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"roman": "ṯalj ḥubaybay",
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"sense": "A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles",
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"etymology_text": "Borrowed from German Firn, from Alemannic German firn (“last year's”), from Old High German firni (“old”), from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *firnijaz, *fernaz (“foregoing, previous”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“forth, forward, across, through”); cognate with Old English fyrn (“former”), Old Norse forn (“old”), and Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐌴𐌹𐍃 (fairneis, “old”).",
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"masculine"
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"word": "ثَلْج حُبَيْبَي"
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"sense": "A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles",
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"sense": "A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles",
"word": "firn"
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{
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles",
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"sense": "A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles",
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"sense": "A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles",
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"sense": "A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles",
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"sense": "A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles",
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"sense": "A type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles",
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