"basic form" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: basic forms [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} basic form (plural basic forms)
  1. The uninflected form of a word used as a dictionary entry. Wikipedia link: Lemma_(linguistics) Synonyms: base form, canonical form, citation form, dictionary form, headword, lemma Translations: لِيمَّا (līmmā) (Arabic), grundform [common-gender] (Danish), perusmuoto (Finnish), szótári alak (Hungarian), 基本形 (kihonkei) (alt: きほんけい) (Japanese), grunnform [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), grunnform [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), بنواژه (bon-vâže) (Persian), начальная форма слова (načalʹnaja forma slova) (Russian), лемма (lemma) [feminine] (Russian), uppslagsord [neuter] (Swedish), grundform [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-basic_form-en-noun-hi4BA9YQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Japanese terms with redundant script codes

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