See vaka in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "vakorna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "vakornas",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "nouns",
"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"g": "c",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"g4": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "vaka c",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "c"
},
"expansion": "vaka c",
"name": "sv-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "sv-infl-noun-c-or"
}
],
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "likvaka"
},
{
"word": "vak"
},
{
"word": "nattvak"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"a vigil, a wake"
],
"links": [
[
"vigil",
"vigil"
],
[
"wake",
"wake"
]
],
"tags": [
"common-gender"
]
}
],
"word": "vaka"
}
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