See kaal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "kaalhoofdig"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "kaalknippen"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "kaalkop"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "kaalslag"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "kaalte"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "kale jonker"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "van een kale kip kun je niet plukken"
}
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"word": "kaal"
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"word": "kaal"
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{
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"lang_code": "gcf",
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"borrowed"
],
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},
{
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"lang_code": "pap",
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"borrowed"
],
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}
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"2": "dum",
"3": "cale"
},
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"name": "inh"
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{
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"2": "odt",
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"name": "inh"
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{
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},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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"2": "gem-pro",
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"4": "",
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"name": "inh"
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{
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{
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},
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{
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"1": "fy",
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},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "callow"
},
"expansion": "English callow",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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"tags": [
"comparative"
]
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{
"form": "kaalst",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
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"tags": [
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{
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},
{
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"adverbial",
"positive",
"predicative"
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},
{
"form": "kaler",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"adverbial",
"comparative",
"predicative"
]
},
{
"form": "het kaalst",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"adverbial",
"predicative",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "het kaalste",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"adverbial",
"predicative",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "kale",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"positive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "kalere",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "kaalste",
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"indefinite",
"masculine",
"singular",
"superlative"
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"positive",
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},
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"comparative",
"indefinite",
"neuter",
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},
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"neuter",
"singular",
"superlative"
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"plural",
"positive"
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "kaalste",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural",
"superlative"
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},
{
"form": "kale",
"source": "declension",
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"definite",
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "kalere",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"definite"
]
},
{
"form": "kaalste",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "kaals",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "kalers",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"partitive"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"superlative"
]
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "kaler"
},
"expansion": "kaal (comparative kaler, superlative kaalst)",
"name": "nl-adj"
}
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"kaal"
]
}
],
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"1": "kale"
},
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],
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"pos": "adj",
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"categories": [
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"name": "Hair",
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"parents": [],
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}
],
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"without defining features, smooth, bland, plain"
],
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"smooth",
"smooth"
],
[
"bland",
"bland"
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[
"plain",
"plain"
]
]
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"bald, bare, without fur, plumage, foliage etc."
],
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"bald",
"bald"
],
[
"bare",
"bare"
]
]
},
{
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],
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"skinned, without means, in a poor state"
],
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"links": [
[
"skinned",
"skinned"
],
[
"poor",
"poor"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(of a person, figuratively) skinned, without means, in a poor state"
],
"raw_tags": [
"of a person"
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/kaːl/"
},
{
"audio": "Nl-kaal.ogg",
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},
{
"rhymes": "-aːl"
}
],
"word": "kaal"
}
{
"categories": [
"Dutch adjectives",
"Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
"Dutch lemmas",
"Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch",
"Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch",
"Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
"Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch",
"Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Pages with 8 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Dutch/aːl",
"Rhymes:Dutch/aːl/1 syllable",
"nl:Hair"
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"derived": [
{
"word": "kaalheid"
},
{
"word": "kaalhoofdig"
},
{
"word": "kaalknippen"
},
{
"word": "kaalkop"
},
{
"word": "kaalslag"
},
{
"word": "kaalte"
},
{
"word": "kaaltjes"
},
{
"word": "kale jonker"
},
{
"word": "van een kale kip kun je niet plukken"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"lang_code": "af",
"word": "kaal"
},
{
"lang": "Negerhollands",
"lang_code": "dcr",
"word": "kaal"
},
{
"lang": "Antillean Creole",
"lang_code": "gcf",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "tête kaal"
},
{
"lang": "Papiamentu",
"lang_code": "pap",
"raw_tags": [
"borrowed"
],
"word": "kaal"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "dum",
"3": "cale"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch cale",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "odt",
"3": "*kalo"
},
"expansion": "Old Dutch *kalo",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*kalu"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *kalu",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*kalwaz",
"4": "",
"5": "naked, bald"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *kalwaz (“naked, bald”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*gelH-",
"4": "",
"5": "naked, bald"
},
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"name": "der"
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{
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"2": "kahl"
},
"expansion": "German kahl",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "keal"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian keal",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "callow"
},
"expansion": "English callow",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch cale, from Old Dutch *kalo, from Proto-West Germanic *kalu, from Proto-Germanic *kalwaz (“naked, bald”), from Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (“naked, bald”). Compare German kahl, West Frisian keal, English callow.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "kaler",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "kaalst",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "nl-decl-adj",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "kaal",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"adverbial",
"positive",
"predicative"
]
},
{
"form": "kaler",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"adverbial",
"comparative",
"predicative"
]
},
{
"form": "het kaalst",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"adverbial",
"predicative",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "het kaalste",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"adverbial",
"predicative",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "kale",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"positive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "kalere",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "kaalste",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"singular",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "kaal",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"neuter",
"positive",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"indefinite",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"neuter",
"singular",
"superlative"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural",
"positive"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "kaalste",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "kale",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "kalere",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"definite"
]
},
{
"form": "kaalste",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "kaals",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "kalers",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"partitive"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"superlative"
]
}
],
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"1": "kaler"
},
"expansion": "kaal (comparative kaler, superlative kaalst)",
"name": "nl-adj"
}
],
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"parts": [
"kaal"
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}
],
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"lang_code": "nl",
"pos": "adj",
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"without defining features, smooth, bland, plain"
],
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"smooth",
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],
[
"bland",
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],
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"plain",
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]
},
{
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],
"links": [
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"bald",
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],
[
"bare",
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},
{
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],
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[
"skinned",
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],
[
"poor",
"poor"
]
],
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"(of a person, figuratively) skinned, without means, in a poor state"
],
"raw_tags": [
"of a person"
],
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"figuratively"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/kaːl/"
},
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},
{
"rhymes": "-aːl"
}
],
"word": "kaal"
}
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