"lament" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ləˈmɛnt/ [UK, US] Audio: en-au-lament.ogg , en-us-lament.ogg Forms: laments [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛnt Etymology: From French lamenter, from Latin lāmentor (“I wail, weep”), from lāmenta (“wailings, laments, moanings”); with formative -mentum, from the root *la-, probably ultimately imitative. Also see latrare. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|lamenter}} French lamenter, {{der|en|la|lāmentor|t=I wail, weep}} Latin lāmentor (“I wail, weep”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} lament (plural laments)
  1. An expression of grief, suffering, sadness or regret. Translations (expression of grief, suffering, or sadness): rëngë (Albanian), عَوِيل (ʕawīl) [masculine] (Arabic), رَثَاء (raṯāʔ) [masculine] (Arabic), مَنْدَب (mandab) [masculine] (Arabic), نُوَاح (nuwāḥ) [masculine] (Arabic), հառաչանք (haṙačʻankʻ) (Armenian), տրտունջ (trtunǰ) (Armenian), գանգատ (gangat) (Armenian), вопъл (vopǎl) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ридание (ridanie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), lament [masculine] (Catalan), nářek [masculine] (Czech), bědování [neuter] (Czech), truchlení [neuter] (Czech), konyifafa (Ewe), valitus (Finnish), lamentation [feminine] (French), laído [masculine] (Galician), laio [masculine] (Galician), salaio [masculine] (Galician), queixume [masculine] (Galician), pranto [masculine] (Galician), pranxido [masculine] (Galician), Klage [feminine] (German), Wehklage [feminine] (German), Klagen [neuter] (German), Wehklagen [neuter] (German), siralom (Hungarian), sirám (Hungarian), panasz (Hungarian), kesergés (Hungarian), lamentáció (Hungarian), lamento (Ido), ong [literary, masculine] (Irish), olagón [masculine] (Irish), lamento [masculine] (Italian), lamentum [neuter] (Latin), оплаку́вање (oplakúvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), тагу́вање (tagúvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), зави́вање (zavívanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), sorg [masculine] (Norwegian), افسوس (afsus) (Persian), دژوان (dožvân) (Persian), دریغ (dariğ) (Persian), lament [masculine] (Polish), lamento [masculine] (Portuguese), lamentação [feminine] (Portuguese), стена́ние (stenánije) [neuter] (Russian), причита́ние (pričitánije) [neuter] (Russian), завыва́ние (zavyvánije) [neuter] (Russian), caoidh [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), caoineadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), јадиковање [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), ле̏ле̄к [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), jadikovanje [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), lȅlēk [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), lamento (Spanish), lamentación (Spanish), jämmer [neuter] (Swedish), klagan [common-gender] (Swedish), געוויין (geveyn) [neuter] (Yiddish)
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  2. A song expressing grief. Translations (song expressing grief): rëngë (Albanian), vajtim (Albanian), gjëmë (Albanian), Pleqërishte (Albanian), lashtërishtë (Albanian), θρῆνος (thrênos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), مَرْثِيَة (marṯiya) [feminine] (Arabic), եղերերգ (eġererg) (Armenian), եղերերգություն (eġerergutʻyun) (Armenian), елегия (elegija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), žalozpěv [masculine] (Czech), klaagzang [masculine] (Dutch), konyifaha (Ewe), valitusvirsi (Finnish), complainte [feminine] (French), Klagegesang [masculine] (German), Klagelied [neuter] (German), panaszdal (Hungarian), sirám (Hungarian), siralmas ének (Hungarian), та́жалка (tážalka) [feminine] (Macedonian), еле́гија (elégija) [feminine] (Macedonian), apakura (Maori), mōteatea (Maori), matatangitangi (Maori), takuate (Maori), tūkeka (Maori), pihe (Maori), waiata tangi (Maori), نوحه (nohe) (Persian), مرثیه (marsiye) (Persian), lament [masculine] (Polish), tren [masculine] (Polish), lamento [masculine] (Portuguese), эле́гия (elégija) [feminine] (Russian), причита́ние (pričitánije) [neuter] (Russian), погреба́льная песнь (pogrebálʹnaja pesnʹ) [feminine] (Russian), панихи́да (panixída) [feminine] (Russian), похоро́нная песнь (poxorónnaja pesnʹ) [feminine] (Russian), tuireadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), cumha [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), ту̀жбалица [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ту́жа̄љка [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), туго̀ва̄нка [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), tùžbalica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), túžāljka [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), tugòvānka [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), klagosång [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-lament-en-noun-Fx22WD5c Disambiguation of 'song expressing grief': 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: lamentful [rare]

Verb

IPA: /ləˈmɛnt/ [UK, US] Audio: en-au-lament.ogg , en-us-lament.ogg Forms: laments [present, singular, third-person], lamenting [participle, present], lamented [participle, past], lamented [past]
Rhymes: -ɛnt Etymology: From French lamenter, from Latin lāmentor (“I wail, weep”), from lāmenta (“wailings, laments, moanings”); with formative -mentum, from the root *la-, probably ultimately imitative. Also see latrare. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|lamenter}} French lamenter, {{der|en|la|lāmentor|t=I wail, weep}} Latin lāmentor (“I wail, weep”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} lament (third-person singular simple present laments, present participle lamenting, simple past and past participle lamented)
  1. (intransitive) To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn. Tags: intransitive Translations (express grief): بَكَى (bakā) (Arabic), نَاحَ (nāḥa) (Arabic), أَعْوَلَ (ʔaʕwala) (Arabic), عَوَّلَ (ʕawwala) (Arabic), գանգատվել (gangatvel) (Armenian), տրտնջալ (trtnǰal) (Armenian), বিনা (bina) (Assamese), тъгувам (tǎguvam) (Bulgarian), lamentar (Catalan), náříkat [imperfective] (Czech), bědovat [imperfective] (Czech), truchlit [imperfective] (Czech), fa konyi (Ewe), valittaa (Finnish), se lamenter (French), craiar (Galician), laiar (Galician), salaiar (Galician), lanxir (Galician), wehklagen (German), siránkozik (Hungarian), jajveszékel (Hungarian), panaszkodik (Hungarian), sopánkodik (Hungarian), kesereg (Hungarian), harma (Icelandic), syrgja (Icelandic), lamentar (Ido), caoin (Irish), olagón a dhéanamh (Irish), lamentarsi (Italian), 悲しむ (kanashimu) (Japanese), dēfleō (Latin), lamentor (Latin), bejéimeren (Luxembourgish), та́гува (táguva) (Macedonian), taurere (Maori), uhunga (Maori), mōteatea (Maori), udumbia (Ngazidja Comorian), sørge (Norwegian), cwiþan (Old English), rēotan (Old English), زاریدن (zâridan) (Persian), lamentować [imperfective] (Polish), lamentar (Portuguese), lamenta (Romanian), стена́ть (stenátʹ) (Russian), пла́кать (plákatʹ) (Russian), сокруша́ться (sokrušátʹsja) (Russian), горева́ть (gorevátʹ) (Russian), го́рько жа́ловаться (górʹko žálovatʹsja) (Russian), се́товать (sétovatʹ) (Russian), caoidh (Scottish Gaelic), caoin (Scottish Gaelic), lamentar (Spanish), jämra (Swedish), வருந்து (varuntu) (Tamil), శోకించు (śōkiñcu) (Telugu), kwäs- (Tocharian B), tränk- (Tocharian B)
    Sense id: en-lament-en-verb-zdaGncyh Disambiguation of 'express grief': 91 9
  2. (transitive) To express great sorrow or regret over; to bewail. Tags: transitive Translations (bewail): θρηνέω (thrēnéō) (Ancient Greek), بَكَى (bakā) (Arabic), رَثَى (raṯā) (Arabic), نَاحَ عَلَى (nāḥa ʕalā) (Arabic), أَعْوَلَ عَلَى (ʔaʕwala ʕalā) (Arabic), ողբալ (oġbal) (Armenian), սգալ (sgal) (Armenian), оплаквам (oplakvam) (Bulgarian), lamentar (Catalan), oplakávat [imperfective] (Czech), E9:W-E9:W-A2 (jwjw) (Egyptian), fa konyi (Ewe), surra (Finnish), itkeä (Finnish), valittaa (Finnish), plaindre (French), beklagen (German), 𐌵𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽 (qainōn) (Gothic), sirat (Hungarian), megsirat (Hungarian), fájlal (Hungarian), harma (Icelandic), caoin (Irish), éagaoin (Irish), lamentor (Latin), опла́кува (oplákuva) (Macedonian), uhunga (Maori), cwiþan (Old English), lamentar (Portuguese), boci (Romanian), опла́кивать (oplákivatʹ) (Russian), опла́кать (oplákatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), caoidh (Scottish Gaelic), caoin (Scottish Gaelic), sörja (Swedish), jämra (Swedish), опла́кувати (oplákuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), опла́кати (oplákaty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-lament-en-verb-dRkLrgv7 Disambiguation of 'bewail': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bewail Related terms: lamentability, lamentable, lamentation, Lamentations, lamenting

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "mandab",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "مَنْدَب"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "nuwāḥ",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "نُوَاح"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "haṙačʻankʻ",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "word": "հառաչանք"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "trtunǰ",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "word": "տրտունջ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "gangat",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "word": "գանգատ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "vopǎl",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "вопъл"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "ridanie",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ридание"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lament"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "nářek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "bědování"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "truchlení"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "ee",
          "lang": "Ewe",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "word": "konyifafa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "word": "valitus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lamentation"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "laído"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "laio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "salaio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "queixume"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pranto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pranxido"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Klage"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Wehklage"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Klagen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Wehklagen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "word": "siralom"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "word": "sirám"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "word": "panasz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "word": "kesergés"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "word": "lamentáció"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "word": "lamento"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "tags": [
            "literary",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ong"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "olagón"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lamento"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "lamentum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "oplakúvanje",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "оплаку́вање"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "tagúvanje",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "тагу́вање"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "zavívanje",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "зави́вање"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sorg"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "afsus",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "word": "افسوس"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "dožvân",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "word": "دژوان"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "dariğ",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "word": "دریغ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lament"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lamento"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lamentação"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "stenánije",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "стена́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pričitánije",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "причита́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zavyvánije",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "завыва́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "caoidh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "caoineadh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "јадиковање"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ле̏ле̄к"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "jadikovanje"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lȅlēk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "word": "lamento"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "word": "lamentación"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "jämmer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "klagan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "70 30",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "geveyn",
          "sense": "expression of grief, suffering, or sadness",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "געוויין"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A song expressing grief."
      ],
      "id": "en-lament-en-noun-Fx22WD5c",
      "links": [
        [
          "song",
          "song"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "song expressing grief",
          "word": "rëngë"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "song expressing grief",
          "word": "vajtim"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "song expressing grief",
          "word": "gjëmë"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "song expressing grief",
          "word": "Pleqërishte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "song expressing grief",
          "word": "lashtërishtë"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "marṯiya",
          "sense": "song expressing grief",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "مَرْثِيَة"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "eġererg",
          "sense": "song expressing grief",
          "word": "եղերերգ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "eġerergutʻyun",
          "sense": "song expressing grief",
          "word": "եղերերգություն"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "elegija",
          "sense": "song expressing grief",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "елегия"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "song expressing grief",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "žalozpěv"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "song expressing grief",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "klaagzang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "ee",
          "lang": "Ewe",
          "sense": "song expressing grief",
          "word": "konyifaha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "song expressing grief",
          "word": "valitusvirsi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "song expressing grief",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "complainte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "song expressing grief",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Klagegesang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "song expressing grief",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Klagelied"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "thrênos",
          "sense": "song expressing grief",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "θρῆνος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "song expressing grief",
          "word": "panaszdal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "song expressing grief",
          "word": "sirám"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "song expressing grief",
          "word": "siralmas ének"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "tážalka",
          "sense": "song expressing grief",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "та́жалка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "elégija",
          "sense": "song expressing grief",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "еле́гија"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "song expressing grief",
          "word": "apakura"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "song expressing grief",
          "word": "mōteatea"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "song expressing grief",
          "word": "matatangitangi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "song expressing grief",
          "word": "takuate"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "song expressing grief",
          "word": "tūkeka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "song expressing grief",
          "word": "pihe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "song expressing grief",
          "word": "waiata tangi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "nohe",
          "sense": "song expressing grief",
          "word": "نوحه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "marsiye",
          "sense": "song expressing grief",
          "word": "مرثیه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "song expressing grief",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lament"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "song expressing grief",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "song expressing grief",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lamento"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "elégija",
          "sense": "song expressing grief",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "эле́гия"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pričitánije",
          "sense": "song expressing grief",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "причита́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pogrebálʹnaja pesnʹ",
          "sense": "song expressing grief",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "погреба́льная песнь"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "panixída",
          "sense": "song expressing grief",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "панихи́да"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "poxorónnaja pesnʹ",
          "sense": "song expressing grief",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "похоро́нная песнь"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "song expressing grief",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tuireadh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "song expressing grief",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cumha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "21 79",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "song expressing grief",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "express grief",
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          "word": "lamentar"
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          "_dis1": "91 9",
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          "_dis1": "91 9",
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          "_dis1": "91 9",
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          "_dis1": "91 9",
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "express grief",
          "word": "craiar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "express grief",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "express grief",
          "word": "salaiar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "express grief",
          "word": "lanxir"
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        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
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          "sense": "express grief",
          "word": "wehklagen"
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          "_dis1": "91 9",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
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          "lang": "Icelandic",
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          "sense": "express grief",
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          "_dis1": "91 9",
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          "_dis1": "91 9",
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          "lang": "Italian",
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          "_dis1": "91 9",
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          "sense": "express grief",
          "word": "悲しむ"
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        {
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          "_dis1": "91 9",
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        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
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        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
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        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
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        {
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        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "express grief",
          "word": "cwiþan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "express grief",
          "word": "rēotan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
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          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "zâridan",
          "sense": "express grief",
          "word": "زاریدن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "express grief",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "lamentować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "express grief",
          "word": "lamentar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "express grief",
          "word": "lamenta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "stenátʹ",
          "sense": "express grief",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
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          "sense": "express grief",
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        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sokrušátʹsja",
          "sense": "express grief",
          "word": "сокруша́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "gorevátʹ",
          "sense": "express grief",
          "word": "горева́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "górʹko žálovatʹsja",
          "sense": "express grief",
          "word": "го́рько жа́ловаться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sétovatʹ",
          "sense": "express grief",
          "word": "се́товать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "express grief",
          "word": "caoidh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "express grief",
          "word": "caoin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
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          "sense": "express grief",
          "word": "lamentar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "express grief",
          "word": "jämra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
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          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "varuntu",
          "sense": "express grief",
          "word": "வருந்து"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "śōkiñcu",
          "sense": "express grief",
          "word": "శోకించు"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
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          "sense": "express grief",
          "word": "kwäs-"
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        {
          "_dis1": "91 9",
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          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "express grief",
          "word": "tränk-"
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          "ref": "1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 99:",
          "text": "Euston is so traditionally a part of the London scene that many will lament the passing of the old station when rebuilding is complete in readiness for the new electric service, which will probably be by multiple-units between Euston and Wolverhampton.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014 October 18, Paul Doyle, “Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "By the end, Sunderland were lucky to lose by the same scoreline Northampton Town suffered against Southampton, in 1921. The Sunderland manager, Gus Poyet, lamented that it was “the most embarrassed I’ve ever been on a football pitch, without a doubt”.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Tenth Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: Printed for Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "One laugh'd at follies, one lamented crimes.",
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      ],
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          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "bakā",
          "sense": "bewail",
          "word": "بَكَى"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "raṯā",
          "sense": "bewail",
          "word": "رَثَى"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "nāḥa ʕalā",
          "sense": "bewail",
          "word": "نَاحَ عَلَى"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʔaʕwala ʕalā",
          "sense": "bewail",
          "word": "أَعْوَلَ عَلَى"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
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          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "oġbal",
          "sense": "bewail",
          "word": "ողբալ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
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          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "sgal",
          "sense": "bewail",
          "word": "սգալ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "oplakvam",
          "sense": "bewail",
          "word": "оплаквам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
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          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "bewail",
          "word": "lamentar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
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          "sense": "bewail",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "oplakávat"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
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          "lang": "Egyptian",
          "roman": "jwjw",
          "sense": "bewail",
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "ee",
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          "sense": "bewail",
          "word": "fa konyi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "bewail",
          "word": "surra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "bewail",
          "word": "itkeä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "bewail",
          "word": "valittaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "bewail",
          "word": "plaindre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "bewail",
          "word": "beklagen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "qainōn",
          "sense": "bewail",
          "word": "𐌵𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "thrēnéō",
          "sense": "bewail",
          "word": "θρηνέω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "bewail",
          "word": "sirat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "bewail",
          "word": "megsirat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "bewail",
          "word": "fájlal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "bewail",
          "word": "harma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "bewail",
          "word": "caoin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 95",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "bewail",
          "word": "éagaoin"
        },
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    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "express grief",
      "word": "kwäs-"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "express grief",
      "word": "tränk-"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "bakā",
      "sense": "bewail",
      "word": "بَكَى"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "raṯā",
      "sense": "bewail",
      "word": "رَثَى"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "nāḥa ʕalā",
      "sense": "bewail",
      "word": "نَاحَ عَلَى"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔaʕwala ʕalā",
      "sense": "bewail",
      "word": "أَعْوَلَ عَلَى"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "oġbal",
      "sense": "bewail",
      "word": "ողբալ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "sgal",
      "sense": "bewail",
      "word": "սգալ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "oplakvam",
      "sense": "bewail",
      "word": "оплаквам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "bewail",
      "word": "lamentar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "bewail",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "oplakávat"
    },
    {
      "code": "egy",
      "lang": "Egyptian",
      "roman": "jwjw",
      "sense": "bewail",
      "word": "E9:W-E9:W-A2"
    },
    {
      "code": "ee",
      "lang": "Ewe",
      "sense": "bewail",
      "word": "fa konyi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bewail",
      "word": "surra"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bewail",
      "word": "itkeä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bewail",
      "word": "valittaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "bewail",
      "word": "plaindre"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "bewail",
      "word": "beklagen"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "qainōn",
      "sense": "bewail",
      "word": "𐌵𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "thrēnéō",
      "sense": "bewail",
      "word": "θρηνέω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "bewail",
      "word": "sirat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "bewail",
      "word": "megsirat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "bewail",
      "word": "fájlal"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "bewail",
      "word": "harma"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "bewail",
      "word": "caoin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "bewail",
      "word": "éagaoin"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "bewail",
      "word": "lamentor"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "oplákuva",
      "sense": "bewail",
      "word": "опла́кува"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "bewail",
      "word": "uhunga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "bewail",
      "word": "cwiþan"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "bewail",
      "word": "lamentar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "bewail",
      "word": "boci"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oplákivatʹ",
      "sense": "bewail",
      "word": "опла́кивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oplákatʹ",
      "sense": "bewail",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "опла́кать"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "bewail",
      "word": "caoidh"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "bewail",
      "word": "caoin"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "bewail",
      "word": "sörja"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "bewail",
      "word": "jämra"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "oplákuvaty",
      "sense": "bewail",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "опла́кувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "oplákaty",
      "sense": "bewail",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "опла́кати"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lament"
}

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