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{
"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "pap",
"2": "laf",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Papiamentu: laf",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Papiamentu: laf"
}
],
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{
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"1": "nl",
"2": "dum",
"3": "laf",
"4": ""
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch laf",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*laba-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *laba-",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*leb-",
"t": "to hang loosely"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "laff",
"t": "slack, insipid"
},
"expansion": "German laff (“slack, insipid”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch laf, from Proto-Germanic *laba-, from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely”). Cognate with German laff (“slack, insipid”).",
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{
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"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "lafst",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
},
{
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
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},
{
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},
{
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"source": "inflection",
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"adverbial",
"positive",
"predicative"
]
},
{
"form": "laffer",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial",
"comparative",
"predicative"
]
},
{
"form": "het lafst",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial",
"predicative",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "het lafste",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial",
"predicative",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "laffe",
"source": "inflection",
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"feminine",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"positive",
"singular"
]
},
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"singular"
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},
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"indefinite",
"masculine",
"singular",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "laf",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"neuter",
"positive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "laffer",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"indefinite",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"neuter",
"singular",
"superlative"
]
},
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"form": "laffe",
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"indefinite",
"plural",
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "laffere",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"indefinite",
"plural"
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},
{
"form": "lafste",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "laffe",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"definite",
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "laffere",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"definite"
]
},
{
"form": "lafste",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"definite",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "lafs",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "laffers",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"partitive"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"superlative"
]
}
],
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},
"expansion": "laf (comparative laffer, superlative lafst)",
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}
],
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"1": "laffe"
},
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],
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "lafaard"
},
{
"word": "lafheid"
},
{
"word": "lafjes"
},
{
"word": "lafweg"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "But the general rule is that the man, \"weak or strong,\" according to Kuyper \"is king of his house\" and that \"a man who lets his wife 'play the boss' is cowardly and unmanly.\"",
"text": "Maar de algemene regel is dat de man, \"zwak of sterk\", volgens Kuyper \"Koning in zijn huis\" is en dat \"Een man die zijn vrouw in huis 'de baas laat spelen' laf en onmannelijk is."
}
],
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"cowardly"
],
"id": "en-laf-nl-adj-oIeF-W~0",
"links": [
[
"cowardly",
"cowardly"
]
],
"wikipedia": [
"Brill Publishers"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"rhymes": "-ɑf"
},
{
"audio": "Nl-laf.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bd/Nl-laf.ogg/Nl-laf.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Nl-laf.ogg",
"text": "Audio"
}
],
"word": "laf"
}
{
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"word": "lafaard"
},
{
"word": "lafheid"
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{
"word": "lafjes"
},
{
"word": "lafweg"
}
],
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"1": "pap",
"2": "laf",
"bor": "1"
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"expansion": "→ Papiamentu: laf",
"name": "desc"
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"text": "→ Papiamentu: laf"
}
],
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{
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"1": "nl",
"2": "dum",
"3": "laf",
"4": ""
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch laf",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*laba-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *laba-",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*leb-",
"t": "to hang loosely"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "laff",
"t": "slack, insipid"
},
"expansion": "German laff (“slack, insipid”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch laf, from Proto-Germanic *laba-, from Proto-Indo-European *leb- (“to hang loosely”). Cognate with German laff (“slack, insipid”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "laffer",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "lafst",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "nl-decl-adj",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "laf",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial",
"positive",
"predicative"
]
},
{
"form": "laffer",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial",
"comparative",
"predicative"
]
},
{
"form": "het lafst",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial",
"predicative",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "het lafste",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"adverbial",
"predicative",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "laffe",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"positive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "laffere",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lafste",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"singular",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "laf",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"neuter",
"positive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "laffer",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"indefinite",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "lafste",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"neuter",
"singular",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "laffe",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural",
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "laffere",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "lafste",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"plural",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "laffe",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"definite",
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "laffere",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"definite"
]
},
{
"form": "lafste",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"definite",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "lafs",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"positive"
]
},
{
"form": "laffers",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"comparative",
"partitive"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"partitive",
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
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"args": {
"1": "laffer"
},
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{
"args": {
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},
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],
"lang": "Dutch",
"lang_code": "nl",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
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"Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
"Dutch lemmas",
"Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch",
"Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
"Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Dutch terms with audio links",
"Rhymes:Dutch/ɑf",
"Rhymes:Dutch/ɑf/1 syllable"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "But the general rule is that the man, \"weak or strong,\" according to Kuyper \"is king of his house\" and that \"a man who lets his wife 'play the boss' is cowardly and unmanly.\"",
"text": "Maar de algemene regel is dat de man, \"zwak of sterk\", volgens Kuyper \"Koning in zijn huis\" is en dat \"Een man die zijn vrouw in huis 'de baas laat spelen' laf en onmannelijk is."
}
],
"glosses": [
"cowardly"
],
"links": [
[
"cowardly",
"cowardly"
]
],
"wikipedia": [
"Brill Publishers"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"rhymes": "-ɑf"
},
{
"audio": "Nl-laf.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bd/Nl-laf.ogg/Nl-laf.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Nl-laf.ogg",
"text": "Audio"
}
],
"word": "laf"
}
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