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{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "sco-osc",
"3": "moy"
},
"expansion": "Early Scots moy",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "dum",
"3": "mooy"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch mooy",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "odt",
"3": "mōi"
},
"expansion": "Old Dutch mōi",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*mauwī"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *mauwī",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "mooi",
"t": "nice, beautiful"
},
"expansion": "Dutch mooi (“nice, beautiful”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds-de",
"2": "mooi",
"t": "nice, friendly, attractive, beautiful"
},
"expansion": "German Low German mooi (“nice, friendly, attractive, beautiful”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "møy",
"t": "quiet, gentle"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian møy (“quiet, gentle”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Early Scots moy, from Middle Dutch mooy, moy (“pretty, nice”), from Old Dutch mōi, from Proto-West Germanic *mauwī. Compare Dutch mooi (“nice, beautiful”), German Low German mooi (“nice, friendly, attractive, beautiful”), dialectal Norwegian møy (“quiet, gentle”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "mair moy",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "maist moy",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"10": "maist moy",
"11": "",
"12": "",
"13": "",
"14": "",
"2": "adjective",
"3": "comparative",
"4": "mair moy",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"9": "superlative"
},
"expansion": "moy (comparative mair moy, superlative maist moy)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "moy (comparative mair moy, superlative maist moy)",
"name": "sco-adj"
}
],
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"lang_code": "sco",
"pos": "adj",
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{
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{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Scots entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"mild; gentle; reserved; meek"
],
"id": "en-moy-sco-adj-0bhWJXN6",
"links": [
[
"mild",
"mild"
],
[
"gentle",
"gentle"
],
[
"reserved",
"reserved"
],
[
"meek",
"meek"
]
]
}
],
"word": "moy"
}
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"3": "moy"
},
"expansion": "Early Scots moy",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "dum",
"3": "mooy"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch mooy",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "odt",
"3": "mōi"
},
"expansion": "Old Dutch mōi",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*mauwī"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *mauwī",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "mooi",
"t": "nice, beautiful"
},
"expansion": "Dutch mooi (“nice, beautiful”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds-de",
"2": "mooi",
"t": "nice, friendly, attractive, beautiful"
},
"expansion": "German Low German mooi (“nice, friendly, attractive, beautiful”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "møy",
"t": "quiet, gentle"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian møy (“quiet, gentle”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Early Scots moy, from Middle Dutch mooy, moy (“pretty, nice”), from Old Dutch mōi, from Proto-West Germanic *mauwī. Compare Dutch mooi (“nice, beautiful”), German Low German mooi (“nice, friendly, attractive, beautiful”), dialectal Norwegian møy (“quiet, gentle”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "mair moy",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "maist moy",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
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"11": "",
"12": "",
"13": "",
"14": "",
"2": "adjective",
"3": "comparative",
"4": "mair moy",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"7": "",
"8": "",
"9": "superlative"
},
"expansion": "moy (comparative mair moy, superlative maist moy)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {},
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}
],
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"lang_code": "sco",
"pos": "adj",
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{
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"Scots entries with incorrect language header",
"Scots lemmas",
"Scots terms derived from Early Scots",
"Scots terms derived from Middle Dutch",
"Scots terms derived from Old Dutch",
"Scots terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Scots terms inherited from Early Scots"
],
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"mild; gentle; reserved; meek"
],
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"mild",
"mild"
],
[
"gentle",
"gentle"
],
[
"reserved",
"reserved"
],
[
"meek",
"meek"
]
]
}
],
"word": "moy"
}
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