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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
},
{
"enpr": "härk"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "heark"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "slušam",
"sense": "to listen attentively",
"word": "слушам"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to listen attentively",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "poslechnout si"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to listen attentively",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "poslouchat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to listen attentively",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "naslouchat"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to listen attentively",
"word": "aanhoren"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to listen attentively",
"word": "luisteren"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to listen attentively",
"word": "kuunnella tarkkaavaisesti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to listen attentively",
"word": "kuunnella tarkasti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"note": "used as interjection",
"sense": "to listen attentively",
"word": "kuule"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to listen attentively",
"word": "lyda"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to listen attentively",
"word": "hwæt"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "slúšatʹ",
"sense": "to listen attentively",
"word": "слу́шать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vnimátʹ",
"sense": "to listen attentively",
"word": "внима́ть"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to listen attentively",
"word": "lyssna noggrant"
}
],
"word": "hark"
}
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"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
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"English terms derived from Old English",
"English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Old English",
"English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"English terms suffixed with -k",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/ɑː(ɹ)k",
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"2": "enm",
"3": "herken"
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"expansion": "Middle English herken",
"name": "inh"
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{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "herkien"
},
"expansion": "herkien",
"name": "m"
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{
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"2": "ang",
"3": "*hercian"
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"name": "inh"
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{
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"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*hauʀikōn"
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"name": "inh"
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{
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"name": "m"
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{
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"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*hauzijaną",
"4": "",
"5": "to hear"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną (“to hear”)",
"name": "der"
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{
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},
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{
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"name": "m"
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"2": "hear"
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"name": "m"
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "hear",
"3": "-k"
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "herk",
"3": "",
"4": "to hark"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "frr",
"2": "harke",
"3": "",
"4": "to hark"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fy",
"2": "harkje",
"3": "",
"4": "to listen"
},
"expansion": "West Frisian harkje (“to listen”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "horken",
"3": "",
"4": "to hark, listen to"
},
"expansion": "Dutch horken (“to hark, listen to”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gml",
"2": "horken",
"3": "",
"4": "to hark"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German horken (“to hark”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "horchen",
"3": "",
"4": "to hark, harken to"
},
"expansion": "German horchen (“to hark, harken to”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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"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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{
"glosses": [
"A whisper"
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"links": [
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"whisper",
"whisper"
]
],
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"raw_glosses": [
"(Scots) A whisper"
]
}
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"ipa": "/hɑː(ɹ)k/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɑː(ɹ)k"
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
},
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"enpr": "härk"
}
],
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{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "heark"
}
],
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}
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