eith-kent in Scots

Forms: mair eith-kent [comparative], maist eith-kent [superlative], aeth-kent [alternative], eth-kent [alternative], ethkent [alternative] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From eith (“easily”) + kent (“known”). Etymology templates: {{com|sco|eith|kent|t1=easily|t2=known}} eith (“easily”) + kent (“known”) Head templates: {{head|sco|adjective|comparative|mair eith-kent|||||superlative|maist eith-kent||||}} eith-kent (comparative mair eith-kent, superlative maist eith-kent), {{sco-adj}} eith-kent (comparative mair eith-kent, superlative maist eith-kent)

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{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "eith",
        "3": "kent",
        "t1": "easily",
        "t2": "known"
      },
      "expansion": "eith (“easily”) + kent (“known”)",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From eith (“easily”) + kent (“known”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mair eith-kent",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maist eith-kent",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aeth-kent",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eth-kent",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ethkent",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
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        "4": "mair eith-kent",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "superlative"
      },
      "expansion": "eith-kent (comparative mair eith-kent, superlative maist eith-kent)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scots",
  "lang_code": "sco",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "source": "w"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Well-known, easily recognisable."
      ],
      "id": "en-eith-kent-sco-adj-slpiELO1",
      "links": [
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        [
          "easily",
          "easily"
        ],
        [
          "recognisable",
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        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "aithken"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "eith-kent"
}

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{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "eith",
        "3": "kent",
        "t1": "easily",
        "t2": "known"
      },
      "expansion": "eith (“easily”) + kent (“known”)",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From eith (“easily”) + kent (“known”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "mair eith-kent",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maist eith-kent",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aeth-kent",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eth-kent",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ethkent",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "10": "maist eith-kent",
        "11": "",
        "12": "",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "comparative",
        "4": "mair eith-kent",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "superlative"
      },
      "expansion": "eith-kent (comparative mair eith-kent, superlative maist eith-kent)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "eith-kent (comparative mair eith-kent, superlative maist eith-kent)",
      "name": "sco-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Scots",
  "lang_code": "sco",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "aithken"
    }
  ],
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        "Scots adjectives",
        "Scots compound terms",
        "Scots entries with incorrect language header",
        "Scots lemmas",
        "Scots multiword terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Well-known, easily recognisable."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Well-known",
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        ],
        [
          "easily",
          "easily"
        ],
        [
          "recognisable",
          "recognisable"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "eith-kent"
}

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"eith-kent" meaning in Scots

Adjective