"-est" meaning in English

See -est in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ɪst/ [UK, US], /əst/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--est.wav
enPR: ĭst [UK, US], əst [General-Australian] Etymology: From Middle English -est, from Old English -st, -est, from Proto-Germanic *-istaz, *-ōstaz, related to comparative -er. Cognate of Afrikaans -ste, Dutch -st, German -(e)st, Danish -(e)st, Swedish -(a)st. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-est}} Middle English -est, {{inh|en|ang|-st}} Old English -st, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*-istaz, *-ōstaz}} Proto-Germanic *-istaz, *-ōstaz, {{cog|af|-ste}} Afrikaans -ste, {{cog|nl|-st}} Dutch -st, {{cog|de|-st|-(e)st}} German -(e)st, {{cog|da|-est|-(e)st}} Danish -(e)st, {{cog|sv|-ast|-(a)st}} Swedish -(a)st Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -est, {{en-suffix}} -est
  1. Used to form the superlative of adjectives and adverbs. Tags: morpheme Related terms: -most Coordinate_terms: -er Translations (superlative of adjectives and adverbs): اَلـ (al--) (note: a superlative pattern of the adjective) (Arabic), ամենա- (amena-) (Armenian), -գույն (-guyn) (Armenian), -en (Basque), -añ (Breton), més (note: before the adjective or adverb, after the definite article) (Catalan), (zuì) [prefix] (Chinese Mandarin), nej- (Czech), -est (Danish), -ste (Dutch), plej (Esperanto), -in (note: for adjectives) (Finnish), plus (note: before the adjective, after the definite article) (French), -ster [masculine] (German), -ste [feminine] (German), am ...-sten [adverb] (German), leg- (Hungarian), 一番 (alt: いちばん, ichiban; placed before the adjective) (Japanese), 最も (mottomo) (alt: もっとも) (Japanese), (sai-) (alt: さい) [Sino-Japanese, prefix] (Japanese), ...ជាងគេ (…ciəng kei) (Khmer), 가장 (gajang) (Korean), 제일 (jeil) (alt: 第一) (Korean), (choe-) (alt: ) [Sino-Korean, prefix] (Korean), ...ທີ່ສຸດ (...thī sut) (Lao), -ākais [masculine] (Latvian), -ākā [feminine] (Latvian), ter- (Malay), хамгын (xamgyn) (Mongolian), -est (Norwegian Bokmål), mest (note: before most long adjectives or adverbs) (Norwegian Bokmål), -ast (Norwegian Nynorsk), mest (note: before most long adjectives or adverbs) (Norwegian Nynorsk), naj- (Polish), najbardziej (note: before the adjective or adverb) (Polish), mai (note: before the adjective or adverb, after the demonstrative article) (Romanian), наи- (nai-) [prefix, with-comparative] (Russian), са́мый (sámyj) (note: before adjectives in the normal form) (Russian), наибо́лее (naibóleje) (note: before adjectives in the normal form) (Russian), -е́йший (-éjšij) (Russian), нај- [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), naj- [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), naj- (Slovak), más (note: before the adjective or adverb, after the definite article) (Spanish), -ast (alt: 1) (Swedish), mest (note: before the adjective or adverb) (alt: 1) (Swedish), ...ที่สุด (...tîi-sùt) (Thai), en (Turkish), ... nhất (alt: ) (Vietnamese), -af (Welsh), -olo (Yoruba)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

IPA: /ɪst/ [UK, US], /əst/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--est.wav
enPR: ĭst [UK, US], əst [General-Australian] Etymology: From Middle English -est, -st, from Old English -est, -ast, -st, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *-zi, from Proto-Indo-European *-si. The -t was by transfer from inverted order where thou followed the verb, which also occurred in most dialects of Middle Dutch and Middle High German (compare modern German -st). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-est, -st}} Middle English -est, -st, {{inh|en|ang|-est, -ast, -st}} Old English -est, -ast, -st, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*-zi}} Proto-Germanic *-zi, {{inh|en|ine-pro|*-si}} Proto-Indo-European *-si, {{cog|de|-st}} German -st Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=inflectional suffixes|cat3=|head=|id=}} -est, {{en-suffix|cat2=inflectional suffixes}} -est
  1. (archaic, dialectal) Used to form the second-person singular present tense and past tense of verbs. (if thou is the subject; not used with you) Tags: archaic, dialectal, morpheme Synonyms: -'st, -st Related terms: -eth, thou Translations (second-person singular present tense of verbs): -eš (Czech), -íš (Czech), -áš (Czech), -t (Dutch), -t (Finnish), -es (note: for regular -er verbs) (French), -is (note: for regular -ir verb) (French), -s (note: for most -re verbs) (French), -st (German), -sz (Hungarian), -d (Hungarian), -l (Hungarian), -air (note: broad synthetic form, 1st conjugation) (Irish), -ir (note: slender synthetic form, 1st conjugation) (Irish), -aír (note: broad synthetic form, 2nd conjugation) (Irish), -ír (note: slender synthetic form, 2nd conjugation) (Irish), -i (for regular -are and -ere verbs and for those -ire verbs that don't take -isc-) (Italian), -as (Latin), -es (Latin), -is (Latin), -s (Latin), (Northern Kurdish), -esz (Polish), -isz (Polish), -ysz (Polish), -asz (Polish), -as (note: 1st conjugation) (Portuguese), -es (note: 2nd and 3rd conjugation) (Portuguese), -i (note: most verbs) (Romanian), -ezi (note: some 1st conjugation verbs) (Romanian), -ești (note: some 4th conjugation verbs) (Romanian), -ешь (-ešʹ) (Russian), -ёшь (-jóšʹ) (Russian), -ишь (-išʹ) (Russian), -ашь (-ašʹ) (Russian), -as (Spanish), -es (Spanish)
    Sense id: en--est-en-suffix-XO7Pe6ME Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 31 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
          "word": "plej"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "note": "for adjectives",
          "sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
          "word": "-in"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "note": "before the adjective, after the definite article",
          "sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
          "word": "plus"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
          "tags": [
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          "tags": [
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
          "tags": [
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          "alt": "いちばん, ichiban; placed before the adjective",
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          "alt": "もっとも",
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          "alt": "さい",
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          "word": "...ជាងគេ"
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          "code": "ko",
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          "roman": "gajang",
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          "word": "가장"
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          "alt": "第一",
          "code": "ko",
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          "word": "...ທີ່ສຸດ"
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          "sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
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          "code": "lv",
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          "sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "ms",
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          "code": "mn",
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          "roman": "xamgyn",
          "sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
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          "sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
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          "sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
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          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "note": "before most long adjectives or adverbs",
          "sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
          "word": "mest"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
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        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "note": "before the adjective or adverb",
          "sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
          "word": "najbardziej"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "note": "mais used with definite article",
          "sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs"
        },
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "note": "before the adjective or adverb, after the demonstrative article",
          "sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
          "word": "mai"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "nai-",
          "sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
          "tags": [
            "prefix",
            "with-comparative"
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          "word": "наи-"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "before adjectives in the normal form",
          "roman": "sámyj",
          "sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
          "word": "са́мый"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
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          "note": "before adjectives in the normal form",
          "roman": "naibóleje",
          "sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
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        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "-éjšij",
          "sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
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        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "-а́йший (-ájšij) (suffixes follow an adjective form)",
          "sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "нај-"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "naj-"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
          "word": "naj-"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "note": "before the adjective or adverb, after the definite article",
          "sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
          "word": "más"
        },
        {
          "alt": "1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
          "word": "-ast"
        },
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          "alt": "1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "note": "before the adjective or adverb",
          "sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
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      "code": "nl",
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
      "word": "plej"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "note": "for adjectives",
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      "word": "-in"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "note": "before the adjective, after the definite article",
      "sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
      "word": "plus"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "am ...-sten"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "leg-"
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      "alt": "いちばん, ichiban; placed before the adjective",
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      "sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
      "word": "一番"
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      "alt": "もっとも",
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      "sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
      "word": "最も"
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      "alt": "さい",
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      "code": "km",
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      "sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
      "word": "...ជាងគេ"
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      "word": "가장"
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      "word": "최"
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      "code": "lo",
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      "sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
      "word": "...ທີ່ສຸດ"
    },
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "-ākā"
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      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
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      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xamgyn",
      "sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
      "word": "хамгын"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "word": "-est"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
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      "note": "before most long adjectives or adverbs",
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      "code": "nn",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "note": "before the adjective or adverb",
      "sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "note": "mais used with definite article",
      "sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "note": "before the adjective or adverb, after the demonstrative article",
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        "prefix",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "са́мый"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "naibóleje",
      "sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
      "word": "наибо́лее"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "-éjšij",
      "sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
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      "code": "ru",
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    },
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sk",
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      "code": "th",
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      "word": "...ที่สุด"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
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      "alt": "一",
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      "sense": "superlative of adjectives and adverbs",
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      "code": "cy",
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      "code": "yo",
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      "sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
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      "word": "-t"
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      "sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
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      "sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
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      "word": "-s"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
      "word": "-l"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
      "word": "-air"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "word": "-ir"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
      "word": "-esz"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
      "word": "-isz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
      "word": "-ysz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
      "word": "-asz"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "note": "1st conjugation",
      "sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "note": "2nd and 3rd conjugation",
      "sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
      "word": "-es"
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      "roman": "-ešʹ",
      "sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
      "word": "-ешь"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
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      "roman": "-išʹ",
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      "sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
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    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "second-person singular present tense of verbs",
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}

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