See egg in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "eggjunum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "eggjar",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "eggjarinnar",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "eggja",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "eggjanna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fo",
"10": "eggjar",
"11": "",
"12": ":Template:33",
"13": "",
"14": "{333",
"15": "",
"2": "noun",
"3": "genitive singular",
"4": "eggjar",
"5": "",
"6": ":Template:22",
"7": "",
"8": ":Template:222",
"9": "plural",
"g": "f",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "egg f (genitive singular eggjar, plural eggjar)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "f",
"2": "eggjar",
"3": "eggjar"
},
"expansion": "egg f (genitive singular eggjar, plural eggjar)\n|cat2=\n|cat3=\n}}",
"name": "fo-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "egg"
},
"name": "fo-decl-noun-f8"
}
],
"lang": "Faroese",
"lang_code": "fo",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"blade, edge"
],
"links": [
[
"blade",
"blade"
],
[
"edge",
"edge"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"border, edge of a cliff"
],
"links": [
[
"border",
"border"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ɛkː]"
}
],
"word": "egg"
}
Download raw JSONL data for egg meaning in Faroese (7.7kB)
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"called_from": "form_descriptions/1147",
"msg": "suspicious related form tags ['canonical']: 'egg n |cat2= |cat3= }}' in 'egg n (genitive singular egs, plural egg) |cat2= |cat3= }}'",
"path": [
"egg"
],
"section": "Faroese",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "egg",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/1147",
"msg": "suspicious related form tags ['canonical']: 'egg f |cat2= |cat3= }}' in 'egg f (genitive singular eggjar, plural eggjar) |cat2= |cat3= }}'",
"path": [
"egg"
],
"section": "Faroese",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "egg",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'f8'",
"path": [
"egg"
],
"section": "Faroese",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "egg",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'f8'",
"path": [
"egg"
],
"section": "Faroese",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "egg",
"trace": ""
}
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