[:en]Many abbreviations are used in the dictionary. The non-grammar abbreviations are of interest for all users of this dictionary, while the grammar abbreviations are helpful to persons who wish to know how to use the words appropriately in creating new sentences. The abbreviations used are as follows:
a) Non-grammar abbreviations
| ant. | antonym |
| cf. | cross-reference |
| der. | derivation (of), originating from |
| eccl. | ecclesiastic, Church usage |
| Eng. | English |
| et. | etymology |
| fr.var. | free variant |
| geog. | geographic |
| gram. | grammatical information |
| hist. | historical, historical form or usage |
| lit. | literal meaning |
| pejor. | pejorative |
| sb. | somebody |
| sc. | scientific name |
| sth. | something |
| spec. | species |
| Sw. | Swahili |
| syn. | synonym |
| vow.har. | vowel harmony |
b) Grammar abbreviations
| I | Class I |
| II | Class II |
| III | Class III |
| 3:1 | 3rd person subject, 1st person object |
| 3:2 | 3rd person subject, 2nd person object |
| acc. | accusative case |
| adj. | adjective |
| adv. | adverb |
| and. | andative motion |
| antip. | antipassive |
| aux. | auxiliary |
| caus. | causative |
| cleft | cleft (conjunction) |
| compl. | complement |
| compd. | compound |
| conj. | conjunction |
| coord. | coordinating (conjuction) |
| dat. | dative |
| dem. | demonstrative |
| evid. | (adverb of) evidence |
| f./fem. | feminine gender |
| freq. | frequentative |
| gen. | genitive |
| impf. | imperfective aspect |
| impv. | imperative |
| inch. | inchoative |
| inf. | infinitive |
| instr. | instrumental |
| interj. | interjection |
| interrog. | interrogative |
| intr. | intransitive |
| k-conjug. | K conjugation |
| m./masc. | masculine gender |
| man. | (adverb of) manner |
| mid. | middle voice |
| n. | noun |
| narr. | narrative |
| nom. | nominative case |
| num. | numeral |
| orien. | orienter |
| pass. | passive voice |
| perf. | perfective aspect |
| pl. | plural |
| place | place gender |
| place | (adverb of) place |
| poss. | possessive |
| pred. | predicate |
| prep. | preposition |
| prog. | progressive |
| pron. | pronoun |
| prt. | particle |
| recp. | reciprocal |
| refl. | reflexive |
| rel. | relative |
| sg. | singular |
| stat. | stative |
| subj. | subjunctive |
| subord. | subordinating (conjunction) |
| suppl. | suppletion |
| time | (adverb of) time |
| trans. | transitive |
| v. | verb |
| vent. | ventive motion |
| voc. | vocative |
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Abbreviations
adj.
conj.
esp.
interj.
Lit:
n.
Pl:
Sg:
sp.
Syn:
Var:
adjective
conjunction
especially
interjection
literally
noun
plural
singular
species
synonym
variant
adv.
dem.
Euph.
interrog.
loc.
num.
pro.
s.b.
s.t.
v.
adverb
demonstrative
euphemism
interrogative
locative
number
pronoun
somebody
something
verb
Note: In the English definitions all references to he, him, his etc. should also be taken to refer to she, her, hers etc.[:]
