See -dom in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Forming nouns denoting the condition or state of the root word.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "-dom"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Forming nouns denoting the domain or jurisdiction of the root word.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "-döme"
}
],
"word": "-dom"
}
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