See basnь in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "poet, fabler",
"translation": "poet, fabler",
"word": "basnьnikъ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "narative",
"translation": "narative",
"word": "basnica"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"descendants": [
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"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "basnʹ",
"word": "баснь"
},
{
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"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "básnja",
"word": "ба́сня"
},
{
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"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "básni",
"word": "ба́сні"
}
],
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"lang_code": "unknown"
},
{
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"lang_code": "cu",
"roman": "basnĭ",
"word": "баснь"
},
{
"lang": "Glagolitic script",
"lang_code": "cu",
"roman": "basnĭ",
"word": "ⰱⰰⱄⱀⱐ"
}
],
"lang": "Old Church Slavonic",
"lang_code": "cu"
},
{
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "básnja",
"word": "ба́сня"
},
{
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "básnica",
"word": "ба́сница"
},
{
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"lang_code": "mk",
"roman": "basna",
"word": "басна"
},
{
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{
"lang": "Cyrillic script",
"lang_code": "sh",
"word": "ба̏сна"
},
{
"lang": "Latin script",
"lang_code": "sh",
"word": "bȁsna"
}
],
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh"
}
],
"lang": "South Slavic",
"lang_code": "unknown"
},
{
"descendants": [
{
"descendants": [
{
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"word": "báseň"
}
],
"lang": "Old Czech",
"lang_code": "zlw-ocs",
"word": "básn"
},
{
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"lang_code": "pl",
"word": "baśń"
}
],
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"lang_code": "zlw-opl",
"word": "baśń"
},
{
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"lang_code": "sk",
"word": "báseň"
},
{
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"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"lang_code": "dsb",
"word": "basń"
},
{
"lang": "Upper Sorbian",
"lang_code": "hsb",
"word": "basń"
},
{
"lang": "Upper Sorbian",
"lang_code": "hsb",
"word": "basnica"
}
],
"lang": "Sorbian",
"lang_code": "unknown"
}
],
"lang": "West Slavic",
"lang_code": "unknown"
},
{
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{
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"lang_code": "ro",
"raw_tags": [
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],
"word": "basm"
}
],
"lang": "Non-Slavic",
"lang_code": "unknown"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "sla-pro",
"2": "*bajati",
"3": "*-snь",
"t1": "to tell, to narate"
},
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"name": "affix"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sla-pro",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*bʰeh₂-",
"4": "",
"5": "to speak, to tell"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to speak, to tell”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "fābula",
"3": "",
"4": "narative"
},
"expansion": "Latin fābula (“narative”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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"3": "",
"4": "prayer"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "grc",
"2": "φάσμα",
"3": "",
"4": "apparition, phantom"
},
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"name": "cog"
}
],
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"forms": [
{
"form": "bàsnь",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"feminine"
]
},
{
"form": "*bàsňa",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "*basma",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "sla-decl-noun",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "bàsnь",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bàsni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"nominative"
]
},
{
"form": "bàsni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bàsnī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bàsnьju",
"roman": "bàsňu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "bàsnьjь",
"roman": "bàsnī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bàsni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bàsnьma",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"dual"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bàsnь",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bàsni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "bàsni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bàsnьjǫ",
"roman": "bàsňǭ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bàsnьma",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"instrumental"
]
},
{
"form": "bàsnьmī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bàsnī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bàsnьju",
"roman": "bàsňu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"locative"
]
},
{
"form": "bàsnьxъ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "basni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "bàsni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "bàsni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"plural",
"vocative"
]
}
],
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"ap": "a",
"g": "f",
"stem": "i"
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"name": "sla-decl-noun"
}
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"pos": "noun",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "witchdoctor, spiritual healer",
"translation": "witchdoctor, spiritual healer",
"word": "badli"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "fable",
"translation": "fable",
"word": "bajьka"
}
],
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{
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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},
{
"_dis": "88 12",
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"parents": [],
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},
{
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{
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},
{
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}
],
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"tale, poem, fable (succinct instructive story)"
],
"id": "en-basnь-sla-pro-noun-F3IX8hq4",
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[
"tale",
"tale"
],
[
"poem",
"poem"
],
[
"fable",
"fable"
]
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"reconstruction"
]
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"spell, incantation"
],
"id": "en-basnь-sla-pro-noun-n74HlpAv",
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],
[
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"incantation"
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],
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"(rare) spell, incantation"
],
"tags": [
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"reconstruction"
]
}
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"Marko Snoj",
"Rick Derksen"
],
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}
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"Proto-Slavic feminine i-stem nouns",
"Proto-Slavic feminine nouns",
"Proto-Slavic i-stem nouns",
"Proto-Slavic lemmas",
"Proto-Slavic nominals with accent paradigm a",
"Proto-Slavic nouns",
"Proto-Slavic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-snь"
],
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{
"english": "poet, fabler",
"translation": "poet, fabler",
"word": "basnьnikъ"
},
{
"english": "narative",
"translation": "narative",
"word": "basnica"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
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"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "basnʹ",
"word": "баснь"
},
{
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "básnja",
"word": "ба́сня"
},
{
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"lang_code": "uk",
"roman": "básni",
"word": "ба́сні"
}
],
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"lang_code": "unknown"
},
{
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"lang_code": "cu",
"roman": "basnĭ",
"word": "баснь"
},
{
"lang": "Glagolitic script",
"lang_code": "cu",
"roman": "basnĭ",
"word": "ⰱⰰⱄⱀⱐ"
}
],
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"lang_code": "cu"
},
{
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "básnja",
"word": "ба́сня"
},
{
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"lang_code": "bg",
"roman": "básnica",
"word": "ба́сница"
},
{
"lang": "Macedonian",
"lang_code": "mk",
"roman": "basna",
"word": "басна"
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"lang_code": "sh",
"word": "ба̏сна"
},
{
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"lang_code": "sh",
"word": "bȁsna"
}
],
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}
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},
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"lang_code": "cs",
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}
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"lang_code": "zlw-ocs",
"word": "básn"
},
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}
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{
"form": "*basma",
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"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
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"table-tags"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
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{
"form": "bàsnь",
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"singular"
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},
{
"form": "bàsni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
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]
},
{
"form": "bàsni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bàsnī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bàsnьju",
"roman": "bàsňu",
"source": "declension",
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"dual",
"genitive"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bàsni",
"source": "declension",
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"dative",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "bàsnьma",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
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"dual"
]
},
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"source": "declension",
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"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bàsnь",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bàsni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"dual"
]
},
{
"form": "bàsni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bàsnьjǫ",
"roman": "bàsňǭ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bàsnьma",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"instrumental"
]
},
{
"form": "bàsnьmī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bàsnī",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bàsnьju",
"roman": "bàsňu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"locative"
]
},
{
"form": "bàsnьxъ",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"locative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "basni",
"source": "declension",
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"singular",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "bàsni",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dual",
"vocative"
]
},
{
"form": "bàsni",
"source": "declension",
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"plural",
"vocative"
]
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],
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"translation": "witchdoctor, spiritual healer",
"word": "badli"
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{
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"(rare) spell, incantation"
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"reconstruction"
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}
],
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"Marko Snoj",
"Rick Derksen"
],
"word": "basnь"
}
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