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{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "melns"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "baltais lācis"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "baltais punduris"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "baltmaize"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "balta maize"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "baltums"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "iebalts"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sniegbalts"
}
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "bálti"
},
"expansion": "Lithuanian bálti",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lv",
"2": "bat-pro",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Baltic",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lv",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*bʰel-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "báltas"
},
"expansion": "Lithuanian báltas",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "xsv",
"2": "bałtas"
},
"expansion": "Sudovian bałtas",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "xil",
"2": "*balta"
},
"expansion": "Illyrian *balta",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sq",
"2": "baltë",
"3": "",
"4": "mud, sludge, swamp"
},
"expansion": "Albanian baltë (“mud, sludge, swamp”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cu",
"2": "блато",
"3": "",
"4": "lake"
},
"expansion": "Old Church Slavonic блато (blato, “lake”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "болото",
"3": "",
"4": "marsh, swamp"
},
"expansion": "Russian болото (boloto, “marsh, swamp”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cs",
"2": "bláto",
"3": "",
"4": "mud; pl. swamp"
},
"expansion": "Czech bláto (“mud; pl. swamp”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "błoto",
"3": "",
"4": "mud, swamp"
},
"expansion": "Polish błoto (“mud, swamp”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "prg",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "Old Prussian",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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{
"form": "baltais",
"tags": [
"definite"
]
},
{
"form": "baltāks",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "visbaltākais",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "balti",
"tags": [
"adverb"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "lv-decl-adj",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "balts",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "balti",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "balta",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "baltas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "baltu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "baltus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "baltu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "baltas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "balta",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "baltu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "baltas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "baltu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "baltam",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "baltiem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "baltai",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "baltām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "baltu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"instrumental",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "baltiem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"instrumental",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "baltu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "baltām",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "baltā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"locative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "baltos",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"locative",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "baltā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "baltās",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"locative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"masculine",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "-",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"indefinite",
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
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"args": {
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"10": "visbaltākais",
"11": "adverb",
"12": "balti",
"2": "adjective",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "definite",
"6": "baltais",
"7": "comparative",
"8": "baltāks",
"9": "superlative",
"cat2": "",
"cat3": ""
},
"expansion": "balts (definite baltais, comparative baltāks, superlative visbaltākais, adverb balti)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "balt"
},
"expansion": "balts (definite baltais, comparative baltāks, superlative visbaltākais, adverb balti)",
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}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "balt",
"extrawidth": "-100"
},
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}
],
"lang": "Latvian",
"lang_code": "lv",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "baltiņš"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "pelēks"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "melns"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sarkans"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sārts"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "oranžs"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "brūns"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "dzeltens"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "zaļš"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "zilzaļš"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "ciāns"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "zils"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "violets"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "zilganviolets"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "indigo"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "fuksīns"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "rozā"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "13 8 33 5 41",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latvian words with level intonation",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "white paper",
"text": "balts papīrs",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "white as snow, chalk, milk, bone",
"text": "balts kā sniegs, krīts, piens, kauls",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "an animal with white fur, feathers",
"text": "dzīvnieks ar baltu spalvu",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "white hare",
"text": "baltais zaķis",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "to paint the door white",
"text": "nokrāsot durvis baltas",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "white coffee (i.e., with milk or cream)",
"text": "balta kafija",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "the (American) White House",
"text": "Baltais nams",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "white flag (= symbol of peace, truce)",
"text": "baltais karogs",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"white (having the color of, e.g., snow or milk)"
],
"id": "en-balts-lv-adj-CTJYNcIx",
"links": [
[
"white",
"white"
],
[
"color",
"color#English"
],
[
"snow",
"snow#English"
],
[
"milk",
"milk#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "10 29 10 0 10 19 10 12",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "lv",
"name": "Whites",
"orig": "lv:Whites",
"parents": [
"Colors",
"Light",
"Vision",
"Energy",
"Senses",
"Nature",
"Perception",
"All topics",
"Body",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "white nights (polar nights in summer, without darkness)",
"text": "baltās naktis",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "white (blood) cells",
"text": "baltie asinsķermenīši",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "white wine",
"text": "baltais vīns",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "white beard",
"text": "balta bārda",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "head white as an apple tree (= gray hair)",
"text": "galva balta kā ābele",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"white (light, not dark; without color; gray)"
],
"id": "en-balts-lv-adj-Nv2Nw~bf",
"links": [
[
"white",
"white"
],
[
"light",
"light#English"
],
[
"dark",
"dark#English"
],
[
"color",
"color#English"
],
[
"gray",
"gray#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "13 8 33 5 41",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latvian words with level intonation",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "white (= Caucasian) race",
"text": "baltā rase",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "white colonizers, settlers",
"text": "baltie kolonizatori",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"white (a member of the Caucasian race)"
],
"id": "en-balts-lv-adj-Mgr~KhVp",
"links": [
[
"white",
"white"
],
[
"member",
"member#English"
],
[
"Caucasian",
"Caucasian#English"
],
[
"race",
"race#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "to wear white linen (= clean clothes) on Saturday",
"text": "uzvilkt sestdienā baltu veļu",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"clean"
],
"id": "en-balts-lv-adj-OwZoBPbR",
"links": [
[
"clothes",
"clothes"
],
[
"clean",
"clean"
]
],
"qualifier": "usually clothes",
"raw_glosses": [
"(usually clothes) clean"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "13 8 33 5 41",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Latvian words with level intonation",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "the white army, white troops",
"text": "balto armija, balto karaspēks",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "a white attack",
"text": "balto uzbrukums",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"counterrevolutionary, member of the white guard"
],
"id": "en-balts-lv-adj-r79QgBik",
"links": [
[
"counterrevolutionary",
"counterrevolutionary"
],
[
"member",
"member"
],
[
"white",
"white"
],
[
"guard",
"guard"
]
],
"qualifier": "Russian civil war",
"raw_glosses": [
"(Russian civil war) counterrevolutionary, member of the white guard"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[bālts]"
},
{
"audio": "lv-riga-balts.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/09/Lv-riga-balts.ogg/Lv-riga-balts.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Lv-riga-balts.ogg"
}
],
"word": "balts"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "Baltija"
}
],
"etymology_number": 2,
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{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "Mare Balticum"
},
"expansion": "Latin Mare Balticum",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "prg",
"2": "-"
},
"expansion": "Old Prussian",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "Mare Balticum"
},
"expansion": "Latin Mare Balticum",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lv",
"2": "non",
"3": "balti"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse balti",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "balte"
},
"expansion": "Danish balte",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lv",
"2": "la",
"3": "balteum",
"4": "",
"5": "belt"
},
"expansion": "Latin balteum (“belt”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Belt",
"3": "",
"4": "sea strait"
},
"expansion": "German Belt (“sea strait”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "The mainstream opinion on this word is that it comes from old uses of the stem balts (“white”) (q.v.) in names of places containing water, giving rise to the name of the Baltic Sea (already Latin Mare Balticum); it is possible that *balt- in Old Prussian placenames referred originally to the sea or coastal area. Another suggestion is that Latin Mare Balticum is to be derived from Old Norse balti, Danish balte, from Latin balteum (“belt”) (whence German Belt (“sea strait”)), perhaps because of this sea's narrowness, or because of the many islands and straits between islands and the continent.",
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]
},
{
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"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
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"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
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]
},
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"form": "baltus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
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"plural"
]
},
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"form": "balta",
"source": "declension",
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"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "baltu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "baltam",
"source": "declension",
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"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "baltiem",
"source": "declension",
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"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "baltu",
"source": "declension",
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"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "baltiem",
"source": "declension",
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"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "baltā",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "baltos",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "balt",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "balti",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
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"g2": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
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},
{
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{
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"4": "",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"7": "",
"8": "",
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"4": "sea strait"
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{
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"form": "baltos",
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"Balt, a Baltic person, someone from the Baltic states (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia)"
],
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"masculine"
]
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"text": "baltu tautas",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "the Baltic languages",
"text": "baltu valodas",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "Baltic linguistics",
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"Baltic, pertaining to the Baltic states and their people; pertaining to the ancient Balts"
],
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"state",
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"Balt",
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],
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"(genitive plural) Baltic, pertaining to the Baltic states and their people; pertaining to the ancient Balts"
],
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}
],
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],
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}
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}
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