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"1": "de",
"2": "bäh"
},
"expansion": "German bäh",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "mäh"
},
"expansion": "mäh",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Compare German bäh, mäh; an imitative word.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "baas",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
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"name": "en-noun"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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{
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{
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"name": "English onomatopoeias",
"parents": [],
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},
{
"_dis": "26 30 22 22",
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"Sound",
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"Energy",
"All topics",
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"Fundamental"
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"source": "w+disamb"
}
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{
"word": "baa-lamb"
}
],
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"The characteristic cry or bleating of a sheep."
],
"id": "en-baa-en-noun-DOcukpAa",
"links": [
[
"onomatopoeia",
"onomatopoeia"
],
[
"characteristic",
"characteristic"
],
[
"cry",
"cry"
],
[
"bleating",
"bleating"
],
[
"sheep",
"sheep"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(onomatopoeia) The characteristic cry or bleating of a sheep."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "bleat"
},
{
"word": "bleating"
}
],
"tags": [
"onomatopoeic"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "maʔmaʔa",
"sense": "bleating of sheep",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "مَأْمَأَة"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "bleating of sheep",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bel"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "bleating of sheep",
"word": "發咩聲"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fā miē sheng",
"sense": "bleating of sheep",
"word": "发咩声"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "bleating of sheep",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bečení"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "bleating of sheep",
"word": "bè"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "bleating of sheep",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "jarm"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "bleating of sheep",
"word": "mää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "bleating of sheep",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bêlement"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "bleating of sheep",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Blöken"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "vélasma",
"sense": "bleating of sheep",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "βέλασμα"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "bleating of sheep",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "jarm"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "bleating of sheep",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "belato"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "bleating of sheep",
"word": "bè"
},
{
"alt": "ひつじのなきごえ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hitsuji no nakigoe",
"sense": "bleating of sheep",
"word": "羊の鳴き声"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "ba'e",
"sense": "bleating of sheep",
"word": "باعە"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "bleenje",
"sense": "bleating of sheep",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "блеење"
},
{
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "bleating of sheep",
"word": "meeʼ"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "bleating of sheep",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bæ"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "bleating of sheep",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bek"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "bleating of sheep",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "balido"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bléjanije",
"sense": "bleating of sheep",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "бле́яние"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "bleating of sheep",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "блејање"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "bleating of sheep",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "blejanje"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "bleating of sheep",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "balido"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "bleating of sheep",
"word": "be"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "bleating of sheep",
"tags": [
"interjection"
],
"word": "bä"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "bleating of sheep",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "bräkande"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "bleating of sheep",
"word": "me"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "bleating of sheep",
"word": "meleme"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "bleating of sheep",
"word": "be be"
}
]
}
],
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"ipa": "[bɑː]",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[bæ]",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[bɑ]",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[bæ̰ː]"
},
{
"ipa": "[bæ̰ˀæ̰ˀæ̰ˀæ̰ˀ]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑː"
},
{
"rhymes": "-æ"
},
{
"homophone": "bah"
},
{
"homophone": "bar (in some pronunciations)"
},
{
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/En-uk-baa.ogg",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
],
"text": "Audio (Received Prononunciation)"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-baa.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bd/En-us-baa.ogg/En-us-baa.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/En-us-baa.ogg",
"tags": [
"General-American"
],
"text": "Audio (General American)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "bah"
}
],
"word": "baa"
}
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"2": "bäh"
},
"expansion": "German bäh",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "mäh"
},
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"name": "m"
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],
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"args": {},
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],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "intj",
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{
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"name": "English onomatopoeias",
"parents": [],
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},
{
"_dis": "26 30 22 22",
"kind": "topical",
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],
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"The characteristic cry of a sheep."
],
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"characteristic",
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"sheep#English"
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],
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"(onomatopoeia) The characteristic cry of a sheep."
],
"tags": [
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],
"translations": [
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "cry of sheep",
"word": "bê"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "cry of sheep",
"word": "be"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "cry of sheep",
"word": "bee"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "cry of sheep",
"word": "mè"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "miē",
"sense": "cry of sheep",
"word": "咩"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "cry of sheep",
"word": "bé"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "cry of sheep",
"word": "mæh"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "cry of sheep",
"word": "mæ"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "cry of sheep",
"word": "be"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "cry of sheep",
"word": "mæ"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "cry of sheep",
"word": "bää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "cry of sheep",
"word": "mää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "cry of sheep",
"word": "bè"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "cry of sheep",
"word": "bê"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "cry of sheep",
"word": "bäh"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "cry of sheep",
"word": "mäh"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "be",
"sense": "cry of sheep",
"word": "μπε"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "bê",
"sense": "cry of sheep",
"word": "βῆ"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "cry of sheep",
"word": "bee"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "cry of sheep",
"word": "mee"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "cry of sheep",
"word": "beè"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mē",
"sense": "cry of sheep",
"word": "メー"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "cry of sheep",
"word": "bee"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "cry of sheep",
"word": "bæ"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "cry of sheep",
"word": "be"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "cry of sheep",
"word": "bé"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bɛ-bɛ",
"sense": "cry of sheep",
"word": "бэ-бэ"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "me",
"sense": "cry of sheep",
"word": "ме"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "be",
"sense": "cry of sheep",
"word": "бе"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "cry of sheep",
"word": "mè"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "cry of sheep",
"word": "бе"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "cry of sheep",
"word": "be"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "cry of sheep",
"word": "bä"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "cry of sheep",
"word": "me"
}
]
}
],
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"ipa": "[bɑː]",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[bæ]",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[bɑ]",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[bæ̰ː]"
},
{
"ipa": "[bæ̰ˀæ̰ˀæ̰ˀæ̰ˀ]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑː"
},
{
"rhymes": "-æ"
},
{
"homophone": "bah"
},
{
"homophone": "bar (in some pronunciations)"
},
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"tags": [
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"text": "Audio (Received Prononunciation)"
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"tags": [
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],
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "bah"
}
],
"word": "baa"
}
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"etymology_number": 1,
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},
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "mäh"
},
"expansion": "mäh",
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}
],
"etymology_text": "Compare German bäh, mäh; an imitative word.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "baas",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "baaing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "baaed",
"tags": [
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},
{
"form": "baaed",
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}
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"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "26 30 22 22",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Animal sounds",
"orig": "en:Animal sounds",
"parents": [
"Sounds",
"Vocalizations",
"Sound",
"Communication",
"Energy",
"All topics",
"Nature",
"Fundamental"
],
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],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 44",
"text": "The lamb bunted several irresponsive objects - never its dam's udder - baaing listlessly.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To make the characteristic cry of a sheep."
],
"id": "en-baa-en-verb-dMitDTzM",
"links": [
[
"cry",
"cry"
],
[
"sheep",
"sheep"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "belar"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "bečet"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "mečet"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "bræge"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "blaten"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "bei"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "jarma"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "määkiä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "bêler"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "blöken"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "bähen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "mähen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "velázo",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "βελάζω"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "béget"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "jarma"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "belare"
},
{
"alt": "ひつじがなく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hitsuji ga naku",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "（羊が）鳴く"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "bālō"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "breke"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "blǣtan"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "beczeć"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "balir"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "balar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bléjatʹ",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "бле́ять"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "блејати"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "blejati"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "bečať"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "blejati"
},
{
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "bjacaś"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "balar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "bräka"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "melemek"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[bɑː]",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[bæ]",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[bɑ]",
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"ipa": "[bæ̰ˀæ̰ˀæ̰ˀæ̰ˀ]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑː"
},
{
"rhymes": "-æ"
},
{
"homophone": "bah"
},
{
"homophone": "bar (in some pronunciations)"
},
{
"audio": "en-uk-baa.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/90/En-uk-baa.ogg/En-uk-baa.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/En-uk-baa.ogg",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
],
"text": "Audio (Received Prononunciation)"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-baa.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bd/En-us-baa.ogg/En-us-baa.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/En-us-baa.ogg",
"tags": [
"General-American"
],
"text": "Audio (General American)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "bah"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "belar"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "bečet"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "mečet"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "bræge"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "blaten"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "bei"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "jarma"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "määkiä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "bêler"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "blöken"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "bähen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "mähen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "velázo",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "βελάζω"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "béget"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "jarma"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "belare"
},
{
"alt": "ひつじがなく",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hitsuji ga naku",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "（羊が）鳴く"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "bālō"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "breke"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "blǣtan"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "beczeć"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "balir"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "balar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bléjatʹ",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "бле́ять"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "блејати"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "blejati"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "bečať"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "blejati"
},
{
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "bjacaś"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "balar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "bräka"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to make the cry of sheep",
"word": "melemek"
}
],
"word": "baa"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms borrowed from Arabic",
"English terms derived from Arabic",
"English three-letter words",
"en:Animal sounds",
"en:Arabic letter names"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ar",
"3": "بَاء"
},
"expansion": "Arabic بَاء (bāʔ)",
"name": "bor"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Arabic بَاء (bāʔ).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "baas",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "baa (plural baas)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Undetermined terms with redundant script codes"
],
"glosses": [
"The letter ب in the Arabic script."
],
"links": [
[
"ب",
"ب"
],
[
"Arabic script",
"Arabic script"
]
]
}
],
"word": "baa"
}
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