"zēns" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Latvian]

IPA: [zǣːns]
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle High German söhn (“son”) (sȫne); cf. Sohn (“son”). The e is the nearest vowel to ö in Latvian; the length probably results from the influence of dēls (“son”). In an 18th-century dictionary, zēns is mentioned as “rarely used,” and only in the area around Riga and in Courland; in the 19th century, the word was still mostly used in Courland, but had already entered the literary language, as a synonym of puisis. Etymology templates: {{bor|lv|gmh|söhn||son}} Middle High German söhn (“son”), {{m|gmh|söne|sȫne}} sȫne, {{m|de|Sohn||son}} Sohn (“son”), {{m|lv|dēls||son}} dēls (“son”), {{m|lv|zēns}} zēns, {{m|lv|puisis}} puisis Head templates: {{head|lv|noun|g=m|g2=|head=|sort=}} zēns m, {{lv-noun|m|1st}} zēns m (1st declension) Inflection templates: {{lv-decl-noun|zēn|s|1st|extrawidth=-60}}, {{lv-decl-noun-1|zēn|s|4=|5=|6=|7=|8=|drop-v=|keep-s=|x=-60}}, {{lv-decl-noun-table|zēns|zēni|zēnu|zēnus|zēna|zēnu|zēnam|zēniem|zēnu|zēniem|zēnā|zēnos|zēn|zēni|type=1st declension|x=-60}} Forms: declension-1 [table-tags], zēns [nominative, singular], zēni [nominative, plural], zēnu [accusative, singular], zēnus [accusative, plural], zēna [genitive, singular], zēnu [genitive, plural], zēnam [dative, singular], zēniem [dative, plural], zēnu [instrumental, singular], zēniem [instrumental, plural], zēnā [locative, singular], zēnos [locative, plural], zēn [singular, vocative], zēni [plural, vocative]
  1. boy (a male child, approximately until 11 years of age) Tags: declension-1, masculine Categories (topical): Children, Male Synonyms (of "male child"): puika, puisēns, puisītis, zeņķis
    Sense id: en-zēns-lv-noun-L-bPMMqn Disambiguation of Children: 18 22 30 29 Disambiguation of Male: 26 1 37 36 Disambiguation of 'of "male child"': 72 2 13 13
  2. young (especially adolescent) man Tags: declension-1, masculine Categories (topical): Children
    Sense id: en-zēns-lv-noun-yzCbisLf Disambiguation of Children: 18 22 30 29 Categories (other): Latvian etymologies from LEV, Middle High German links with redundant target parameters Disambiguation of Latvian etymologies from LEV: 9 12 43 37 Disambiguation of Middle High German links with redundant target parameters: 8 11 43 38
  3. boy, boyfriend (a young man in whom a woman is romantically interested) Tags: declension-1, masculine Categories (topical): Children, Male
    Sense id: en-zēns-lv-noun-LgI-I~cQ Disambiguation of Children: 18 22 30 29 Disambiguation of Male: 26 1 37 36 Categories (other): Latvian entries with incorrect language header, Latvian entries with topic categories using raw markup, Latvian etymologies from LEV, Latvian terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Middle High German links with redundant target parameters Disambiguation of Latvian entries with incorrect language header: 6 9 49 36 Disambiguation of Latvian entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 9 52 33 Disambiguation of Latvian etymologies from LEV: 9 12 43 37 Disambiguation of Latvian terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 6 9 54 31 Disambiguation of Middle High German links with redundant target parameters: 8 11 43 38
  4. (usually with an adjective or adjectival expression) boy, guy (a young man seen as having some, usually positive, quality) Tags: declension-1, masculine, usually Categories (topical): Children, Male
    Sense id: en-zēns-lv-noun-88PltiXl Disambiguation of Children: 18 22 30 29 Disambiguation of Male: 26 1 37 36 Categories (other): Latvian etymologies from LEV, Latvian words with level intonation, Middle High German links with redundant target parameters Disambiguation of Latvian etymologies from LEV: 9 12 43 37 Disambiguation of Latvian words with level intonation: 10 19 31 40 Disambiguation of Middle High German links with redundant target parameters: 8 11 43 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (of "young man"): jaunietis, jauneklis, puika, puisis Related terms: zeņķis
Disambiguation of 'of "young man"': 4 8 44 44

Inflected forms

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"of \"male child\"\"",
      "word": "meitene"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"of \"male child\"\"",
      "word": "meitenīte"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"of \"male child\"\"",
      "word": "skuķēns"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"of \"young man\"\"",
      "word": "meita"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"of \"young man\"\"",
      "word": "meitene"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"of \"young man\"\"",
      "word": "skuķis"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"of \"young man\"\"",
      "word": "skuķe"
    }
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        "4": "",
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      "name": "bor"
    },
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      },
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        "1": "lv",
        "2": "puisis"
      },
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    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "class"
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    },
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    },
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      ]
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      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zēnu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zēniem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "zēnā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "zēnos",
      "source": "declension",
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        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "vocative"
      ]
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        "sort": ""
      },
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        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
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        "keep-s": "",
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      },
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        "5": "zēna",
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  "lang_code": "lv",
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    {
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      "word": "zeņķis"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        {
          "_dis": "18 22 30 29",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "lv",
          "name": "Children",
          "orig": "lv:Children",
          "parents": [
            "Youth",
            "Age",
            "People",
            "Human",
            "Time",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 1 37 36",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "lv",
          "name": "Male",
          "orig": "lv:Male",
          "parents": [
            "Gender",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Society",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "boy choir",
          "text": "zēnu koris",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "boys' clothes",
          "text": "zēnu apģērbi",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "boys' games",
          "text": "zēnu rotaļas",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "boys' mischief",
          "text": "zēnu nedarbi",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "boys' school",
          "text": "zēnu skola",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the boys' room (restroom, especially at school)",
          "text": "zēnu istaba",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Haris is a boy, he has a long way to go to become a grown-up, he doesn't understand much",
          "text": "Haris ir zēns, viņam vēl tālu līdz lielam cilvēkam, viņš daudz nesaprot",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "boy (a male child, approximately until 11 years of age)"
      ],
      "id": "en-zēns-lv-noun-L-bPMMqn",
      "links": [
        [
          "boy",
          "boy"
        ],
        [
          "male",
          "male#English"
        ],
        [
          "child",
          "child#English"
        ],
        [
          "approximately",
          "approximately#English"
        ],
        [
          "until",
          "until#English"
        ],
        [
          "years",
          "years#English"
        ],
        [
          "age",
          "age#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "72 2 13 13",
          "sense": "of \"male child\"",
          "word": "puika"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 2 13 13",
          "sense": "of \"male child\"",
          "word": "puisēns"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 2 13 13",
          "sense": "of \"male child\"",
          "word": "puisītis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "72 2 13 13",
          "sense": "of \"male child\"",
          "word": "zeņķis"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "9 12 43 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latvian etymologies from LEV",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 11 43 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle High German links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant target parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 22 30 29",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "lv",
          "name": "Children",
          "orig": "lv:Children",
          "parents": [
            "Youth",
            "Age",
            "People",
            "Human",
            "Time",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "more than twenty men came, mostly young boys, bet also some middle-aged men and a few seniors",
          "text": "sanāca vairāk nekā divdesmit vīriešu, visvairāk jauni zēni, bet arī pusmūža vīri un pat pāris sirmgalvju",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I don't want to take care of the family yet... I am (still) a very green (= immature) boy",
          "text": "es vēl negribu uzņemties rūpes par ģimeni... es esmu pavisam zaļš zēns",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "young (especially adolescent) man"
      ],
      "id": "en-zēns-lv-noun-yzCbisLf",
      "links": [
        [
          "young",
          "young"
        ],
        [
          "adolescent",
          "adolescent"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "6 9 49 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latvian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 9 52 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latvian entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 12 43 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latvian etymologies from LEV",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 9 54 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latvian terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 11 43 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle High German links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant target parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 22 30 29",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "lv",
          "name": "Children",
          "orig": "lv:Children",
          "parents": [
            "Youth",
            "Age",
            "People",
            "Human",
            "Time",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 1 37 36",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "lv",
          "name": "Male",
          "orig": "lv:Male",
          "parents": [
            "Gender",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Society",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the girl had a boy(friend)",
          "text": "meitenei bija savs zēns",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "no tās reizes, kad Jautrīte Raiņa vidusskolas sarīkojumā iepazinās ar Guntaru, daži sāka sačukstēties, ka Guntars esot Jautrītes zēns ― from that time when Jautrīte met Guntars at the event in the Rainis middle school, some (people) started to whisper that Guntars was Jautrīte's boy (= boyfriend)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "boy, boyfriend (a young man in whom a woman is romantically interested)"
      ],
      "id": "en-zēns-lv-noun-LgI-I~cQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "boy",
          "boy"
        ],
        [
          "boyfriend",
          "boyfriend"
        ],
        [
          "young",
          "young#English"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man#English"
        ],
        [
          "woman",
          "woman#English"
        ],
        [
          "romantically",
          "romantically#English"
        ],
        [
          "interested",
          "interested#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "9 12 43 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latvian etymologies from LEV",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 19 31 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latvian words with level intonation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 11 43 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle High German links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant target parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 22 30 29",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "lv",
          "name": "Children",
          "orig": "lv:Children",
          "parents": [
            "Youth",
            "Age",
            "People",
            "Human",
            "Time",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 1 37 36",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "lv",
          "name": "Male",
          "orig": "lv:Male",
          "parents": [
            "Gender",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Society",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "he is a nice guy",
          "text": "viņš ir lāga zēns",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "uncle really was a golden boy",
          "text": "tēvocis patiešām bija zelta zēns",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "old boy! (used to show familiarity, friendship)",
          "text": "vecais zēns",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "boy, guy (a young man seen as having some, usually positive, quality)"
      ],
      "id": "en-zēns-lv-noun-88PltiXl",
      "links": [
        [
          "usually",
          "usually"
        ],
        [
          "adjective",
          "adjective"
        ],
        [
          "adjectival",
          "adjectival"
        ],
        [
          "expression",
          "expression"
        ],
        [
          "boy",
          "boy"
        ],
        [
          "guy",
          "guy"
        ],
        [
          "young",
          "young#English"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man#English"
        ],
        [
          "positive",
          "positive#English"
        ],
        [
          "quality",
          "quality#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(usually with an adjective or adjectival expression) boy, guy (a young man seen as having some, usually positive, quality)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with an adjective or adjectival expression"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "masculine",
        "usually"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[zǣːns]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "4 8 44 44",
      "sense": "of \"young man\"",
      "word": "jaunietis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "4 8 44 44",
      "sense": "of \"young man\"",
      "word": "jauneklis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "4 8 44 44",
      "sense": "of \"young man\"",
      "word": "puika"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "4 8 44 44",
      "sense": "of \"young man\"",
      "word": "puisis"
    }
  ],
  "word": "zēns"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"of \"male child\"\"",
      "word": "meitene"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"of \"male child\"\"",
      "word": "meitenīte"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"of \"male child\"\"",
      "word": "skuķēns"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"of \"young man\"\"",
      "word": "meita"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"of \"young man\"\"",
      "word": "meitene"
    },
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      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"of \"young man\"\"",
      "word": "skuķis"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"of \"young man\"\"",
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    }
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    "Latvian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latvian entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "Latvian etymologies from LEV",
    "Latvian first declension nouns",
    "Latvian lemmas",
    "Latvian masculine nouns",
    "Latvian nouns",
    "Latvian terms borrowed from Middle High German",
    "Latvian terms derived from Middle High German",
    "Latvian terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Latvian terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Latvian words with level intonation",
    "Middle High German links with redundant target parameters",
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    "lv:Male"
  ],
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        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "söhn",
        "4": "",
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      },
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      "name": "bor"
    },
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        "3": "sȫne"
      },
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    },
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        "2": "Sohn",
        "3": "",
        "4": "son"
      },
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    },
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        "3": "",
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      },
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    },
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        "2": "zēns"
      },
      "expansion": "zēns",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "puisis"
      },
      "expansion": "puisis",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Middle High German söhn (“son”) (sȫne); cf. Sohn (“son”). The e is the nearest vowel to ö in Latvian; the length probably results from the influence of dēls (“son”). In an 18th-century dictionary, zēns is mentioned as “rarely used,” and only in the area around Riga and in Courland; in the 19th century, the word was still mostly used in Courland, but had already entered the literary language, as a synonym of puisis.",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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        "inflection-template"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "plural"
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    },
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        "genitive",
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
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    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "zēnu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "zēniem",
      "source": "declension",
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    },
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      "form": "zēnā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "zēnos",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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      "form": "zēn",
      "source": "declension",
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        "vocative"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "vocative"
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        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "1st"
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    }
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zēn",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
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        "keep-s": "",
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        "13": "zēn",
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        "3": "zēnu",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "lv",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "zeņķis"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "boy choir",
          "text": "zēnu koris",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "boys' clothes",
          "text": "zēnu apģērbi",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "boys' games",
          "text": "zēnu rotaļas",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "boys' mischief",
          "text": "zēnu nedarbi",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "boys' school",
          "text": "zēnu skola",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the boys' room (restroom, especially at school)",
          "text": "zēnu istaba",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Haris is a boy, he has a long way to go to become a grown-up, he doesn't understand much",
          "text": "Haris ir zēns, viņam vēl tālu līdz lielam cilvēkam, viņš daudz nesaprot",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "boy (a male child, approximately until 11 years of age)"
      ],
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          "boy"
        ],
        [
          "male",
          "male#English"
        ],
        [
          "child",
          "child#English"
        ],
        [
          "approximately",
          "approximately#English"
        ],
        [
          "until",
          "until#English"
        ],
        [
          "years",
          "years#English"
        ],
        [
          "age",
          "age#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "more than twenty men came, mostly young boys, bet also some middle-aged men and a few seniors",
          "text": "sanāca vairāk nekā divdesmit vīriešu, visvairāk jauni zēni, bet arī pusmūža vīri un pat pāris sirmgalvju",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I don't want to take care of the family yet... I am (still) a very green (= immature) boy",
          "text": "es vēl negribu uzņemties rūpes par ģimeni... es esmu pavisam zaļš zēns",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "young (especially adolescent) man"
      ],
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        [
          "young",
          "young"
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        [
          "adolescent",
          "adolescent"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the girl had a boy(friend)",
          "text": "meitenei bija savs zēns",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "no tās reizes, kad Jautrīte Raiņa vidusskolas sarīkojumā iepazinās ar Guntaru, daži sāka sačukstēties, ka Guntars esot Jautrītes zēns ― from that time when Jautrīte met Guntars at the event in the Rainis middle school, some (people) started to whisper that Guntars was Jautrīte's boy (= boyfriend)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "boy, boyfriend (a young man in whom a woman is romantically interested)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "boy",
          "boy"
        ],
        [
          "boyfriend",
          "boyfriend"
        ],
        [
          "young",
          "young#English"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man#English"
        ],
        [
          "woman",
          "woman#English"
        ],
        [
          "romantically",
          "romantically#English"
        ],
        [
          "interested",
          "interested#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latvian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "he is a nice guy",
          "text": "viņš ir lāga zēns",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "uncle really was a golden boy",
          "text": "tēvocis patiešām bija zelta zēns",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "old boy! (used to show familiarity, friendship)",
          "text": "vecais zēns",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "boy, guy (a young man seen as having some, usually positive, quality)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "usually",
          "usually"
        ],
        [
          "adjective",
          "adjective"
        ],
        [
          "adjectival",
          "adjectival"
        ],
        [
          "expression",
          "expression"
        ],
        [
          "boy",
          "boy"
        ],
        [
          "guy",
          "guy"
        ],
        [
          "young",
          "young#English"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man#English"
        ],
        [
          "positive",
          "positive#English"
        ],
        [
          "quality",
          "quality#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "(usually with an adjective or adjectival expression) boy, guy (a young man seen as having some, usually positive, quality)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with an adjective or adjectival expression"
      ],
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        "declension-1",
        "masculine",
        "usually"
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[zǣːns]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "of \"male child\"",
      "word": "puika"
    },
    {
      "sense": "of \"male child\"",
      "word": "puisēns"
    },
    {
      "sense": "of \"male child\"",
      "word": "puisītis"
    },
    {
      "sense": "of \"male child\"",
      "word": "zeņķis"
    },
    {
      "sense": "of \"young man\"",
      "word": "jaunietis"
    },
    {
      "sense": "of \"young man\"",
      "word": "jauneklis"
    },
    {
      "sense": "of \"young man\"",
      "word": "puika"
    },
    {
      "sense": "of \"young man\"",
      "word": "puisis"
    }
  ],
  "word": "zēns"
}

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