writu [nominative, plural], strong [table-tags], writ [nominative, singular], writu [nominative, plural], writ [accusative, singular], writu [accusative, plural], writes [genitive, singular], writa [genitive, plural], write [dative, singular], writum [dative, plural]
  1. writ Tags: neuter Synonyms: ġewrit Derived forms: ġewrit
    Sense id: en-writ-ang-noun-vZmK39Ru Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "lang_code": "got",
  "pos": "romanization",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "𐍅𐍂𐌹𐍄"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Gothic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Gothic non-lemma forms",
        "Gothic romanizations",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Romanization of 𐍅𐍂𐌹𐍄"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "𐍅𐍂𐌹𐍄",
          "𐍅𐍂𐌹𐍄#Gothic"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "writ"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ġewrit"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*writą"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *writą",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "riz"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German riz",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "rit"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse rit",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *writą, whence also Old High German riz, Old Norse rit.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "writu",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "writ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "writu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "writ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "writu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "writes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "writa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "write",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "writum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "nominative plural",
        "4": "writu",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "writ n (nominative plural writu)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "writu"
      },
      "expansion": "writ n (nominative plural writu)",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "writ",
        "short": "1"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-n"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "writ",
        "2": "writu",
        "3": "writ",
        "4": "writu",
        "5": "writes",
        "6": "writa",
        "7": "write",
        "8": "writum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
        "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 inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "writ"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "writ",
          "#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/writ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ġewrit"
    }
  ],
  "word": "writ"
}

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