"а" meaning in Bulgarian

See а in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Character

IPA: [a] Forms: a [romanization], А [uppercase]
Head templates: {{head|bg|letter|lower case||upper case|А}} а • (a) (lower case, upper case А)
  1. The first letter of the Bulgarian alphabet, called а (a), and written in the Cyrillic script. Tags: letter, lowercase
    Sense id: en-а-bg-character-uYHPxy5~ Categories (other): Bulgarian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Bulgarian entries with incorrect language header: 30 3 4 4 2 3 17 21 2 3 8 1 3 Related terms: А [Cyrillic, letter], а [Cyrillic, letter], Б [Cyrillic, letter], б [Cyrillic, letter], В [Cyrillic, letter], в [Cyrillic, letter], Г [Cyrillic, letter], г [Cyrillic, letter], Д [Cyrillic, letter], д [Cyrillic, letter], Е [Cyrillic, letter], е [Cyrillic, letter], Ж [Cyrillic, letter], ж [Cyrillic, letter], З [Cyrillic, letter], з [Cyrillic, letter], И [Cyrillic, letter], и [Cyrillic, letter], Ѝ [Cyrillic, letter], ѝ [Cyrillic, letter], Й [Cyrillic, letter], й [Cyrillic, letter], К [Cyrillic, letter], к [Cyrillic, letter], Л [Cyrillic, letter], л [Cyrillic, letter], М [Cyrillic, letter], м [Cyrillic, letter], Н [Cyrillic, letter], н [Cyrillic, letter], О [Cyrillic, letter], о [Cyrillic, letter], П [Cyrillic, letter], п [Cyrillic, letter], Р [Cyrillic, letter], р [Cyrillic, letter], С [Cyrillic, letter], с [Cyrillic, letter], Т [Cyrillic, letter], т [Cyrillic, letter], У [Cyrillic, letter], у [Cyrillic, letter], Ф [Cyrillic, letter], ф [Cyrillic, letter], Х [Cyrillic, letter], х [Cyrillic, letter], Ц [Cyrillic, letter], ц [Cyrillic, letter], Ч [Cyrillic, letter], ч [Cyrillic, letter], Ш [Cyrillic, letter], ш [Cyrillic, letter], Щ [Cyrillic, letter], щ [Cyrillic, letter], Ъ [Cyrillic, letter], ъ [Cyrillic, letter], Ь [Cyrillic, letter], ь [Cyrillic, letter], Ю [Cyrillic, letter], ю [Cyrillic, letter], Я [Cyrillic, letter], я [Cyrillic, letter]
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Conjunction

IPA: [a] [stressed], [ɐ] [stressed], [ə] [stressed] Forms: a [romanization]
Etymology: From Proto-Slavic *a (“and, but”). Etymology templates: {{inh|bg|sla-pro|*a||and, but}} Proto-Slavic *a (“and, but”) Head templates: {{head|bg|conjunctions}} а • (a)
  1. used to describe how two facts are different: whereas, while
    Sense id: en-а-bg-conj-fOYne~M-
  2. used to introduce an idea that is different or opposite to the idea that is desired, expected or that you have stated previously: but, yet, rather
    Sense id: en-а-bg-conj-YiH-c3-0
  3. used to start a new sentence or clause that continues or adds to a previous sentence or clause: and
    Sense id: en-а-bg-conj-mvwPC3z6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: но (english: no), ала (ala), ама (ama) Related terms: а... а... (a... a...)
Etymology number: 3

Interjection

IPA: [a] Forms: a [romanization]
Head templates: {{head|bg|interjections}} а • (a)
  1. used to express surprise or wonder: ah, oh, ha, why
    Sense id: en-а-bg-intj-4nSInknQ
  2. used to express pleasure, relief: ah
    Sense id: en-а-bg-intj-nEs8Qr68
  3. used when you are not certain about something and you would like confirmation: eh, well, right, or translated with a tag question
    Sense id: en-а-bg-intj-G3pR31JK Categories (other): Bulgarian particles Disambiguation of Bulgarian particles: 5 4 27 32 5 8 13 3 4
  4. (colloquial) used to indicate that one did not hear what was said: eh, huh Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-а-bg-intj-faQ7~MiM Categories (other): Bulgarian particles Disambiguation of Bulgarian particles: 5 4 27 32 5 8 13 3 4
  5. used to express understanding, recognition, or realization: oh
    Sense id: en-а-bg-intj-8FJI1uVl
  6. used to express displeasure, objection
    Sense id: en-а-bg-intj-ZSHszfUn
  7. used to express criticism or disapproval: now
    Sense id: en-а-bg-intj-6JnDM9OO Categories (other): Bulgarian particles Disambiguation of Bulgarian particles: 5 4 27 32 5 8 13 3 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Particle

IPA: [a] Forms: a [romanization]
Head templates: {{head|bg|particles}} а • (a)
  1. used in orders for emphasis: let’s, just
    Sense id: en-а-bg-particle-Jd8ei-r7
  2. just, about to, on the point of, almost
    Sense id: en-а-bg-particle-6pAL0DeM
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for а meaning in Bulgarian (14.1kB)

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          "word": "е"
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          "word": "ж"
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          "word": "и"
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          "word": "Ѝ"
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          "word": "ѝ"
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          "word": "Й"
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          "word": "й"
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        {
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          "word": "К"
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          "word": "к"
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        {
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          "word": "Л"
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        {
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          "word": "л"
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          "word": "М"
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          "word": "м"
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        {
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          "word": "Н"
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          "word": "н"
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        {
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          "word": "О"
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          "word": "о"
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        {
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          "word": "П"
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        {
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          "word": "п"
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        {
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            "Cyrillic",
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          "word": "Р"
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          "word": "р"
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        {
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          "word": "С"
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          "word": "с"
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        {
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          "word": "Т"
        },
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            "Cyrillic",
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          "word": "т"
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        {
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          "word": "У"
        },
        {
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          "word": "у"
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        {
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          "word": "Ф"
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          "word": "ф"
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          "word": "Х"
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          "word": "х"
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          "word": "Ц"
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        {
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          "word": "ц"
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          "word": "Ч"
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        {
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          ],
          "word": "ч"
        },
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          "word": "Ш"
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          "word": "ш"
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          "word": "Щ"
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          "word": "щ"
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          "word": "Ъ"
        },
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          "word": "ъ"
        },
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          "word": "Ь"
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          "word": "ь"
        },
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          "word": "Ю"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
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            "letter"
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          "word": "ю"
        },
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          ],
          "word": "Я"
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          "word": "я"
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      "ipa": "[a]"
    }
  ],
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    }
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        {
          "english": "Come on, go ahead!",
          "roman": "A vǎrvi de!",
          "text": "А върви де!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Let’s go to the pictures.",
          "roman": "A da idem na kino.",
          "text": "А да идем на кино.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Just you hit me, if you dare.",
          "roman": "A udari me, ako smeeš.",
          "text": "А удари ме, ако смееш.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Speak up, do!",
          "roman": "Kaži de, a kaži!",
          "text": "Кажи де, а кажи!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "used in orders for emphasis: let’s, just"
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      "id": "en-а-bg-particle-Jd8ei-r7",
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    {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "with wings spread out, about to fly off",
          "roman": "razperila krile, a-a da hvrǎkne",
          "text": "разперила криле, а-а да хвръкне",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "just, about to, on the point of, almost"
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          "on the point of"
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      "ipa": "[a]"
    }
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  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "english": "Ah, there you are!",
          "roman": "A, eto kǎde si bil!",
          "text": "А, ето къде си бил!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Oh, so you liked it.",
          "roman": "A, znači ti haresa.",
          "text": "А, значи ти хареса.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Oh! I didn't see you there.",
          "roman": "A! Ne te vidjah.",
          "text": "А! Не те видях.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Why Jane, it's you!",
          "roman": "A, Džejn, ti li si!",
          "text": "А, Джейн, ти ли си!",
          "type": "example"
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        "used to express surprise or wonder: ah, oh, ha, why"
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    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Ah, the flowers of spring.",
          "roman": "A, proletnite cvetja.",
          "text": "А, пролетните цветя.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Ah, I remember the good old days.",
          "roman": "A, spomnjam si starite vremena.",
          "text": "А, спомням си старите времена.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to express pleasure, relief: ah"
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          "_dis": "5 4 27 32 5 8 13 3 4",
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        {
          "english": "So, you liked it, eh/did you?",
          "roman": "Haresa ti, a?",
          "text": "Хареса ти, а?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "You're leaving tomorrow, right?",
          "roman": "Utre zaminavaš, a?",
          "text": "Утре заминаваш, а?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "‘I'm not hungry.’ ‘Eh?’ ‘I said I'm not hungry.’",
          "roman": "‘Ne sǎm gladen.’ ‘A?’ ‘Kazah, če ne sǎm gladen.’",
          "text": "‘Не съм гладен.’ ‘А?’ ‘Казах, че не съм гладен.’",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Huh? What did you say?",
          "roman": "A? Kakvo kaza?",
          "text": "А? Какво каза?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to indicate that one did not hear what was said: eh, huh"
      ],
      "id": "en-а-bg-intj-faQ7~MiM",
      "links": [
        [
          "eh",
          "eh#English"
        ],
        [
          "huh",
          "huh#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) used to indicate that one did not hear what was said: eh, huh"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
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    },
    {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Oh, so that's how it works.",
          "roman": "A, znači taka rabotelo.",
          "text": "А, значи така работело.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Oh, I’ve just thought of it.",
          "roman": "A, sega mi dojde naum!",
          "text": "А, сега ми дойде наум!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Oh, yes, I remember.",
          "roman": "A, da, setih se!",
          "text": "А, да, сетих се!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to express understanding, recognition, or realization: oh"
      ],
      "id": "en-а-bg-intj-8FJI1uVl",
      "links": [
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          "oh",
          "oh#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "So he missed the train … what a damned nuisance!",
          "roman": "Izpusnal vlaka … ama rabota, a!",
          "text": "Изпуснал влака … ама работа, а!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He's not the one to tell me!",
          "roman": "A, toj šte mi kaže!",
          "text": "А, той ще ми каже!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Don't stick out your tongue at me!",
          "roman": "Šte mi se pleziš, a!",
          "text": "Ще ми се плезиш, а!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to express displeasure, objection"
      ],
      "id": "en-а-bg-intj-ZSHszfUn"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "5 4 27 32 5 8 13 3 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Bulgarian particles",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Now, this sort of thing can’t go on/won’t do!",
          "roman": "A-a, taka ne može!",
          "text": "А-а, така не може!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Now, Billy, that's no way to talk to your mother!",
          "roman": "A, Bili, taka ne se govori na majka si!",
          "text": "А, Били, така не се говори на майка си!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to express criticism or disapproval: now"
      ],
      "id": "en-а-bg-intj-6JnDM9OO",
      "links": [
        [
          "now",
          "now"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[a]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "а"
}

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  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
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        "2": "sla-pro",
        "3": "*a",
        "4": "",
        "5": "and, but"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *a (“and, but”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Slavic *a (“and, but”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "a",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "conjunctions"
      },
      "expansion": "а • (a)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Bulgarian",
  "lang_code": "bg",
  "pos": "conj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "word": "а... а..."
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [],
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        {
          "english": "We thought she was arrogant, whereas in fact she was just very shy.",
          "roman": "Mislehme si, če e arogantna, a vsǎštnost prosto beše mnogo sramežliva.",
          "text": "Мислехме си, че е арогантна, а всъщност просто беше много срамежлива.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He has brown eyes whereas his children have green eyes.",
          "roman": "Toj ima kafjavi oči, a decata mu imat zeleni oči.",
          "text": "Той има кафяви очи, а децата му имат зелени очи.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Some are born while others die.",
          "roman": "Edni se raždat, a drugi umirat.",
          "text": "Едни се раждат, а други умират.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "used to describe how two facts are different: whereas, while"
      ],
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        [
          "whereas",
          "whereas"
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        [
          "while",
          "while"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It's not the music I don't like but rather the band themselves.",
          "roman": "Ne muzikata ne haresvam, a samata banda.",
          "text": "Не музиката не харесвам, а самата банда.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "She got the promotion not by luck but by hard work.",
          "roman": "Tja poluči povišenieto ne zaradi kǎsmet, a s usǎrdna rabota.",
          "text": "Тя получи повишението не заради късмет, а с усърдна работа.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The walls were not white, but rather a sort of dirty grey.",
          "roman": "Stenite ne bjaha beli, a po-skoro mrǎsno sivi.",
          "text": "Стените не бяха бели, а по-скоро мръсно сиви.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He has a good job, and yet he never seems to have any money.",
          "roman": "Toj ima dobra rabota, a kato če li nikoga njama pari.",
          "text": "Той има добра работа, а като че ли никога няма пари.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I thought I knew you, yet how wrong I was.",
          "roman": "Misleh si, če te poznavam, a kolko sǎm grešal.",
          "text": "Мислех си, че те познавам, а колко съм грешал.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I saw him yesterday, not today.",
          "roman": "Vidjah go včera, a ne dnes.",
          "text": "Видях го вчера, а не днес.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to introduce an idea that is different or opposite to the idea that is desired, expected or that you have stated previously: but, yet, rather"
      ],
      "id": "en-а-bg-conj-YiH-c3-0",
      "links": [
        [
          "but",
          "but#English"
        ],
        [
          "yet",
          "yet"
        ],
        [
          "rather",
          "rather"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
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        {
          "english": "Years passed and everything changed. And he still hadn't come back.",
          "roman": "Minaha godini i vsičko se promeni. A toj vse ošte ne se zavrǎštaše.",
          "text": "Минаха години и всичко се промени. А той все още не се завръщаше.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to start a new sentence or clause that continues or adds to a previous sentence or clause: and"
      ],
      "id": "en-а-bg-conj-mvwPC3z6",
      "links": [
        [
          "and",
          "and#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[a]",
      "tags": [
        "stressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "stressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ə]",
      "tags": [
        "stressed"
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "no",
      "word": "но"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "ala",
      "word": "ала"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "ama",
      "word": "ама"
    }
  ],
  "word": "а"
}
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    "Bulgarian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Bulgarian lemmas",
    "Bulgarian letters",
    "Bulgarian terms derived from Proto-Slavic",
    "Bulgarian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic",
    "Bulgarian terms with IPA pronunciation"
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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
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    {
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        "4": "",
        "5": "upper case",
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  "lang_code": "bg",
  "pos": "character",
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      "word": "А"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
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      "word": "а"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
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      "word": "Б"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "б"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "В"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "в"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "Г"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "г"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "Д"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "д"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "Е"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "е"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "Ж"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ж"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "З"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "з"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "И"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "и"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "Ѝ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ѝ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "Й"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "й"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "К"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "к"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "Л"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "л"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "М"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "м"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "Н"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "н"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "О"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "о"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "П"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "п"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "Р"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "р"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "С"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "с"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "Т"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "т"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "У"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "у"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "Ф"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ф"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "Х"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "х"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "Ц"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ц"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "Ч"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ч"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "Ш"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ш"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "Щ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "щ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "Ъ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ъ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "Ь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ь"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "Ю"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ю"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "Я"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "я"
    }
  ],
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        "The first letter of the Bulgarian alphabet, called а (a), and written in the Cyrillic script."
      ],
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        [
          "letter",
          "letter#English"
        ],
        [
          "alphabet",
          "alphabet#English"
        ],
        [
          "а",
          "а#Bulgarian"
        ],
        [
          "Cyrillic script",
          "Appendix:Cyrillic script#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "letter",
        "lowercase"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[a]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "а"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Bulgarian conjunctions",
    "Bulgarian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Bulgarian interjections",
    "Bulgarian lemmas",
    "Bulgarian particles",
    "Bulgarian terms derived from Proto-Slavic",
    "Bulgarian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic",
    "Bulgarian terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "a",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "2": "particles"
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  ],
  "lang": "Bulgarian",
  "lang_code": "bg",
  "pos": "particle",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Bulgarian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Come on, go ahead!",
          "roman": "A vǎrvi de!",
          "text": "А върви де!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Let’s go to the pictures.",
          "roman": "A da idem na kino.",
          "text": "А да идем на кино.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Just you hit me, if you dare.",
          "roman": "A udari me, ako smeeš.",
          "text": "А удари ме, ако смееш.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Speak up, do!",
          "roman": "Kaži de, a kaži!",
          "text": "Кажи де, а кажи!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used in orders for emphasis: let’s, just"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "let’s",
          "let’s"
        ],
        [
          "just",
          "just"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Bulgarian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "with wings spread out, about to fly off",
          "roman": "razperila krile, a-a da hvrǎkne",
          "text": "разперила криле, а-а да хвръкне",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "just, about to, on the point of, almost"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "just",
          "just"
        ],
        [
          "about to",
          "about to"
        ],
        [
          "on the point of",
          "on the point of"
        ],
        [
          "almost",
          "almost"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[a]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "а"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Bulgarian conjunctions",
    "Bulgarian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Bulgarian interjections",
    "Bulgarian lemmas",
    "Bulgarian particles",
    "Bulgarian terms derived from Proto-Slavic",
    "Bulgarian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic",
    "Bulgarian terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "forms": [
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      "form": "a",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
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  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "bg",
        "2": "interjections"
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      "name": "head"
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  ],
  "lang": "Bulgarian",
  "lang_code": "bg",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Bulgarian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Ah, there you are!",
          "roman": "A, eto kǎde si bil!",
          "text": "А, ето къде си бил!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Oh, so you liked it.",
          "roman": "A, znači ti haresa.",
          "text": "А, значи ти хареса.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Oh! I didn't see you there.",
          "roman": "A! Ne te vidjah.",
          "text": "А! Не те видях.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Why Jane, it's you!",
          "roman": "A, Džejn, ti li si!",
          "text": "А, Джейн, ти ли си!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to express surprise or wonder: ah, oh, ha, why"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ah",
          "ah#English"
        ],
        [
          "oh",
          "oh#English"
        ],
        [
          "ha",
          "ha#English"
        ],
        [
          "why",
          "why"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Bulgarian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Ah, the flowers of spring.",
          "roman": "A, proletnite cvetja.",
          "text": "А, пролетните цветя.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Ah, I remember the good old days.",
          "roman": "A, spomnjam si starite vremena.",
          "text": "А, спомням си старите времена.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to express pleasure, relief: ah"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ah",
          "ah#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Bulgarian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "So, you liked it, eh/did you?",
          "roman": "Haresa ti, a?",
          "text": "Хареса ти, а?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "You're leaving tomorrow, right?",
          "roman": "Utre zaminavaš, a?",
          "text": "Утре заминаваш, а?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used when you are not certain about something and you would like confirmation: eh, well, right, or translated with a tag question"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "eh",
          "eh#English"
        ],
        [
          "well",
          "well#English"
        ],
        [
          "right",
          "right#English"
        ],
        [
          "tag question",
          "tag question"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Bulgarian colloquialisms",
        "Bulgarian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "‘I'm not hungry.’ ‘Eh?’ ‘I said I'm not hungry.’",
          "roman": "‘Ne sǎm gladen.’ ‘A?’ ‘Kazah, če ne sǎm gladen.’",
          "text": "‘Не съм гладен.’ ‘А?’ ‘Казах, че не съм гладен.’",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Huh? What did you say?",
          "roman": "A? Kakvo kaza?",
          "text": "А? Какво каза?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to indicate that one did not hear what was said: eh, huh"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "eh",
          "eh#English"
        ],
        [
          "huh",
          "huh#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) used to indicate that one did not hear what was said: eh, huh"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Bulgarian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Oh, so that's how it works.",
          "roman": "A, znači taka rabotelo.",
          "text": "А, значи така работело.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Oh, I’ve just thought of it.",
          "roman": "A, sega mi dojde naum!",
          "text": "А, сега ми дойде наум!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Oh, yes, I remember.",
          "roman": "A, da, setih se!",
          "text": "А, да, сетих се!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to express understanding, recognition, or realization: oh"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "oh",
          "oh#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Bulgarian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "So he missed the train … what a damned nuisance!",
          "roman": "Izpusnal vlaka … ama rabota, a!",
          "text": "Изпуснал влака … ама работа, а!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He's not the one to tell me!",
          "roman": "A, toj šte mi kaže!",
          "text": "А, той ще ми каже!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Don't stick out your tongue at me!",
          "roman": "Šte mi se pleziš, a!",
          "text": "Ще ми се плезиш, а!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to express displeasure, objection"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Bulgarian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Now, this sort of thing can’t go on/won’t do!",
          "roman": "A-a, taka ne može!",
          "text": "А-а, така не може!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Now, Billy, that's no way to talk to your mother!",
          "roman": "A, Bili, taka ne se govori na majka si!",
          "text": "А, Били, така не се говори на майка си!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to express criticism or disapproval: now"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "now",
          "now"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[a]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "а"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Bulgarian conjunctions",
    "Bulgarian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Bulgarian lemmas",
    "Bulgarian terms derived from Proto-Slavic",
    "Bulgarian terms inherited from Proto-Slavic",
    "Bulgarian terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bg",
        "2": "sla-pro",
        "3": "*a",
        "4": "",
        "5": "and, but"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Slavic *a (“and, but”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Slavic *a (“and, but”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "a",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bg",
        "2": "conjunctions"
      },
      "expansion": "а • (a)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "bg",
  "pos": "conj",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "a... a...",
      "word": "а... а..."
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Bulgarian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "We thought she was arrogant, whereas in fact she was just very shy.",
          "roman": "Mislehme si, če e arogantna, a vsǎštnost prosto beše mnogo sramežliva.",
          "text": "Мислехме си, че е арогантна, а всъщност просто беше много срамежлива.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He has brown eyes whereas his children have green eyes.",
          "roman": "Toj ima kafjavi oči, a decata mu imat zeleni oči.",
          "text": "Той има кафяви очи, а децата му имат зелени очи.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Some are born while others die.",
          "roman": "Edni se raždat, a drugi umirat.",
          "text": "Едни се раждат, а други умират.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to describe how two facts are different: whereas, while"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "whereas",
          "whereas"
        ],
        [
          "while",
          "while"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Bulgarian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "It's not the music I don't like but rather the band themselves.",
          "roman": "Ne muzikata ne haresvam, a samata banda.",
          "text": "Не музиката не харесвам, а самата банда.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "She got the promotion not by luck but by hard work.",
          "roman": "Tja poluči povišenieto ne zaradi kǎsmet, a s usǎrdna rabota.",
          "text": "Тя получи повишението не заради късмет, а с усърдна работа.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "The walls were not white, but rather a sort of dirty grey.",
          "roman": "Stenite ne bjaha beli, a po-skoro mrǎsno sivi.",
          "text": "Стените не бяха бели, а по-скоро мръсно сиви.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "He has a good job, and yet he never seems to have any money.",
          "roman": "Toj ima dobra rabota, a kato če li nikoga njama pari.",
          "text": "Той има добра работа, а като че ли никога няма пари.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I thought I knew you, yet how wrong I was.",
          "roman": "Misleh si, če te poznavam, a kolko sǎm grešal.",
          "text": "Мислех си, че те познавам, а колко съм грешал.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I saw him yesterday, not today.",
          "roman": "Vidjah go včera, a ne dnes.",
          "text": "Видях го вчера, а не днес.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to introduce an idea that is different or opposite to the idea that is desired, expected or that you have stated previously: but, yet, rather"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "but",
          "but#English"
        ],
        [
          "yet",
          "yet"
        ],
        [
          "rather",
          "rather"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Bulgarian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Years passed and everything changed. And he still hadn't come back.",
          "roman": "Minaha godini i vsičko se promeni. A toj vse ošte ne se zavrǎštaše.",
          "text": "Минаха години и всичко се промени. А той все още не се завръщаше.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "used to start a new sentence or clause that continues or adds to a previous sentence or clause: and"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "and",
          "and#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[a]",
      "tags": [
        "stressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "stressed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ə]",
      "tags": [
        "stressed"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "no",
      "word": "но"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ala",
      "word": "ала"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ama",
      "word": "ама"
    }
  ],
  "word": "а"
}

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