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],
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"nícon",
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],
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"ní",
"ní#Old_Irish"
],
[
"con",
"co#Old_Irish"
],
[
"chan",
"chan#Irish"
],
[
"chan",
"chan#Manx"
]
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},
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},
{
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},
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"english": "I haven't seen her.",
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"english": "I am not cold.",
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"translation": "The bread, it's not fresh.",
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}
Download raw JSONL data for chan meaning in Scottish Gaelic (3.1kB)
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"msg": "unrecognized head form: governs the dependent form of the verb",
"path": [
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],
"section": "Scottish Gaelic",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "chan",
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}
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