See -some in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
{
"ipa": "/səm/"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "i njákolko",
"sense": "plus some indeterminate fraction",
"word": "и ня́колко"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "i néšto",
"sense": "plus some indeterminate fraction",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "и не́що"
}
],
"word": "-some"
}
Download raw JSONL data for -some meaning in English (18.2kB)
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
"msg": "unrecognized head form: adjective-forming suffix",
"path": [
"-some"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "suffix",
"title": "-some",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
"msg": "unrecognized head form: noun-forming suffix",
"path": [
"-some"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "suffix",
"title": "-some",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
"msg": "unrecognized head form: noun-forming suffix",
"path": [
"-some"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "suffix",
"title": "-some",
"trace": ""
}
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