"alas" meaning in English

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Interjection

IPA: /əˈlæs/ [UK], /əˈlɑːs/ [UK], /əˈlæs/ [US], /ɘˈlɛs/ [New-Zealand] Audio: en-us-alas.ogg [US], en-au-alas.ogg [Australia]
Rhymes: -æs Etymology: From Middle English alas, from Old French a las (French hélas), from a (“ah”) + las, from Latin lassus (“weary”). Compare Dutch helaas, North Frisian ielas, West Frisian eilaas. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|alas}} Middle English alas, {{der|en|fro|a las}} Old French a las, {{m|fr|hélas}} hélas, {{m|fro|a||ah}} a (“ah”), {{m|fro|las}} las, {{der|en|la|lassus||weary}} Latin lassus (“weary”), {{cog|nl|helaas}} Dutch helaas, {{cog|frr|ielas}} North Frisian ielas, {{cog|fy|eilaas}} West Frisian eilaas Head templates: {{en-interj}} alas
  1. Used to express sorrow, regret, compassion, grief, resignation, or disappointment. Synonyms: alack, oh well, helas [obsolete] Derived forms: alack and alas, alas and alack, alas the day, alas the while Translations (exclamation of sorrow, etc.): bubu (Albanian), bobo (Albanian), vaj (Albanian), φεῦ (pheû) (Ancient Greek), وَا حَسْرَتَاه (wā ḥasratāh) (Arabic), وَاهًا (wāhan) (Arabic), ափսոս (apʿsos) (Armenian), ավաղ (avaġ) (Armenian), siwazh (Breton), уви́ (uví) (Bulgarian), ai las (Catalan), ئاخ (ax) (Central Kurdish), ھاوار (hawar) (Central Kurdish), ھەی ھاوار (hey hawar) (Central Kurdish), داخاکەم (daxakem) (Central Kurdish), ئەفسۆس (efsos) (Central Kurdish), (āi) (Chinese Mandarin), 哎呀 (āiyā) (Chinese Mandarin), 嗚呼 (Chinese Mandarin), 呜呼 (wūhū) (Chinese Mandarin), běda (Czech), ak (Danish), helaas (Dutch), ach en wee (Dutch), i-imi-m-w-A30 (jmw) (Egyptian), ve (Esperanto), paraku (Estonian), kahjuks (Estonian), voi kauhistus (Finnish), kauheaa (Finnish), kuinka ikävää (Finnish), hélas (French), ai (Galician), ვაი (vai) (Georgian), ვაი მე (vai me) (Georgian), leider (German), ach (German), bedauerlicherweise (German), weh (German), 𐍅𐌰𐌹 (wai) (Gothic), φευ (fef) (Greek), αλίμονο (alímono) (Greek), אוֹי (oy) [masculine] (Hebrew), אֵיכָה (eykha) (Hebrew), אֲהָהּ (ahah) (Hebrew), abá (Hiligaynon), abáo (Hiligaynon), ajjaj (Hungarian), jaj (Hungarian), haj (Hungarian), sajnos (Hungarian), sajna (Hungarian), ve (Ido), abhó (Irish), faraor (Irish), ahimé (Italian), purtroppo (Italian), ああ (ā) (Japanese), あたら (atara) (Japanese), ಅಯ್ಯೋ (ayyō) (Kannada), eheu (Latin), heu (Latin), vae (Latin), auē (Maori), taukuri (Maori), akk (Norwegian), ailàs (Occitan), ēalā (Old English), افسوس (afsus) (Persian), آوخ (âvax) (Persian), وای (vây) (Persian), biada (Polish), ai de mim (Portuguese), heu (Portuguese), guai (Portuguese), vai (Romanian), увы́ (uvý) (Russian), ах (ax) (Russian), och (Scottish Gaelic), mo thruaighe (Scottish Gaelic), mo chreach (Scottish Gaelic), mo sgal (Scottish Gaelic), јо̑ј [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), ја̏о [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), ле̏ле [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), ку̏кӯ [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), а̀ва̄ј [Cyrillic, literary] (Serbo-Croatian), jȏj [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), jȁo [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), lȅle [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), kȕkū [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), àvāj [Roman, literary] (Serbo-Croatian), bohužiaľ (Slovak), ay (Spanish), ay de mí (Spanish), aymé (Spanish), aj (Spanish), vay (Spanish), heu (Spanish), guay (Spanish), ke (Sranan Tongo), ack (Swedish), అయ్యో (ayyō) (Telugu), อนิจจา (à-nít-jaa) (Thai), โถ (tǒo) (Thai), โธ่ (tôo) (Thai), พิโธ่ (Thai), พุทโธ่ (Thai), พุทถัง (Thai), อพิโถ (Thai), อพิโธ่ (Thai), อพิโธ่อพิถัง (Thai), พุทโธ่พุทถัง (Thai), อพิโธ่พิถัง (Thai), ཀྱེ (kye) (Tibetan), ཀྱཻ (kyai) (Tibetan), ཀྱེ་མ (kye ma) (Tibetan), ཀྱི་ཧུད (kyi hud) (Tibetan), ཀྱེ་མ་ཧུད (kye ma hud) (Tibetan), ah (Turkish), aman (Turkish), eyvah (Turkish), och fi (Welsh), gwae fi (Welsh), druan ohonof (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-alas-en-intj-h6CQ2d0O Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55
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Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: alases [plural], alasses [plural]
Etymology: From Yakut алаас (alaas). Etymology templates: {{der|en|sah|алаас}} Yakut алаас (alaas) Head templates: {{en-noun|+|alasses}} alas (plural alases or alasses)
  1. A type of depression which occurs in Yakutia, formed by the subsidence of permafrost. Translations (type of depression): suppa (Finnish), ałas [masculine] (Polish), алас (alas) [masculine] (Russian), dödisgrop [common-gender] (Swedish), dödishåla [common-gender] (Swedish), алаас (alaas) (Yakut)
    Sense id: en-alas-en-noun-5gI4yUuN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "word": "alack and alas"
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          "word": "alas the day"
        },
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          "word": "alas the while"
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          "ref": "c. 1521, John Skelton, Speke Parott",
          "roman": "Of on and hothyr at me that haue dyſdayne",
          "text": "Helas I lamente the dull abuſyd brayne\nThe enfatuate fantaſies the wytles wylfulnes",
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          "ref": "1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 188",
          "text": "The thorough and shameless commercialism of Sex has alas! been reserved for what is called \"Christian civilization,\" and with it (perhaps as a necessary consequence) Prostitution and Syphilis have grown into appalling evils, accompanied by a gigantic degradation of social standards, and upgrowth of petty Philistinism and niaiserie.",
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          "word": "alack"
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        {
          "word": "oh well"
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          "word": "helas"
        }
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        {
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "bubu"
        },
        {
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "bobo"
        },
        {
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "vaj"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "wā ḥasratāh",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "وَا حَسْرَتَاه"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "wāhan",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "وَاهًا"
        },
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "apʿsos",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "ափսոս"
        },
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "avaġ",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "ավաղ"
        },
        {
          "code": "br",
          "lang": "Breton",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "siwazh"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "uví",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "уви́"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "ai las"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "āi",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "唉"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "āiyā",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "哎呀"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "嗚呼"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wūhū",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "呜呼"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "běda"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "ak"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "helaas"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "ach en wee"
        },
        {
          "code": "egy",
          "lang": "Egyptian",
          "roman": "jmw",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "i-imi-m-w-A30"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "ve"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "paraku"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "kahjuks"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "voi kauhistus"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "kauheaa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "kuinka ikävää"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "hélas"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "ai"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "vai",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "ვაი"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "vai me",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "ვაი მე"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "leider"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "ach"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "bedauerlicherweise"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "weh"
        },
        {
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "wai",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "𐍅𐌰𐌹"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "fef",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "φευ"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "alímono",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "αλίμονο"
        },
        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "pheû",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "φεῦ"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "oy",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "אוֹי"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "eykha",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "אֵיכָה"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "ahah",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "אֲהָהּ"
        },
        {
          "code": "hil",
          "lang": "Hiligaynon",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "abá"
        },
        {
          "code": "hil",
          "lang": "Hiligaynon",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "abáo"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "ajjaj"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "jaj"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "haj"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "sajnos"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "sajna"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "ve"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "abhó"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "faraor"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "ahimé"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "purtroppo"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ā",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "ああ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "atara",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "あたら"
        },
        {
          "code": "kn",
          "lang": "Kannada",
          "roman": "ayyō",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "ಅಯ್ಯೋ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "ax",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "ئاخ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "hawar",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "ھاوار"
        },
        {
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "hey hawar",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "ھەی ھاوار"
        },
        {
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "daxakem",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "داخاکەم"
        },
        {
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "efsos",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "ئەفسۆس"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "eheu"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "heu"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "vae"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "auē"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "taukuri"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "akk"
        },
        {
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "ailàs"
        },
        {
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "ēalā"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "afsus",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "افسوس"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "âvax",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "آوخ"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "vây",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "وای"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "biada"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "ai de mim"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "heu"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "guai"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "vai"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "uvý",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "увы́"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ax",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "ах"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "och"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "mo thruaighe"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "mo chreach"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "mo sgal"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "јо̑ј"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "ја̏о"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "ле̏ле"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "ку̏кӯ"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "а̀ва̄ј"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "jȏj"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "jȁo"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "lȅle"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "kȕkū"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "àvāj"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "bohužiaľ"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "ay"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "ay de mí"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "aymé"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "aj"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "vay"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "heu"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "guay"
        },
        {
          "code": "srn",
          "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "ke"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "ack"
        },
        {
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "ayyō",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "అయ్యో"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
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          "roman": "à-nít-jaa",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
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        },
        {
          "code": "th",
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          "roman": "tǒo",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "โถ"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "tôo",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "โธ่"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "พิโธ่"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "พุทโธ่"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "พุทถัง"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "อพิโถ"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
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        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
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        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
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        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
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        },
        {
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "kye",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "ཀྱེ"
        },
        {
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "kyai",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "ཀྱཻ"
        },
        {
          "code": "bo",
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          "roman": "kye ma",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "ཀྱེ་མ"
        },
        {
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "kyi hud",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "ཀྱི་ཧུད"
        },
        {
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "kye ma hud",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "ཀྱེ་མ་ཧུད"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "ah"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "aman"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "eyvah"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "och fi"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "gwae fi"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
          "word": "druan ohonof"
        }
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      "ipa": "/əˈlæs/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈlɑːs/",
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        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈlæs/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ɘˈlɛs/",
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        "New-Zealand"
      ]
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    }
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    {
      "form": "alases",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "Yakutia#English"
        ],
        [
          "subsidence",
          "subsidence#English"
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          "permafrost",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "type of depression",
          "word": "suppa"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "type of depression",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ałas"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "type of depression",
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            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "алас"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "type of depression",
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            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "dödisgrop"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "type of depression",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
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        }
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  ],
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}
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    "English interjections",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms derived from Yakut",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
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    },
    {
      "word": "alas and alack"
    },
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      "word": "alas the day"
    },
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    }
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    },
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    },
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "frr",
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        },
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          "ref": "c. 1521, John Skelton, Speke Parott",
          "roman": "Of on and hothyr at me that haue dyſdayne",
          "text": "Helas I lamente the dull abuſyd brayne\nThe enfatuate fantaſies the wytles wylfulnes",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 188",
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          "express#English"
        ],
        [
          "sorrow",
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        [
          "regret",
          "regret#English"
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          "compassion",
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          "resignation#English"
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          "word": "alack"
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        "UK"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "helas"
    }
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    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "bubu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "bobo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "vaj"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "wā ḥasratāh",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "وَا حَسْرَتَاه"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "wāhan",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "وَاهًا"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "apʿsos",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "ափսոս"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "avaġ",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "ավաղ"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "siwazh"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "uví",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "уви́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "ai las"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "āi",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "唉"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "āiyā",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "哎呀"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "嗚呼"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wūhū",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "呜呼"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "běda"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "ak"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "helaas"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "ach en wee"
    },
    {
      "code": "egy",
      "lang": "Egyptian",
      "roman": "jmw",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "i-imi-m-w-A30"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "ve"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "paraku"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "kahjuks"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "voi kauhistus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "kauheaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "kuinka ikävää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "hélas"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "ai"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "vai",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "ვაი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "vai me",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "ვაი მე"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "leider"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "ach"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "bedauerlicherweise"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "weh"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "wai",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "𐍅𐌰𐌹"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fef",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "φευ"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "alímono",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "αλίμονο"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "pheû",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "φεῦ"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "oy",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "אוֹי"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "eykha",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "אֵיכָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "ahah",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "אֲהָהּ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hil",
      "lang": "Hiligaynon",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "abá"
    },
    {
      "code": "hil",
      "lang": "Hiligaynon",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "abáo"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "ajjaj"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "jaj"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "haj"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "sajnos"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "sajna"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "ve"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "abhó"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "faraor"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "ahimé"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "purtroppo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ā",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "ああ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "atara",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "あたら"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "ayyō",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "ಅಯ್ಯೋ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "ax",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "ئاخ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "hawar",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "ھاوار"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "hey hawar",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "ھەی ھاوار"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "daxakem",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "داخاکەم"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "efsos",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "ئەفسۆس"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "eheu"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "heu"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "vae"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "auē"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "taukuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "akk"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "ailàs"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "ēalā"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "afsus",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "افسوس"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "âvax",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "آوخ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "vây",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "وای"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "biada"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "ai de mim"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "heu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "guai"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "vai"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uvý",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "увы́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ax",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "ах"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "och"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "mo thruaighe"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "mo chreach"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "mo sgal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "јо̑ј"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "ја̏о"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "ле̏ле"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "ку̏кӯ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "а̀ва̄ј"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "jȏj"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "jȁo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "lȅle"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "kȕkū"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "àvāj"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "bohužiaľ"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "ay"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "ay de mí"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "aymé"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "aj"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "vay"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "heu"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "guay"
    },
    {
      "code": "srn",
      "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "ke"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "ack"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "ayyō",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "అయ్యో"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "à-nít-jaa",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "อนิจจา"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "tǒo",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "โถ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "tôo",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "โธ่"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "พิโธ่"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "พุทโธ่"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "พุทถัง"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "อพิโถ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "อพิโธ่"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "อพิโธ่อพิถัง"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "พุทโธ่พุทถัง"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "อพิโธ่พิถัง"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "kye",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "ཀྱེ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "kyai",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "ཀྱཻ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "kye ma",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "ཀྱེ་མ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "kyi hud",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "ཀྱི་ཧུད"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "kye ma hud",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "ཀྱེ་མ་ཧུད"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "ah"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "aman"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "eyvah"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "och fi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "gwae fi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "exclamation of sorrow, etc.",
      "word": "druan ohonof"
    }
  ],
  "word": "alas"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English terms derived from Yakut"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sah",
        "3": "алаас"
      },
      "expansion": "Yakut алаас (alaas)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Yakut алаас (alaas).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "alases",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "alasses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "+",
        "2": "alasses"
      },
      "expansion": "alas (plural alases or alasses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A type of depression which occurs in Yakutia, formed by the subsidence of permafrost."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "depression",
          "depression#English"
        ],
        [
          "Yakutia",
          "Yakutia#English"
        ],
        [
          "subsidence",
          "subsidence#English"
        ],
        [
          "permafrost",
          "permafrost#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "type of depression",
      "word": "suppa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "type of depression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ałas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "alas",
      "sense": "type of depression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "алас"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "type of depression",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "dödisgrop"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "type of depression",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "dödishåla"
    },
    {
      "code": "sah",
      "lang": "Yakut",
      "roman": "alaas",
      "sense": "type of depression",
      "word": "алаас"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Alas (geography)"
  ],
  "word": "alas"
}

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