"vėlė" meaning in Lithuanian

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "ine-bsl-pro",
        "3": "*weliā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Balto-Slavic *weliā",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*welh₃-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "death"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- (“death”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "veļi"
      },
      "expansion": "Latvian veļi",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Balto-Slavic *weliā, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- (“death”). Compare Latvian veļi.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "vėlės",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "10": "{{{m}}}",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "plural",
        "6": "vėlės",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{f}}}",
        "9": "",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "vėlė f (plural vėlės)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "vėlės"
      },
      "expansion": "vėlė f (plural vėlės)",
      "name": "lt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Lithuanian",
  "lang_code": "lt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Lithuanian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "flag",
          "word": "vėliava"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Spirit of a dead human, ghost (Lithuanian mythology). It was said that these spirits were transparent as fog, yet soft as wool to the touch. Upon death, the soul separates from the body and does not return to it. It does not die with the body, but loses its individuality. The vėlė had to cross over to the realm of the vėlė."
      ],
      "id": "en-vėlė-lt-noun-qe8CAyku",
      "links": [
        [
          "Spirit",
          "spirit"
        ],
        [
          "ghost",
          "ghost"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "vėlė"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "flag",
      "word": "vėliava"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "ine-bsl-pro",
        "3": "*weliā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Balto-Slavic *weliā",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*welh₃-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "death"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- (“death”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "veļi"
      },
      "expansion": "Latvian veļi",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Balto-Slavic *weliā, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- (“death”). Compare Latvian veļi.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "vėlės",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "10": "{{{m}}}",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "plural",
        "6": "vėlės",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{f}}}",
        "9": "",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "vėlė f (plural vėlės)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "vėlės"
      },
      "expansion": "vėlė f (plural vėlės)",
      "name": "lt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Lithuanian",
  "lang_code": "lt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Lithuanian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Lithuanian feminine nouns",
        "Lithuanian lemmas",
        "Lithuanian nouns",
        "Lithuanian terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic",
        "Lithuanian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Lithuanian terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Spirit of a dead human, ghost (Lithuanian mythology). It was said that these spirits were transparent as fog, yet soft as wool to the touch. Upon death, the soul separates from the body and does not return to it. It does not die with the body, but loses its individuality. The vėlė had to cross over to the realm of the vėlė."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Spirit",
          "spirit"
        ],
        [
          "ghost",
          "ghost"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "vėlė"
}