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"word": "balsene"
},
{
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"word": "balsīgs"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "balsīgums"
},
{
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"word": "balss saite"
}
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"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*bʰel-",
"id": "sound"
},
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"2": "bat-pro",
"3": "*balsas"
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"expansion": "Proto-Baltic *balsas",
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},
{
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"2": "ine-pro",
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"name": "der"
},
{
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"2": "*bʰol-",
"3": "",
"4": "to sound, to speak, to roar, to bark"
},
"expansion": "*bʰol- (“to sound, to speak, to roar, to bark”)",
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{
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"2": "balsas",
"3": "bal̃sas"
},
"expansion": "Lithuanian bal̃sas",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "болтать",
"3": "",
"4": "to chat, to chatter"
},
"expansion": "Russian болтать (boltatʹ, “to chat, to chatter”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "балдить",
"3": "",
"4": "to often repeat the same thing"
},
"expansion": "балдить (balditʹ, “to often repeat the same thing”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "bellan"
},
"expansion": "Old High German bellan",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "bellen",
"3": "",
"4": "to bark"
},
"expansion": "German bellen (“to bark”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gml",
"2": "bulderen"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German bulderen",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "poltern",
"3": "",
"4": "to rumble; to speak loud"
},
"expansion": "German poltern (“to rumble; to speak loud”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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]
},
{
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]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
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"singular"
]
},
{
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]
},
{
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]
},
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"genitive",
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]
},
{
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"tags": [
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]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
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]
},
{
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]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "balsī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "balsīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
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"head": "",
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"lang": "Latvian",
"lang_code": "lv",
"pos": "noun",
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"kind": "topical",
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"name": "Anatomy",
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],
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}
],
"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.)"
],
"id": "en-balss-lv-noun-B5qot3Mm",
"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": [
{
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Latvian words with falling intonation",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
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{
"_dis": "34 14 1 0 0 0 12 36 3 0 0 0 0",
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"langcode": "lv",
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"Energy",
"Nature",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
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}
],
"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)"
],
"id": "en-balss-lv-noun-FWjiMqUO",
"links": [
[
"voice",
"voice"
],
[
"intonation",
"intonation"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-6",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"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)"
],
"id": "en-balss-lv-noun-bU9DhyLE",
"links": [
[
"voice",
"voice"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-6",
"feminine"
]
},
{
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"_dis": "19 7 5 10 2 16 5 7 8 6 3 3 10",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latvian etymologies from LEV",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"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)"
],
"id": "en-balss-lv-noun-~qiy31Em",
"links": [
[
"voice",
"voice"
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],
"tags": [
"declension-6",
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]
},
{
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"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)"
],
"id": "en-balss-lv-noun-5lMJXEXP",
"links": [
[
"voice",
"voice"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-6",
"feminine"
]
},
{
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{
"_dis": "19 4 3 9 2 20 7 7 10 5 3 2 10",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latvian entries with incorrect language header",
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"Entry maintenance"
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{
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}
],
"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)"
],
"id": "en-balss-lv-noun-yZKDAtI~",
"links": [
[
"voice",
"voice"
]
],
"qualifier": "polyphonic music",
"raw_glosses": [
"(polyphonic music) voice (single melodic line)"
],
"tags": [
"declension-6",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "34 14 1 0 0 0 12 36 3 0 0 0 0",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "lv",
"name": "Sound",
"orig": "lv:Sound",
"parents": [
"Energy",
"Nature",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"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)"
],
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"voice",
"voice"
]
],
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "34 14 1 0 0 0 12 36 3 0 0 0 0",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "lv",
"name": "Sound",
"orig": "lv:Sound",
"parents": [
"Energy",
"Nature",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
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}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "the voice of the wind",
"text": "vēja balss",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"voice (sound produced by natural phenomena or objects)"
],
"id": "en-balss-lv-noun-75OcUdtw",
"links": [
[
"voice",
"voice"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-6",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"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)"
],
"id": "en-balss-lv-noun-xc438lxz",
"links": [
[
"voice",
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],
"tags": [
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},
{
"categories": [],
"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)"
],
"id": "en-balss-lv-noun-PXTPFfn-",
"links": [
[
"voice",
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"tags": [
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},
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"categories": [],
"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)"
],
"id": "en-balss-lv-noun-EXXyb30F",
"links": [
[
"voice",
"voice"
]
],
"tags": [
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"feminine"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"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)"
],
"id": "en-balss-lv-noun-I9mHHOp6",
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"vote",
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],
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]
},
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],
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{
"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)"
],
"id": "en-balss-lv-noun-EdjufjcK",
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]
],
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}
],
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"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": [
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],
"word": "balss"
}
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"Latvian entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"Latvian etymologies from LEV",
"Latvian feminine nouns",
"Latvian lemmas",
"Latvian non-alternating sixth declension nouns",
"Latvian noun forms",
"Latvian nouns",
"Latvian sixth declension nouns",
"Latvian terms derived from Proto-Baltic",
"Latvian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Latvian terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰel- (sound)",
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{
"word": "balsene"
},
{
"word": "balsīgs"
},
{
"word": "balsīgums"
},
{
"word": "balss saite"
}
],
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"name": "root"
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{
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},
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{
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"4": "to sound, to speak, to roar, to bark"
},
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"name": "m"
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{
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{
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},
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{
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"2": "болтать",
"3": "",
"4": "to chat, to chatter"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "балдить",
"3": "",
"4": "to often repeat the same thing"
},
"expansion": "балдить (balditʹ, “to often repeat the same thing”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
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},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "de",
"2": "bellen",
"3": "",
"4": "to bark"
},
"expansion": "German bellen (“to bark”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "gml",
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},
"expansion": "Middle Low German bulderen",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "de",
"2": "poltern",
"3": "",
"4": "to rumble; to speak loud"
},
"expansion": "German poltern (“to rumble; to speak loud”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-Baltic *balsas, from the o-grade of Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-, *bʰol- (“to sound, to speak, to roar, to bark”), with an extra suffix -so (*bʰol-so-s). Cognates include Lithuanian bal̃sas, Russian болтать (boltatʹ, “to chat, to chatter”), dialectal балдить (balditʹ, “to often repeat the same thing”), Old High German bellan, German bellen (“to bark”), Middle Low German bulderen, German poltern (“to rumble; to speak loud”).",
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]
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{
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"singular"
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},
{
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]
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"source": "declension",
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{
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{
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"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
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"genitive",
"plural"
]
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{
"form": "balsij",
"source": "declension",
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"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "balsīm",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "balsi",
"source": "declension",
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"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "balsīm",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "balsī",
"source": "declension",
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"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "balsīs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "balss",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "balsis",
"source": "declension",
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"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
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"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"
}
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"args": {
"1": "bal",
"2": "s",
"3": "6th",
"4": "",
"5": "s",
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{
"args": {
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"5": "s",
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"8": "",
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"keep-s": "",
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"10": "balsīm",
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"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"
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"lang": "Latvian",
"lang_code": "lv",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"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"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "[bàls]"
},
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}
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"word": "balss"
}
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