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{
"etymology_links": [
[
"sofa",
"sofa#Old_Norse"
],
[
"*swefaną",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swefaną"
],
[
"*swep-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/swep-"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fo",
"2": "non",
"3": "sofa"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse sofa",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fo",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*swefaną"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *swefaną",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fo",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*swep-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *swep-",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fo",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*swep-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Norse sofa, from Proto-Germanic *swefaną, from Proto-Indo-European *swep-.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "svav",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "svóvu",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"past",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sovið",
"tags": [
"supine"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "l-self",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "sova",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "sovið",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"supine"
]
},
{
"form": "sovi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "svav",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "svevur",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "svavst",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "svevur",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "svav",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sova",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "svóvu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sovandi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "sov!",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sovið!",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fo",
"10": "svóvu",
"11": "supine",
"12": "sovið",
"2": "verb",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"7": "third person singular past indicative",
"8": "svav",
"9": "third person plural past indicative",
"f3request": "1",
"f4request": "1",
"f5request": "1",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "sova (third person singular past indicative svav, third person plural past indicative svóvu, supine sovið)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "svav",
"2": "svóvu",
"3": "sovið"
},
"expansion": "sova (third person singular past indicative svav, third person plural past indicative svóvu, supine sovið)",
"name": "fo-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Faroese",
"lang_code": "fo",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Faroese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 10 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "fo",
"name": "Sleep",
"orig": "fo:Sleep",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"alt": "to oversleep",
"word": "forsova"
},
{
"english": "to slumber",
"translation": "to slumber",
"word": "hálvsova"
},
{
"english": "to sleep too much",
"translation": "to sleep too much",
"word": "ovsova"
},
{
"english": "to be fast asleep",
"translation": "to be fast asleep",
"word": "steinsova"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to sleep"
],
"id": "en-sova-fo-verb-w~6onUrj",
"links": [
[
"sleep",
"sleep"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈsoːva/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-oːva"
}
],
"word": "sova"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"alt": "to oversleep",
"word": "forsova"
},
{
"english": "to slumber",
"translation": "to slumber",
"word": "hálvsova"
},
{
"english": "to sleep too much",
"translation": "to sleep too much",
"word": "ovsova"
},
{
"english": "to be fast asleep",
"translation": "to be fast asleep",
"word": "steinsova"
}
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"sofa",
"sofa#Old_Norse"
],
[
"*swefaną",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/swefaną"
],
[
"*swep-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/swep-"
]
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fo",
"2": "non",
"3": "sofa"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse sofa",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fo",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*swefaną"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *swefaną",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fo",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*swep-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *swep-",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fo",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*swep-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Norse sofa, from Proto-Germanic *swefaną, from Proto-Indo-European *swep-.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "svav",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "svóvu",
"tags": [
"indicative",
"past",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sovið",
"tags": [
"supine"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "l-self",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "sova",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "sovið",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"supine"
]
},
{
"form": "sovi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "svav",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "svevur",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "svavst",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "svevur",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "svav",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sova",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "svóvu",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sovandi",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "sov!",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sovið!",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fo",
"10": "svóvu",
"11": "supine",
"12": "sovið",
"2": "verb",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"7": "third person singular past indicative",
"8": "svav",
"9": "third person plural past indicative",
"f3request": "1",
"f4request": "1",
"f5request": "1",
"head": ""
},
"expansion": "sova (third person singular past indicative svav, third person plural past indicative svóvu, supine sovið)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "svav",
"2": "svóvu",
"3": "sovið"
},
"expansion": "sova (third person singular past indicative svav, third person plural past indicative svóvu, supine sovið)",
"name": "fo-verb"
}
],
"lang": "Faroese",
"lang_code": "fo",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Faroese entries with incorrect language header",
"Faroese lemmas",
"Faroese terms derived from Old Norse",
"Faroese terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Faroese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Faroese terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *swep-",
"Faroese terms inherited from Old Norse",
"Faroese terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Faroese verbs",
"Pages with 10 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Faroese/oːva",
"fo:Sleep"
],
"glosses": [
"to sleep"
],
"links": [
[
"sleep",
"sleep"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈsoːva/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-oːva"
}
],
"word": "sova"
}
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