"kirkja" meaning in Old Norse

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Noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Old English cirice, from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, from Byzantine Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón, “Lord's house”), from Ancient Greek κύριος (kúrios, “lord”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|non|ang|cirice}} Borrowed from Old English cirice, {{der|non|gmw-pro|*kirikā}} Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, {{der|non|gkm|-}} Byzantine Greek, {{der|non|grc|κύριος||lord}} Ancient Greek κύριος (kúrios, “lord”) Head templates: {{head|non|nouns|g=f|g2=|head=|sort=|tr=}} kirkja f, {{non-noun|f|kirkju|kirkjur}} kirkja f (genitive kirkju, plural kirkjur) Inflection templates: {{non-decl-f-jon|kirk|kirkna}}, {{non-decl-blank-full|apd=kirkjurnar|api=kirkjur|asd=kirkjuna|asi=kirkju|dpd=kirkjunum|dpi=kirkjum|dsd=kirkjunni|dsi=kirkju|g=feminine|gpd=kirknanna|gpi=kirkna|gsd=kirkjunnar|gsi=kirkju|notes=|npd=kirkjurnar|npi=kirkjur|nsd=kirkjan|nsi=kirkja|stem=weak jōn-stem|title=kirkja}}, {{non-decl-cell|kirkja|nsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|kirkjan|nsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|kirkjur|npi}}, {{non-decl-cell|kirkjurnar|npd}}, {{non-decl-cell|kirkju|asi}}, {{non-decl-cell|kirkjuna|asd}}, {{non-decl-cell|kirkjur|api}}, {{non-decl-cell|kirkjurnar|apd}}, {{non-decl-cell|kirkju|dsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|kirkjunni|dsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|kirkjum|dpi}}, {{non-decl-cell|kirkjunum|dpd}}, {{non-decl-cell|kirkju|gsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|kirkjunnar|gsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|kirkna|gpi}}, {{non-decl-cell|kirknanna|gpd}} Forms: kirkju [genitive], kirkjur [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], kirkja [indefinite, nominative, singular], kirkjan [definite, nominative, singular], kirkjur [indefinite, nominative, plural], kirkjurnar [definite, nominative, plural], kirkju [accusative, indefinite, singular], kirkjuna [accusative, definite, singular], kirkjur [accusative, indefinite, plural], kirkjurnar [accusative, definite, plural], kirkju [dative, indefinite, singular], kirkjunni [dative, definite, singular], kirkjum [dative, indefinite, plural], kirkjunum [dative, definite, plural], kirkju [genitive, indefinite, singular], kirkjunnar [definite, genitive, singular], kirkna [genitive, indefinite, plural], kirknanna [definite, genitive, plural], kyrkja [alternative]
  1. church (Christian house of worship) Tags: feminine

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "word": "kirkja"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "lang_code": "fo",
      "word": "kirkja"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norn",
      "lang_code": "nrn",
      "word": "kirka"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "descendants": [
            {
              "lang": "Russenorsk",
              "lang_code": "crp-rsn",
              "word": "Kjerka"
            }
          ],
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          "lang_code": "nn",
          "word": "kyrkja"
        },
        {
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            {
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              "lang_code": "crp-rsn",
              "word": "Kjerka"
            }
          ],
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          "lang_code": "nn",
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            "dialectal"
          ],
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        },
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            {
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            }
          ],
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          "lang_code": "nn",
          "word": "kirkja"
        },
        {
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            }
          ],
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          "lang_code": "nn",
          "word": "kirkj’"
        },
        {
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            {
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              "lang_code": "crp-rsn",
              "word": "Kjerka"
            }
          ],
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          "lang_code": "nn",
          "word": "kjørkje"
        },
        {
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            {
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            }
          ],
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          "lang_code": "nn",
          "word": "kjærkja"
        },
        {
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            {
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              "lang_code": "crp-rsn",
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            }
          ],
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          "lang_code": "nn",
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            }
          ],
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          "lang_code": "nn",
          "word": "kjérsk’"
        }
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      "lang_code": "gmq-mno",
      "word": "kyrkja"
    },
    {
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        {
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            {
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            }
          ],
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        {
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          ],
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        {
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            }
          ],
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          "lang_code": "nn",
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            }
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            }
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          "word": "kjérsk’"
        }
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      "lang_code": "gmq-mno",
      "word": "kirkja"
    },
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      "lang_code": "gmq-jmk",
      "word": "kyrkje"
    },
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          "lang_code": "sv",
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        }
      ],
      "lang": "Old Swedish",
      "lang_code": "gmq-osw",
      "word": "kyrkia"
    },
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          "lang_code": "sv",
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      ],
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    },
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        {
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            {
              "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
              "lang_code": "nb",
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                "m or f"
              ],
              "word": "kirke"
            }
          ],
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          "lang_code": "da",
          "raw_tags": [
            "m"
          ],
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        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "gmq-oda",
      "word": "kyrkiæ"
    },
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              ],
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            }
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          "word": "kirke"
        }
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      "word": "kirkæ"
    },
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        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "kirk"
        },
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "kirk"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Northern Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "kyrke"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "cirice"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Old English cirice",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*kirikā"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gkm",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Byzantine Greek",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "κύριος",
        "4": "",
        "5": "lord"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek κύριος (kúrios, “lord”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Old English cirice, from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, from Byzantine Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón, “Lord's house”), from Ancient Greek κύριος (kúrios, “lord”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kirkju",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirkjur",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "non-decl-f-jon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirkja",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirkjan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirkjur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirkjurnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirkju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirkjuna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirkjur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirkjurnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirkju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirkjunni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirkjum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirkjunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirkju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirkjunnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirkna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirknanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kyrkja",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "nouns",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "kirkja f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "kirkju",
        "3": "kirkjur"
      },
      "expansion": "kirkja f (genitive kirkju, plural kirkjur)",
      "name": "non-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kirk",
        "2": "kirkna"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-f-jon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "apd": "kirkjurnar",
        "api": "kirkjur",
        "asd": "kirkjuna",
        "asi": "kirkju",
        "dpd": "kirkjunum",
        "dpi": "kirkjum",
        "dsd": "kirkjunni",
        "dsi": "kirkju",
        "g": "feminine",
        "gpd": "kirknanna",
        "gpi": "kirkna",
        "gsd": "kirkjunnar",
        "gsi": "kirkju",
        "notes": "",
        "npd": "kirkjurnar",
        "npi": "kirkjur",
        "nsd": "kirkjan",
        "nsi": "kirkja",
        "stem": "weak jōn-stem",
        "title": "kirkja"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-blank-full"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kirkja",
        "2": "nsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kirkjan",
        "2": "nsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kirkjur",
        "2": "npi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kirkjurnar",
        "2": "npd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kirkju",
        "2": "asi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kirkjuna",
        "2": "asd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kirkjur",
        "2": "api"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kirkjurnar",
        "2": "apd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kirkju",
        "2": "dsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kirkjunni",
        "2": "dsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kirkjum",
        "2": "dpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kirkjunum",
        "2": "dpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kirkju",
        "2": "gsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kirkjunnar",
        "2": "gsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kirkna",
        "2": "gpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kirknanna",
        "2": "gpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "non",
          "name": "Christianity",
          "orig": "non:Christianity",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "church (Christian house of worship)"
      ],
      "id": "en-kirkja-non-noun-LIBMtEHi",
      "links": [
        [
          "church",
          "church"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kirkja"
}
{
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      "lang_code": "is",
      "word": "kirkja"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "lang_code": "fo",
      "word": "kirkja"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norn",
      "lang_code": "nrn",
      "word": "kirka"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
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            {
              "lang": "Russenorsk",
              "lang_code": "crp-rsn",
              "word": "Kjerka"
            }
          ],
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          "lang_code": "nn",
          "word": "kyrkja"
        },
        {
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            {
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              "lang_code": "crp-rsn",
              "word": "Kjerka"
            }
          ],
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          "lang_code": "nn",
          "tags": [
            "dialectal"
          ],
          "word": "kyrkje"
        },
        {
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            {
              "lang": "Russenorsk",
              "lang_code": "crp-rsn",
              "word": "Kjerka"
            }
          ],
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          "lang_code": "nn",
          "word": "kirkja"
        },
        {
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            {
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              "lang_code": "crp-rsn",
              "word": "Kjerka"
            }
          ],
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          "lang_code": "nn",
          "word": "kirkj’"
        },
        {
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            {
              "lang": "Russenorsk",
              "lang_code": "crp-rsn",
              "word": "Kjerka"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "lang_code": "nn",
          "word": "kjørkje"
        },
        {
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            {
              "lang": "Russenorsk",
              "lang_code": "crp-rsn",
              "word": "Kjerka"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "lang_code": "nn",
          "word": "kjærkja"
        },
        {
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            {
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              "lang_code": "crp-rsn",
              "word": "Kjerka"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "lang_code": "nn",
          "word": "kjèrke"
        },
        {
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            {
              "lang": "Russenorsk",
              "lang_code": "crp-rsn",
              "word": "Kjerka"
            }
          ],
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "lang_code": "nn",
          "word": "kjérsk’"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Middle Norwegian",
      "lang_code": "gmq-mno",
      "word": "kyrkja"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
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              "word": "Kjerka"
            }
          ],
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          "word": "kyrkja"
        },
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            }
          ],
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        },
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            }
          ],
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          "word": "kirkja"
        },
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        },
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            }
          ],
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          "word": "kjørkje"
        },
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            }
          ],
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          "lang_code": "nn",
          "word": "kjærkja"
        },
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              "lang_code": "crp-rsn",
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            }
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          "lang_code": "nn",
          "word": "kjèrke"
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            }
          ],
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          "lang_code": "nn",
          "word": "kjérsk’"
        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "gmq-mno",
      "word": "kirkja"
    },
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      "lang": "Jamtish",
      "lang_code": "gmq-jmk",
      "word": "kyrkje"
    },
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          "lang_code": "sv",
          "word": "kyrka"
        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "gmq-osw",
      "word": "kyrkia"
    },
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          "lang_code": "sv",
          "word": "kyrka"
        }
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      "lang_code": "gmq-osw",
      "word": "kirkia"
    },
    {
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        {
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            {
              "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
              "lang_code": "nb",
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                "m or f"
              ],
              "word": "kirke"
            }
          ],
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          "lang_code": "da",
          "raw_tags": [
            "m"
          ],
          "word": "kirke"
        }
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      "lang_code": "gmq-oda",
      "word": "kyrkiæ"
    },
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        {
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            {
              "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
              "lang_code": "nb",
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                "m or f"
              ],
              "word": "kirke"
            }
          ],
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          "lang_code": "da",
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            "m"
          ],
          "word": "kirke"
        }
      ],
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      "lang_code": "gmq-oda",
      "word": "kirkæ"
    },
    {
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        {
          "lang": "Scots",
          "lang_code": "sco",
          "word": "kirk"
        },
        {
          "lang": "English",
          "lang_code": "en",
          "word": "kirk"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Northern Middle English",
      "lang_code": "enm",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "kyrke"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "cirice"
      },
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      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*kirikā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *kirikā",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gkm",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Byzantine Greek",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "κύριος",
        "4": "",
        "5": "lord"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek κύριος (kúrios, “lord”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Old English cirice, from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, from Byzantine Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón, “Lord's house”), from Ancient Greek κύριος (kúrios, “lord”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kirkju",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirkjur",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "non-decl-f-jon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirkja",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirkjan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirkjur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirkjurnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirkju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirkjuna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirkjur",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirkjurnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirkju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirkjunni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirkjum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirkjunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirkju",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirkjunnar",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirkna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kirknanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kyrkja",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "nouns",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "kirkja f",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "kirkju",
        "3": "kirkjur"
      },
      "expansion": "kirkja f (genitive kirkju, plural kirkjur)",
      "name": "non-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kirk",
        "2": "kirkna"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-f-jon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "apd": "kirkjurnar",
        "api": "kirkjur",
        "asd": "kirkjuna",
        "asi": "kirkju",
        "dpd": "kirkjunum",
        "dpi": "kirkjum",
        "dsd": "kirkjunni",
        "dsi": "kirkju",
        "g": "feminine",
        "gpd": "kirknanna",
        "gpi": "kirkna",
        "gsd": "kirkjunnar",
        "gsi": "kirkju",
        "notes": "",
        "npd": "kirkjurnar",
        "npi": "kirkjur",
        "nsd": "kirkjan",
        "nsi": "kirkja",
        "stem": "weak jōn-stem",
        "title": "kirkja"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-blank-full"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kirkja",
        "2": "nsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kirkjan",
        "2": "nsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kirkjur",
        "2": "npi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kirkjurnar",
        "2": "npd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kirkju",
        "2": "asi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kirkjuna",
        "2": "asd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kirkjur",
        "2": "api"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kirkjurnar",
        "2": "apd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kirkju",
        "2": "dsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kirkjunni",
        "2": "dsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kirkjum",
        "2": "dpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kirkjunum",
        "2": "dpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kirkju",
        "2": "gsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kirkjunnar",
        "2": "gsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kirkna",
        "2": "gpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kirknanna",
        "2": "gpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Ancient Greek links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Norse feminine nouns",
        "Old Norse jōn-stem nouns",
        "Old Norse lemmas",
        "Old Norse nouns",
        "Old Norse terms borrowed from Old English",
        "Old Norse terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Old Norse terms derived from Byzantine Greek",
        "Old Norse terms derived from Old English",
        "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "non:Christianity"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "church (Christian house of worship)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "church",
          "church"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kirkja"
}

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