See tuff in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"form": "tuff",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tuffs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tuffen",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tuffens",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "tuffer",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tuffers",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tufferna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "tuffernas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "nouns",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"g": "c",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"g4": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "tuff c",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "c"
},
"expansion": "tuff c",
"name": "sv-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "sv-infl-noun-c-er"
}
],
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"sv:Petrology"
],
"glosses": [
"tuff"
],
"links": [
[
"petrology",
"petrology"
],
[
"tuff",
"tuff#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(petrology) tuff"
],
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"topics": [
"geography",
"geology",
"natural-sciences",
"petrology"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/tɵf/"
}
],
"word": "tuff"
}
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{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'common singular'",
"path": [
"tuff"
],
"section": "Swedish",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "tuff",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "inflection/735",
"msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'all'",
"path": [
"tuff"
],
"section": "Swedish",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "tuff",
"trace": ""
}
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