"alf" meaning in Dutch

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "alf"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch alf",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "*alf"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch *alf",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*albiz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *albiz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*albʰós"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *albʰós",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch alf, from Old Dutch *alf, from Proto-Germanic *albiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós. Doublet with Dutch elf (“elf”), a modern borrowing from English.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "alven",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alfje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alve",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "alven",
        "3": "+",
        "f": "alve"
      },
      "expansion": "alf m (plural alven, diminutive alfje n, feminine alve)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "alf"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "alvermannetje"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a type of folkloristic humanoid or spirit; an elf"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "humanoid",
          "humanoid"
        ],
        [
          "spirit",
          "spirit"
        ],
        [
          "elf",
          "elf"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "sense": "mythical being",
          "word": "elf"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɑlf/"
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑlf"
    }
  ],
  "word": "alf"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "alvermannetje"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "alf"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch alf",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "*alf"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch *alf",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*albiz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *albiz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*albʰós"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *albʰós",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch alf, from Old Dutch *alf, from Proto-Germanic *albiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *albʰós. Doublet with Dutch elf (“elf”), a modern borrowing from English.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "alven",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alfje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alve",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "alven",
        "3": "+",
        "f": "alve"
      },
      "expansion": "alf m (plural alven, diminutive alfje n, feminine alve)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "alf"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch",
        "Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
        "Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch",
        "Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
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      ],
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        "a type of folkloristic humanoid or spirit; an elf"
      ],
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        [
          "humanoid",
          "humanoid"
        ],
        [
          "spirit",
          "spirit"
        ],
        [
          "elf",
          "elf"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɑlf/"
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑlf"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "mythical being",
      "word": "elf"
    }
  ],
  "word": "alf"
}