See grind in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "fo-decl-noun-f2",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "grind",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "grindin",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "grindir",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "grindirnar",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "grind",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "grindina",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "grindir",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "grindirnar",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "grind",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "grindini",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "grindum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "grindunum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "grindar",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "grindarinnar",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "grinda",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "grindanna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fo",
"2": "noun",
"g": "f",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "grind f",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "f",
"2": "grindar",
"3": "grindir"
},
"expansion": "grind f (genitive singular grindar, plural grindir)",
"name": "fo-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "grind"
},
"name": "fo-decl-noun-f2"
}
],
"lang": "Faroese",
"lang_code": "fo",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"A school of grindahvalur (pilot whales)"
],
"links": [
[
"school",
"school"
],
[
"grindahvalur",
"grindahvalur"
],
[
"pilot whale",
"pilot whale"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"The tvøst (meat) and spik (blubber) of the pilot whales"
],
"links": [
[
"tvøst",
"tvøst"
],
[
"meat",
"meat"
],
[
"spik",
"spik"
],
[
"blubber",
"blubber"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"The act of pilot whaling, grindadráp"
],
"links": [
[
"grindadráp",
"grindadráp"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"An unexpected meal"
],
"links": [
[
"unexpected",
"unexpected"
],
[
"meal",
"meal"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) An unexpected meal"
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"word": "grind"
}
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