"sau" meaning in Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

Forms: sauen [definite, singular], sauer [indefinite, plural], sauene [definite, plural]
Etymology: From Old Norse sauðr. Etymology templates: {{der|nb|non|sauðr}} Old Norse sauðr Head templates: {{nb-noun-m1}} sau m (definite singular sauen, indefinite plural sauer, definite plural sauene)
  1. sheep Tags: masculine Synonyms: får [literary]
    Sense id: en-sau-nb-noun-XFmWFqxQ Categories (other): Mammals
  2. (figurative) fool, moron, idiot Tags: figuratively, masculine
    Sense id: en-sau-nb-noun-Cj6m-gbv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: sauebonde, sauebruk, sauegård, søye Related terms: lam, vær

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sauebonde"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sauebruk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sauegård"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "søye"
    }
  ],
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        "3": "sauðr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse sauðr",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse sauðr.",
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    {
      "form": "sauen",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sauer",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sauene",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "name": "nb-noun-m1"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
  "lang_code": "nb",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lam"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "vær"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "nb",
          "name": "Mammals",
          "orig": "nb:Mammals",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        "sheep"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "sheep",
          "sheep"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "får"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              18
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Look at that idiot!",
          "text": "Se på den sauen!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fool, moron, idiot"
      ],
      "id": "en-sau-nb-noun-Cj6m-gbv",
      "links": [
        [
          "fool",
          "fool"
        ],
        [
          "moron",
          "moron"
        ],
        [
          "idiot",
          "idiot"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) fool, moron, idiot"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sau"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 15 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "sauebonde"
    },
    {
      "word": "sauebruk"
    },
    {
      "word": "sauegård"
    },
    {
      "word": "søye"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "sauðr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse sauðr",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse sauðr.",
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        "definite",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sauer",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sauene",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "sau m (definite singular sauen, indefinite plural sauer, definite plural sauene)",
      "name": "nb-noun-m1"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
  "lang_code": "nb",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "lam"
    },
    {
      "word": "vær"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "nb:Mammals"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sheep"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sheep",
          "sheep"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "får"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
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            [
              13,
              18
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Look at that idiot!",
          "text": "Se på den sauen!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fool, moron, idiot"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fool",
          "fool"
        ],
        [
          "moron",
          "moron"
        ],
        [
          "idiot",
          "idiot"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) fool, moron, idiot"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sau"
}

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