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"text": "spēcīga balss",
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},
{
"english": "the voice trembles",
"text": "balss trīc, dreb",
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},
{
"english": "voice timbre, power, pitch",
"text": "balss tembrs, spēks, augstums",
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},
{
"english": "speech (lit. voice) organs",
"text": "balss aparāts",
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},
{
"english": "vocal cords",
"text": "balss saites",
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},
{
"english": "to read out loud (lit. to read in voice)",
"text": "lasīt balsī",
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},
{
"english": "to lower, to raise one's voice",
"text": "pacelt, raudāt balsi",
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"text": "priecīga, skumja balss",
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"text": "dusmīga, mierīga, vienaldzīga balss",
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"english": "some voice spoke behind (his) back",
"text": "kadā balss ierunājās aiz muguras",
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"text": "zemes balss",
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},
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"text": "dziedātāja balss",
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},
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"text": "balss diapazons",
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}
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"text": "augšējā balss",
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{
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},
{
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"text": "balsu kustība",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to sing the first voice",
"text": "dziedāt pirmo balsi",
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},
{
"english": "a song for two voices",
"text": "dziesma divām balsīm",
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"english": "bird songs",
"text": "putnu balsis",
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"text": "lakstīgalas balss",
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"english": "a people who had been deprived of their voice",
"text": "tauta, kam bija atņemta sava balss",
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"text": "izšķirt jautājumu ar balsu vairākumu",
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"english": "absolute voting majority",
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "balsīm",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "balsī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "balsīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "balss",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "balsis",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lv",
"2": "noun",
"g": "f",
"g2": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "balss f",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "f",
"2": "6th"
},
"expansion": "balss f (6th declension)",
"name": "lv-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "bal",
"2": "s",
"3": "6th",
"4": "",
"5": "s",
"6": "s",
"extrawidth": "-60"
},
"name": "lv-decl-noun"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "bal",
"2": "s",
"4": "",
"5": "s",
"6": "s",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"drop-v": "",
"keep-s": "",
"x": "-60"
},
"name": "lv-decl-noun-6"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "balss",
"10": "balsīm",
"11": "balsī",
"12": "balsīs",
"13": "balss",
"14": "balsis",
"2": "balsis",
"3": "balsi",
"4": "balsis",
"5": "balss",
"6": "balsu",
"7": "balsij",
"8": "balsīm",
"9": "balsi",
"type": "6th declension",
"x": "-60"
},
"name": "lv-decl-noun-table"
}
],
"lang": "Latvian",
"lang_code": "lv",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Latvian terms with usage examples",
"lv:Anatomy"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "strong voice",
"text": "spēcīga balss",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "the voice trembles",
"text": "balss trīc, dreb",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "voice timbre, power, pitch",
"text": "balss tembrs, spēks, augstums",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "speech (lit. voice) organs",
"text": "balss aparāts",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "vocal cords",
"text": "balss saites",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to read out loud (lit. to read in voice)",
"text": "lasīt balsī",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to lower, to raise one's voice",
"text": "pacelt, raudāt balsi",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"voice (sound produced by the human respiratory tract for speaking, singing, etc.)"
],
"links": [
[
"anatomy",
"anatomy"
],
[
"voice",
"voice"
],
[
"respiratory tract",
"respiratory tract#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(anatomy) voice (sound produced by the human respiratory tract for speaking, singing, etc.)"
],
"tags": [
"declension-6",
"feminine"
],
"topics": [
"anatomy",
"medicine",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latvian terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "happy, sad voice",
"text": "priecīga, skumja balss",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "angry, calm, indifferent voice",
"text": "dusmīga, mierīga, vienaldzīga balss",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"voice, intonation (how a person's voice sounds, expressing or revealing mental states)"
],
"links": [
[
"voice",
"voice"
],
[
"intonation",
"intonation"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-6",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latvian terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "some voice spoke behind (his) back",
"text": "kadā balss ierunājās aiz muguras",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"voice (someone who cannot be seen but can be heard)"
],
"links": [
[
"voice",
"voice"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-6",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latvian terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "the voice of the earth",
"text": "zemes balss",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "the voice of one's heart",
"text": "sirds balss",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"voice (metaphorical means of communicating feelings, mental states)"
],
"links": [
[
"voice",
"voice"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-6",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latvian terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "high, low (pitched) voice",
"text": "augsta, zema balss",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "a singer's voice",
"text": "dziedātāja balss",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "voice range",
"text": "balss diapazons",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"voice (capacity for singing)"
],
"links": [
[
"voice",
"voice"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-6",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latvian terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "the upper voice",
"text": "augšējā balss",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "constant voice",
"text": "pastāvīga balss",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "voice movement",
"text": "balsu kustība",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to sing the first voice",
"text": "dziedāt pirmo balsi",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "a song for two voices",
"text": "dziesma divām balsīm",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"voice (single melodic line)"
],
"links": [
[
"voice",
"voice"
]
],
"qualifier": "polyphonic music",
"raw_glosses": [
"(polyphonic music) voice (single melodic line)"
],
"tags": [
"declension-6",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latvian terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "bird songs",
"text": "putnu balsis",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "nightingale's voice",
"text": "lakstīgalas balss",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"voice (sounds and calls produced by animals)"
],
"links": [
[
"voice",
"voice"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-6",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latvian terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "the voice of the wind",
"text": "vēja balss",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"voice (sound produced by natural phenomena or objects)"
],
"links": [
[
"voice",
"voice"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-6",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latvian terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "the voice of the people",
"text": "tautas balss",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "the voice of society, public voice",
"text": "sabiedrības balss",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"voice (general thoughts, beliefs, of a group of people)"
],
"links": [
[
"voice",
"voice"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-6",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latvian terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "the voice of hate",
"text": "naida balss",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "the voice of humanity",
"text": "cilvēcības balss",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"voice (expression of a mental state)"
],
"links": [
[
"voice",
"voice"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-6",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latvian terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "a people who had been deprived of their voice",
"text": "tauta, kam bija atņemta sava balss",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"voice (capacity or opportunity to express one's opinion)"
],
"links": [
[
"voice",
"voice"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-6",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latvian terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "to give one's vote, to vote",
"text": "nodot, atdot, dot (savu) balsi",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"vote (citizen's will, expressed in an election, a referendum)"
],
"links": [
[
"vote",
"vote"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-6",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Latvian terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "to settle the question by majority vote",
"text": "izšķirt jautājumu ar balsu vairākumu",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "absolute voting majority",
"text": "absolūtais balsu vairākums",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"vote (opinion, to be counted, expressed in a debate or discussion)"
],
"links": [
[
"vote",
"vote"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-6",
"feminine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[bàls]"
},
{
"audio": "lv-riga-balss.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a9/Lv-riga-balss.ogg/Lv-riga-balss.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Lv-riga-balss.ogg"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"lv:balss"
],
"word": "balss"
}
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