"ser" meaning in Catalan

See ser in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈse̞r] [Northern], [ˈser] [Central, Northwestern, Valencia] Forms: sers [plural], ésser [alternative]
Etymology: Nominalization of Etymology 1. Head templates: {{ca-noun|m}} ser m (plural sers)
  1. being (living creature) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-ser-ca-noun-YqzbaOkY
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: [ˈse̞] [Northern], [ˈsə] [Balearic], [ˈse] [Central, Northwestern], [ˈseɾ] [Valencia] Audio: LL-Q7026 (cat)-Unjoanqualsevol-ser.wav
Etymology: Perhaps borrowed from Aragonese or Spanish ser. Doublet of ésser. Etymology templates: {{bor|ca|an|-}} Aragonese, {{bor|ca|es|ser}} Spanish ser, {{doublet|ca|ésser}} Doublet of ésser Head templates: {{ca-verb|root=é}} ser (first-person singular present soc, first-person singular preterite fui, past participle estat or sigut); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /e/ Inflection templates: {{ca-conj}} Forms: ser [canonical], root stress: [canonical], e̞ [canonical], /e/ [canonical], soc [first-person, present, singular], fui [first-person, preterite, singular], estat [participle, past], sigut [participle, past], conjugation-2 irregular [table-tags], ser [infinitive], sent [gerund], essent [gerund], estat [masculine, participle, past, singular], sigut [masculine, participle, past, singular], estada [feminine, participle, past, singular], siguda [feminine, participle, past, singular], estats [masculine, participle, past, plural], siguts [masculine, participle, past, plural], estades [feminine, participle, past, plural], sigudes [feminine, participle, past, plural], soc [first-person, indicative, present, singular], ets [indicative, present, second-person, singular], és [indicative, present, singular, third-person], som [first-person, indicative, plural, present], sou [indicative, plural, present, second-person], són [indicative, plural, present, third-person], era [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], eres [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], era [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], érem [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], éreu [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], eren [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], seré [first-person, future, indicative, singular], seràs [future, indicative, second-person, singular], serà [future, indicative, singular, third-person], serem [first-person, future, indicative, plural], sereu [future, indicative, plural, second-person], seran [future, indicative, plural, third-person], fui [first-person, indicative, preterite, singular], fores [indicative, preterite, second-person, singular], fou [indicative, preterite, singular, third-person], fórem [first-person, indicative, plural, preterite], fóreu [indicative, plural, preterite, second-person], foren [indicative, plural, preterite, third-person], seria [conditional, first-person, indicative, singular], fora [conditional, first-person, indicative, singular], series [conditional, indicative, second-person, singular], fores [conditional, indicative, second-person, singular], seria [conditional, indicative, singular, third-person], fora [conditional, indicative, singular, third-person], seríem [conditional, first-person, indicative, plural], fórem [conditional, first-person, indicative, plural], seríeu [conditional, indicative, plural, second-person], fóreu [conditional, indicative, plural, second-person], serien [conditional, indicative, plural, third-person], foren [conditional, indicative, plural, third-person], sigui [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], siguis [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], sigui [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], siguem [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], sigueu [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], siguin [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], fos [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], fossis [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], fos [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], fóssim [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], fóssiu [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], fossin [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], sigues [imperative, second-person], sigui [formal, imperative, second-person-semantically, singular], siguem [first-person, imperative, plural], sigueu [imperative, plural, second-person], siguin [formal, imperative, plural, second-person-semantically], no siguis [imperative, negative, second-person], no sigui [formal, imperative, negative, second-person-semantically, singular], no siguem [first-person, imperative, negative, plural], no sigueu [imperative, negative, plural, second-person], no siguin [formal, imperative, negative, plural, second-person-semantically], ésser [alternative]
  1. (intransitive) to be, to exist Tags: Balearic, Central, Northern, Northwestern, Valencia, intransitive
    Sense id: en-ser-ca-verb-gnoshDZy
  2. (intransitive, +adverbial phrase) to be located (to be in a place) Tags: Balearic, Central, Northern, Northwestern, Valencia, intransitive
    Sense id: en-ser-ca-verb-aNUn32hr
  3. (transitive, copulative) to be (used to connect a noun to another noun) Tags: Balearic, Central, Northern, Northwestern, Valencia, copulative, transitive
    Sense id: en-ser-ca-verb-NlFmypVD
  4. (transitive, copulative) to have a characteristic (used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes an inherent property) Tags: Balearic, Central, Northern, Northwestern, Valencia, copulative, transitive
    Sense id: en-ser-ca-verb-tD5fah39
  5. (auxiliary) auxiliary verb to form the passive voice, together with a past participle Tags: Balearic, Central, Northern, Northwestern, Valencia, auxiliary
    Sense id: en-ser-ca-verb-fz74qNOP Categories (other): Catalan entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Catalan entries with incorrect language header: 2 5 26 8 18 41
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: o sigui, semblar ser, som-hi
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "o sigui"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "semblar ser"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "som-hi"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": "1",
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "an",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Aragonese",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "es",
        "3": "ser"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish ser",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "ésser"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of ésser",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps borrowed from Aragonese or Spanish ser. Doublet of ésser.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ser",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "root stress:",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "e̞",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "/e/",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soc",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fui",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "estat",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sigut",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conjugation-2 irregular",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ca-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ser",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sent",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "essent",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "estat",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sigut",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "estada",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "siguda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "estats",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "siguts",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "estades",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sigudes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "soc",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ets",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "és",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "som",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sou",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "són",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "era",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eres",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "era",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "érem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "éreu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eren",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seré",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seràs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serà",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sereu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seran",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fui",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fores",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fou",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fórem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fóreu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foren",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seria",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fora",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "series",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fores",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seria",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fora",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seríem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fórem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "seríeu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fóreu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "serien",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "foren",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sigui",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "siguis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sigui",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "siguem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sigueu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "siguin",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fóssim",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fóssiu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fossin",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sigues",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sigui",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "siguem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sigueu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "siguin",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no siguis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no sigui",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person-semantically",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no siguem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no sigueu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no siguin",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person-semantically"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ésser",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "root": "é"
      },
      "expansion": "ser (first-person singular present soc, first-person singular preterite fui, past participle estat or sigut); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /e/",
      "name": "ca-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ca-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Catalan",
  "lang_code": "ca",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
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            [
              0,
              3
            ],
            [
              9,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              5
            ],
            [
              16,
              18
            ]
          ],
          "english": "To be or not to be, that is the question.",
          "text": "Ser o no ser, aquesta és la qüestió.",
          "translation": "To be or not to be, that is the question.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              3
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              2,
              4
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I am a writer.",
          "text": "Soc escriptor.",
          "translation": "I am a writer.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be, to exist"
      ],
      "id": "en-ser-ca-verb-gnoshDZy",
      "links": [
        [
          "be",
          "be"
        ],
        [
          "exist",
          "exist"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to be, to exist"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Balearic",
        "Central",
        "Northern",
        "Northwestern",
        "Valencia",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
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              16,
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            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              17,
              19
            ],
            [
              26,
              28
            ]
          ],
          "english": "The Eiffel Tower is in Paris.",
          "text": "La Torre Eiffel és a París.",
          "translation": "The Eiffel Tower is in Paris.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
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        "Northwestern",
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        "to be (used to connect a noun to another noun)"
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        "(transitive, copulative) to be (used to connect a noun to another noun)"
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          "have"
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          "characteristic"
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        "Northwestern",
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          "text": "Soc escriptor.",
          "translation": "I am a writer.",
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        "to be, to exist"
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        "(intransitive) to be, to exist"
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          "english": "Where are you?",
          "text": "On ets?",
          "translation": "Where are you?",
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        "to be located (to be in a place)"
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        "(intransitive, +adverbial phrase) to be located (to be in a place)"
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        "to be (used to connect a noun to another noun)"
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        "(transitive, copulative) to be (used to connect a noun to another noun)"
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        "Northwestern",
        "Valencia",
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    {
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      "glosses": [
        "to have a characteristic (used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes an inherent property)"
      ],
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          "have",
          "have"
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          "characteristic",
          "characteristic"
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        "(transitive, copulative) to have a characteristic (used to connect a noun to an adjective that describes an inherent property)"
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          "english": "they have been deceived",
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        "auxiliary verb to form the passive voice, together with a past participle"
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        "(auxiliary) auxiliary verb to form the passive voice, together with a past participle"
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈse̞]",
      "tags": [
        "Northern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsə]",
      "tags": [
        "Balearic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈse]",
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        "Central",
        "Northwestern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈseɾ]",
      "tags": [
        "Valencia"
      ]
    },
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  ],
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}

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    "Catalan entries with incorrect language header",
    "Catalan lemmas",
    "Catalan masculine nouns",
    "Catalan nouns",
    "Catalan suppletive verbs",
    "Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    "cy:Weapons"
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  "etymology_number": "2",
  "etymology_text": "Nominalization of Etymology 1.",
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    {
      "form": "sers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ésser",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "ca",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "being (living creature)"
      ],
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          "being"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "Northern"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈser]",
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        "Central",
        "Northwestern",
        "Valencia"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ser"
}

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  "path": [
    "ser"
  ],
  "section": "Catalan",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "ser",
  "trace": ""
}

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