"ff." meaning in German

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        "4": "on the (next) page"
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      "expansion": "New Latin foliō (“on the (next) page”)",
      "name": "m+"
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        "2": "folgend",
        "3": "folgende"
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  "etymology_text": "Originally the plural of the abbreviation of New Latin foliō (“on the (next) page”), ablative of folium (“leaf, page”). Later also explained as an abbreviation of folgende.",
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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "ref": "1926–8, Leumann–Hofmann–Szantyr, Lateinische Grammatik I: Lateinische Laut- und Formenlehre (2nd ed., 1977), Formenlehre Nomen II.B, § 273:1.d, page 290",
          "text": "Lit. zu den Gentilicia (aus Patronymika): Schulze, EN 385 f. -eius, 432 ff. -eius (bei etrusk. Namenstämmen älter noch -aeus), 457 f. -eius und -uleius; dazu 284 lēguleius sterteius.\nLiterature pertaining to nomina gentilicia (from patronyms): Schulze, EN 385 f. -eius, 432 ff. -eius (older still in Etruscan name stems -aeus), 457 f. -eius and -uleius; as in 284 lēguleius sterteius.",
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        "Abbreviation of folgende(n) pl (“following”, “subsequent”); akin to English ff., et seqq.. (The word fortfolgend has been coined as a folk-etymological explanation of this abbreviation and is not commonly encountered in other use than this fanciful explanation, which is in fact a backronym.)"
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          "ff.",
          "ff.#English"
        ],
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          "et seqq.",
          "et seqq.#English"
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          "fortfolgend",
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        "(of pages) Abbreviation of folgende(n) pl (“following”, “subsequent”); akin to English ff., et seqq.. (The word fortfolgend has been coined as a folk-etymological explanation of this abbreviation and is not commonly encountered in other use than this fanciful explanation, which is in fact a backronym.)"
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      "name": "m+"
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        "2": "folium",
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  "etymology_text": "Originally the plural of the abbreviation of New Latin foliō (“on the (next) page”), ablative of folium (“leaf, page”). Later also explained as an abbreviation of folgende.",
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  "pos": "adj",
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          "text": "Lit. zu den Gentilicia (aus Patronymika): Schulze, EN 385 f. -eius, 432 ff. -eius (bei etrusk. Namenstämmen älter noch -aeus), 457 f. -eius und -uleius; dazu 284 lēguleius sterteius.\nLiterature pertaining to nomina gentilicia (from patronyms): Schulze, EN 385 f. -eius, 432 ff. -eius (older still in Etruscan name stems -aeus), 457 f. -eius and -uleius; as in 284 lēguleius sterteius.",
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        "Abbreviation of folgende(n) pl (“following”, “subsequent”); akin to English ff., et seqq.. (The word fortfolgend has been coined as a folk-etymological explanation of this abbreviation and is not commonly encountered in other use than this fanciful explanation, which is in fact a backronym.)"
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        "(of pages) Abbreviation of folgende(n) pl (“following”, “subsequent”); akin to English ff., et seqq.. (The word fortfolgend has been coined as a folk-etymological explanation of this abbreviation and is not commonly encountered in other use than this fanciful explanation, which is in fact a backronym.)"
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