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"2": "enm",
"3": "-ish"
},
"expansion": "Middle English -ish",
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},
{
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},
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},
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},
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},
{
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"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*-isk"
},
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},
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},
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},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *-iskos",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "-s",
"id": "adjective"
},
"expansion": "Dutch -s",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "-isch"
},
"expansion": "German -isch",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "-isch"
},
"expansion": "Dutch -isch",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "Danish",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "-isk"
},
"expansion": "Swedish -isk",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "-sk"
},
"expansion": "-sk",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "-iškas"
},
"expansion": "Lithuanian -iškas",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "-ский"
},
"expansion": "Russian -ский (-skij)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek",
"name": "cog"
},
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"args": {
"1": "diminutive"
},
"expansion": "diminutive",
"name": "glossary"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "-ίσκος"
},
"expansion": "-ίσκος (-ískos)",
"name": "m"
},
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "-esque",
"3": "-ski"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of -esque and -ski",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English -ish, -isch, from Old English -isċ (“-ish”, suffix), from Proto-West Germanic *-isk, from Proto-Germanic *-iskaz (“-ish”), from Proto-Indo-European *-iskos.\nCognate with Dutch -s; German -isch (whence Dutch -isch); Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish -isk or -sk; Lithuanian -iškas; Russian -ский (-skij); and the Ancient Greek diminutive suffix -ίσκος (-ískos). Doublet of -esque and -ski.",
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}
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "suffix",
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"_dis": "41 9 0 17 34",
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"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
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},
{
"_dis": "31 11 0 33 25",
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"_dis": "29 32 0 17 21",
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"_dis": "31 13 0 27 28",
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"text": "Her face had a girlish charm.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1859, Harriet Parr (as Holme Lee), Against Wind and Tide, volume 1, p. 273",
"text": "[…] ; for she had recently developed a magpie[-]ish tendency to appropriate and conceal trifling matters; […]"
}
],
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"Typical of, similar to, being like."
],
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[
"Typical",
"typical"
],
[
"similar",
"similar"
],
[
"like",
"like"
]
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"(of adjectives from common nouns) Typical of, similar to, being like."
],
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"of adjectives from common nouns",
"of adjectives from common nouns"
],
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{
"_dis1": "85 5 0 10",
"sense": "being like",
"word": "quasi-"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 5 0 10",
"sense": "being like",
"word": "para-"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 5 0 10",
"sense": "being like",
"word": "-oid"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 5 0 10",
"sense": "being like",
"word": "-form"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 5 0 10",
"sense": "being like",
"word": "-iform"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 5 0 10",
"sense": "being like",
"word": "-esque"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 5 0 10",
"sense": "being like",
"word": "-ly"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 5 0 10",
"sense": "being like",
"word": "-some"
},
{
"_dis1": "85 5 0 10",
"sense": "being like",
"word": "-y"
},
{
"_dis1": "83 7 0 10",
"sense": "being like; restricted to casual registers",
"word": "-ass"
},
{
"_dis1": "79 11 0 10",
"sense": "being like; forms adjectives from nouns only",
"word": "-like"
}
],
"tags": [
"morpheme"
],
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{
"_dis1": "53 27 0 20",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-ëz"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 27 0 20",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "-akan",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-ական"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 27 0 20",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-achtig"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 27 0 20",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-ig"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 27 0 20",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "-uri",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-ური"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 27 0 20",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-haft"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 27 0 20",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-lich"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 27 0 20",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-ig"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 27 0 20",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "-ikós",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-ικός"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 27 0 20",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-os"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 27 0 20",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-as"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 27 0 20",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-es"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 27 0 20",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-ös"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 27 0 20",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-s"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 27 0 20",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-dad"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 27 0 20",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-ded"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 27 0 20",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "appended to words",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ico"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 27 0 20",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "appended to words",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ica"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 27 0 20",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ppoi",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "っぽい"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 27 0 20",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-aktig"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 27 0 20",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-iczny"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 27 0 20",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-yczny"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 27 0 20",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-ico"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 27 0 20",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-ic"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 27 0 20",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-esc"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 27 0 20",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-iu"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 27 0 20",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-ico"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 27 0 20",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-iento"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 27 0 20",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-aktig"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 27 0 20",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-ca"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 27 0 20",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-ça"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 27 0 20",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-ce"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 27 0 20",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-çe"
},
{
"_dis1": "53 27 0 20",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-aidd"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 25 0 22",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "-avun",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "-ավուն"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 25 0 22",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "-sov"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 25 0 22",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "-achtig"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 25 0 22",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "-ig"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 25 0 22",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "-hko"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 25 0 22",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "-hkö"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 25 0 22",
"code": "fr",
"english": "mostly colours",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "-âtre"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 25 0 22",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "assez"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 25 0 22",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "mo- -o",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "მო- -ო"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 25 0 22",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "-lich"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 25 0 22",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sā",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "सा"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 25 0 22",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "-os"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 25 0 22",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "-as"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 25 0 22",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "-es"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 25 0 22",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "-ös"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 25 0 22",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "-s"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 25 0 22",
"code": "ga",
"english": "colours",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "scoth-"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 25 0 22",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "-okas"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 25 0 22",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "-awy"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 25 0 22",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "-iu"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 25 0 22",
"code": "ro",
"english": "mostly colors",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "-ui"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 25 0 22",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "-vátyj",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "-ва́тый"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 25 0 22",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "-ast"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 25 0 22",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "-ento"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 25 0 22",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "-oso"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 25 0 22",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "-imsi"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 25 0 22",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "-imtrak"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 25 0 22",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "-aidd"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 17 0 23",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "-ot",
"sense": "appended to numbers",
"word": "-ոտ"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 17 0 23",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "appended to numbers",
"word": "rond"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 17 0 23",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "appended to numbers",
"word": "environ"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 17 0 23",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "appended to numbers",
"word": "à peu près"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 17 0 23",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "appended to numbers",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "-aine"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 17 0 23",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "-ode",
"sense": "appended to numbers",
"word": "-ოდე"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 17 0 23",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "appended to numbers",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "um ... herum"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 17 0 23",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "appended to numbers",
"word": "ca."
},
{
"_dis1": "60 17 0 23",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "appended to numbers",
"word": "körül"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 17 0 23",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "appended to numbers",
"word": "nagyjából"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 17 0 23",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "appended to numbers",
"word": "-nyi"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 17 0 23",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "appended to numbers",
"word": "-an"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 17 0 23",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "appended to numbers",
"word": "około"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 17 0 23",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "appended to numbers",
"word": "koło"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 17 0 23",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "appended to numbers",
"word": "-lerde, -larda"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 22 0 24",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "-iyy",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"word": "ـِيّ"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 22 0 24",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "-akan",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"word": "-ական"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 22 0 24",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"note": "use attributive noun",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 22 0 24",
"code": "zh",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"note": "use attributive noun",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 22 0 24",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "-ský"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 22 0 24",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"word": "-isk"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 22 0 24",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"word": "-sk"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 22 0 24",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"word": "-esisk"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 22 0 24",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"word": "-isch"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 22 0 24",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"word": "-s"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 22 0 24",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"word": "-skur"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 22 0 24",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"word": "-ois"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 22 0 24",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"word": "-oise"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 22 0 24",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"word": "-ais"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 22 0 24",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"word": "-aise"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 22 0 24",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"word": "-ain"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 22 0 24",
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"morpheme"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/ɪʃ/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"audio": "en-us--ish.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/8d/En-us--ish.ogg/En-us--ish.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/En-us--ish.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
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{
"sense": "being like",
"word": "quasi-"
},
{
"sense": "being like",
"word": "para-"
},
{
"sense": "being like",
"word": "-oid"
},
{
"sense": "being like",
"word": "-form"
},
{
"sense": "being like",
"word": "-iform"
},
{
"sense": "being like",
"word": "-esque"
},
{
"sense": "being like",
"word": "-ly"
},
{
"sense": "being like",
"word": "-some"
},
{
"sense": "being like",
"word": "-y"
},
{
"sense": "being like; restricted to casual registers",
"word": "-ass"
},
{
"sense": "being like; forms adjectives from nouns only",
"word": "-like"
}
],
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-ëz"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "-akan",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-ական"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-achtig"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-ig"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "-uri",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-ური"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-haft"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-lich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-ig"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "-ikós",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-ικός"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-os"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-as"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-es"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-ös"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-s"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-dad"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-ded"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "appended to words",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ico"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "appended to words",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ica"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ppoi",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "っぽい"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-aktig"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-iczny"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-yczny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-ico"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-ic"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-esc"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-iu"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-ico"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-iento"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-aktig"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-ca"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-ça"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-ce"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-çe"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "appended to words",
"word": "-aidd"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "-avun",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "-ավուն"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "-sov"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "-achtig"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "-ig"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "-hko"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "-hkö"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"english": "mostly colours",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "-âtre"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "assez"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "mo- -o",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "მო- -ო"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "-lich"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sā",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "सा"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "-os"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "-as"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "-es"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "-ös"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "-s"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"english": "colours",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "scoth-"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "-okas"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "-awy"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "-iu"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"english": "mostly colors",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "-ui"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "-vátyj",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "-ва́тый"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "-ast"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "-ento"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "-oso"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "-imsi"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "-imtrak"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "appended to adjectives",
"word": "-aidd"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "-ot",
"sense": "appended to numbers",
"word": "-ոտ"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "appended to numbers",
"word": "rond"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "appended to numbers",
"word": "environ"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "appended to numbers",
"word": "à peu près"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "appended to numbers",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "-aine"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "-ode",
"sense": "appended to numbers",
"word": "-ოდე"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "appended to numbers",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "um ... herum"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "appended to numbers",
"word": "ca."
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "appended to numbers",
"word": "körül"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "appended to numbers",
"word": "nagyjából"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "appended to numbers",
"word": "-nyi"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "appended to numbers",
"word": "-an"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "appended to numbers",
"word": "około"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "appended to numbers",
"word": "koło"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "appended to numbers",
"word": "-lerde, -larda"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "-iyy",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"word": "ـِيّ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "-akan",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"word": "-ական"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"note": "use attributive noun",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions"
},
{
"code": "zh",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"note": "use attributive noun",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "-ský"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"word": "-isk"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"word": "-sk"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"word": "-esisk"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"word": "-isch"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"word": "-s"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"word": "-skur"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"word": "-ois"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"word": "-oise"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"word": "-ais"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"word": "-aise"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"word": "-ain"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"word": "-aine"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "-és"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "-eli",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"word": "-ელი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"word": "-isch"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "-isks",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "-𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"word": "-i"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"word": "-beli"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"word": "-skur"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"english": "nationality",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"place"
],
"topics": [
"region",
"location"
],
"word": "-agh"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"topics": [
"language",
"linguistics",
"human-sciences",
"sciences"
],
"word": "-ish"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"word": "-sk"
},
{
"code": "non",
"lang": "Old Norse",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"word": "-iskr"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "-ski"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "-ês"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "-esa"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"plural"
],
"word": "-eses"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "-esas"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"word": "-esc"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "-skij",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "-ский"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "-īya",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"word": "-ईय"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "-és"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "-esa"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "appended to roots denoting names of nations or regions",
"word": "-isk"
}
],
"word": "-ish"
}
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"2": "-issen"
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"2": "la",
"3": "-ēscere"
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},
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{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "-sc-"
},
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{
"args": {
"1": "el",
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"2": "-ish#Etymology_1",
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{
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"2": "-escent"
},
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"name": "m"
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"id": ""
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"An ending found on some verbs; see usage notes."
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