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f

See also: բ and Appendix:Variations of "f"

f U+0066, f
LATIN SMALL LETTER F
← e
[U+0065] 		Basic Latin g →
[U+0067]
Character variations
ｆ U+FF46, ｆ
FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER F
← ｅ
[U+FF45] 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ｇ →
[U+FF47]
𝆑 U+1D191, 𝆑
MUSICAL SYMBOL FORTE
← 𝆐
[U+1D190] 		Musical Symbols 𝆒 →
[U+1D192]

TranslingualEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

  Modification of upper case Latin letter F, from Greek Ϝ (W, “Digamma”), from Phœnician 𐤅‎ (W, “waw”), the ultimate source being probably Egyptian.

LetterEdit

f (upper case F)

  1. The sixth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

See alsoEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(file)

SymbolEdit

 
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f

  1. (music) forte
  2. (IPA) voiceless labiodental fricative
  3. (physics) frequency
  4. (optics) focal length
  5. (linguistics) feminine gender

GalleryEdit

  • Letter styles
  •  

    Uppercase and lowercase versions of F, in normal and italic type

  •  

    Uppercase and lowercase F in Fraktur

See alsoEdit

Other representations of F:

EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

 
Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚠ, which was replaced by Latin ‘f’

Old English lower case letter f, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case f of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚠ (f, “fe”).

PronunciationEdit

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ɛf/
Audio (US)(file)
Audio (UK)(file)
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /f/
  • (letter name): Rhymes: -ɛf
  • See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 178, 179, 188, 198, 230 in the 1913 Webster dictionary

LetterEdit

f (lower case, upper case F, plural fs or f's)

  1. The sixth letter of the English alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.
Usage notesEdit

eff as a verb.

Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit

NumberEdit

f (lower case, upper case F)

  1. The ordinal number sixth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Abbreviations.

f

  1. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of for.
  2. (stenoscript) prefix for-.
  3. (stenoscript) suffix/sequence for(e).

SymbolEdit

f

  1. (music) The name of the fourth tone of the model scale, or scale of C. F sharp (F♯) is a tone intermediate between F and G.
Derived termsEdit

NounEdit

f

  1. (printing, abbreviation) Folio, paper and book size (10"-12.5" x 15"-20")
    Synonyms: F, fo
  2. (euphemistic) fuck
    What the f do you think you're doing?
  3. Alternative form of f.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
feminine — See also translations at feminine
See alsoEdit

AzerbaijaniEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

f lower case (upper case F)

  1. The eighth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, called fe and written in the Latin script.

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BasqueEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

f (lower case, upper case F)

  1. The sixth letter of the Basque alphabet, called efe and written in the Latin script.

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

f (lower case, upper case F)

  1. The sixth letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

  • Previous letter: e
  • Next letter: g

EsperantoEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

f (lower case, upper case F)

  1. The seventh letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called fo and written in the Latin script.

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EstonianEdit

 
Estonian Wikipedia has an article on:
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PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

f (lower case, upper case F)

  1. The sixth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called eff and written in the Latin script.

Usage notesEdit

  • Used only in loanwords.

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FaroeseEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

f (upper case F)

  1. The seventh letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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FinnishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈæf/, [ˈæf] (name of letter)
  • IPA(key): /ˈef/, [ˈe̞f] (name of letter)
  • Audio:(file)

LetterEdit

f (lower case, upper case F)

  1. The sixth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called äf or ef and written in the Latin script.
Usage notesEdit
  • Used only in loanwords.
See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

f

  1. (music) F (note)
Usage notesEdit

Capitalized for the great octave or any octave below that, or in names of major keys; not capitalized for the small octave or any octave above that, or in names of minor keys.

DeclensionEdit
Declension of f (type koira)
singular plural
nominative f f:t
genitive f:n f:ien
partitive f:ää f:iä
accusative f
f:n 		f:t
inessive f:ssä f:issä
elative f:stä f:istä
illative f:ään f:iin
adessive f:llä f:illä
ablative f:ltä f:iltä
allative f:lle f:ille
essive f:nä f:inä
translative f:ksi f:iksi
instructive – f:in
abessive f:ttä f:ittä
comitative – f:ineen

FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

f (lower case, upper case F)

  1. The sixth letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.

FulaEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

f (lower case, upper case F)

  1. A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notesEdit

See alsoEdit

GothicEdit

RomanizationEdit

f

  1. Romanization of 𐍆

HungarianEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

f (lower case, upper case F)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called eff and written in the Latin script.

DeclensionEdit

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative f f-ek
accusative f-et f-eket
dative f-nek f-eknek
instrumental f-fel f-ekkel
causal-final f-ért f-ekért
translative f-fé f-ekké
terminative f-ig f-ekig
essive-formal f-ként f-ekként
essive-modal — —
inessive f-ben f-ekben
superessive f-en f-eken
adessive f-nél f-eknél
illative f-be f-ekbe
sublative f-re f-ekre
allative f-hez f-ekhez
elative f-ből f-ekből
delative f-ről f-ekről
ablative f-től f-ektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		f-é f-eké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		f-éi f-ekéi
Possessive forms of f
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. f-em f-jeim
2nd person sing. f-ed f-jeid
3rd person sing. f-je f-jei
1st person plural f-ünk f-jeink
2nd person plural f-etek f-jeitek
3rd person plural f-jük f-jeik

Derived termsEdit

See alsoEdit

Further readingEdit

  • (speech sound, letter, abbreviation): f in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • (musical sound, its symbol, or its key or chord position): f in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • (interjection expressing pain): f in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • f in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)

IcelandicEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (letter name) IPA(key): /ɛfː/

LetterEdit

f (upper case F)

  1. The eighth letter of the Icelandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

IdoEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (context pronunciation) IPA(key): /f/
  • (letter name) IPA(key): /fe/

LetterEdit

f (upper case F)

  1. The sixth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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IndonesianEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

f (lower case, upper case F)

  1. The sixth letter of the Indonesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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ItalianEdit

LetterEdit

f f or m (invariable, lower case, upper case F)

  1. The sixth letter of the Italian alphabet, called effe and written in the Latin script.

LatvianEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

PronunciationEdit

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LetterEdit

 
F

f (lower case, upper case F)

  1. The ninth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.

Usage notesEdit

The letter F/f (like H/h, and O/o representing [o], [oː] instead of [uə̯]) is found only in words of foreign origin (borrowings).

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LivonianEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

f (upper case F)

  1. The tenth letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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MalayEdit

LetterEdit

f (lower case, upper case F)

  1. The sixth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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MalteseEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /f/
  • IPA(key): /v/ (per assimilation to a following voiced obstruent)

LetterEdit

f (lower case, upper case F)

  1. The sixth letter of the Maltese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

LetterEdit

f (upercase F)

  1. The sixth letter of the Norwegian Bokmål alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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NupeEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

f (lower case, upper case F)

  1. The seventh letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

f (upper case F, lower case)

  1. The ninth letter of the Polish alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

Further readingEdit

  • f in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • f in Polish dictionaries at PWN

PortugueseEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

f (lower case, upper case F)

  1. The sixth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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RomaniEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

f (lower case, upper case F)

  1. (International Standard) The eighth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  2. (Pan-Vlax) The ninth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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RomanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

f (lower case, upper case F)

  1. The eighth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called ef, fe, or fî and written in the Latin script.

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Serbo-CroatianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • (uppercase) F

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

f (Cyrillic spelling ф)

  1. The 10th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by e and followed by g.

PrepositionEdit

f (Cyrillic spelling ф)

  1. (Kajkavian) in, at (location) [+locative]
  2. (Kajkavian) to, into (direction) [+accusative]
  3. (Kajkavian) on, in, at, during (time) [+accusative]
  4. (Kajkavian) in, during (time) [+accusative]

SynonymsEdit

Skolt SamiEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

f (upper case F)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

SloveneEdit

 
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Etymology 1Edit

From Gaj's Latin alphabet f, from Czech alphabet f, which is a modification of upper case Latin letter F, from Greek Ancient Greek letter Ϝ (W, “digamma”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤅‎ (w, “waw”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓏲. Pronunciation as IPA(key): /fə/ is initial Slovene (phoneme plus a fill vowel) and the second pronunciation is probably taken from German f.

PronunciationEdit

  • Phoneme
Pronunciation of f

• (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA(key): /f/, [v], SNPT: /f/, [v]
• (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA(key): /f/, [v], SNPT: /f/, [v]

Note:different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.

  • Letter name
Pronunciation of f [fə̀, èf] (ə̏, ȅ)
• (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA(key): [ˈfə̂], [ˈɛ̂f], SNPT: [fə̏], [ȅf]
• (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA(key): [ˈfə], [ˈɛf], SNPT: [fə̀], [èf],
Audio:(file)
,
(file)

Note:different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.

Miscellaneous

• Rhymes: -ə, -ɛf (ə̀, èf) (non-tonal)
• Hyphenation: f
• Homophones: F, f (tonal and non-tonal)
• Homophones: F, f (non-tonal only)


• Alpine Slavic (1000–1200 AD): *fə̀
    • Carinthian dialect plane: *fə̏
    • Veneitian–Karst dialect plane: *fə̏
    • Soča–Idrija dialect plane: *fə̏
    • Upper Carniolan dialect plane: *fə̏
    • Lower Carniolan dialect plane: *fə̏
    • Southern Styrian dialect plane: *fə̏
    • Northern Styrian dialect plane: *fə̏
    • Pannonian dialect plane: *fə̏

LetterEdit

f (lower case, upper case F)

  1. The seventh letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  2. The tenth letter of the Resian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  3. The seventh letter of the Natisone Valley dialect alphabet, written in the Latin script.

SymbolEdit

f

  1. (SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sound [f].

NounEdit

f m inan

  1. The name of the Latin script letter F / f.
  2. (linguistics) The name of the phoneme /f/.
InflectionEdit
  • First pronunciation
First masculine declension (soft o-stem, inanimate), -j- infix
nom. sing. f
gen. sing. f-ja
singular dual plural
nominative
imenovȃlnik 		f f-ja f-ji
genitive
rodȋlnik 		f-ja f-jev f-jev
dative
dajȃlnik 		f-ju, f-ji f-jema f-jem
accusative
tožȋlnik 		f f-ja f-je
locative
mẹ̑stnik 		f-ju, f-ji f-jih f-jih
instrumental
orọ̑dnik 		f-jem f-jema f-ji
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) 		f f-ja f-ji
  • Second pronunciation
First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate)
nom. sing. f
gen. sing. f-a
singular dual plural
nominative
imenovȃlnik 		f f-a f-i
genitive
rodȋlnik 		f-a f-ov f-ov
dative
dajȃlnik 		f-u, f-i f-oma f-om
accusative
tožȋlnik 		f f-a f-e
locative
mẹ̑stnik 		f-u, f-i f-ih f-ih
instrumental
orọ̑dnik 		f-om f-oma f-i
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) 		f f-a f-i
  • More common when with a definite adjective
Third masculine declension (no endings)
nom. sing. f
gen. sing. f
singular dual plural
nominative
imenovȃlnik 		f f f
genitive
rodȋlnik 		f f f
dative
dajȃlnik 		f f f
accusative
tožȋlnik 		f f f
locative
mẹ̑stnik 		f f f
instrumental
orọ̑dnik 		f f f
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) 		f f f
  • First pronunciation, dialectal, in common written language used till 19th century
First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate), -j- infix
nom. sing. f
gen. sing. f-ja
singular dual plural
nominative
imenovȃlnik 		f f-ja f-ji
genitive
rodȋlnik 		f-ja f-jov f-jov
dative
dajȃlnik 		f-ju, f-ji f-joma f-jom
accusative
tožȋlnik 		f f-ja f-je
locative
mẹ̑stnik 		f-ju, f-ji f-jih f-jih
instrumental
orọ̑dnik 		f-jom f-joma f-ji
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) 		f f-ja f-ji

Etymology 2Edit

From f, an abbreviation for fuck, from Middle English *fukken, probably from Proto-Germanic *fukkōną, from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- (“to strike, punch, stab”).

PronunciationEdit

Pronunciation of f [èf] (ȅ)
• (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA(key): [ˈɛ̂f], SNPT: [ȅf]
• (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA(key): [ˈɛf], SNPT: [èf],
Audio:(file)

Note:different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.

Miscellaneous

• Rhymes: -ɛf (èf) (non-tonal)
• Hyphenation: f
• Homophones: F, f (tonal and non-tonal)
• Homophones: F, f (non-tonal only)


InterjectionEdit

f

  1. (slang, euphemistic, usually in phrase f you / f ju) fuck
    Synonyms: f*k, f**k, fak, fuck

NounEdit

f m inan

  1. (slang, euphemistic, usually in nominative case) fuck
    Ne vem kaj za f je narobe z mano.
    I don't know what the f is wrong with me.
    Synonyms: f*k, f**k, fak, fuck
InflectionEdit
Third masculine declension (no endings)
nom. sing. f
gen. sing. f
singular dual plural
nominative
imenovȃlnik 		f f f
genitive
rodȋlnik 		f f f
dative
dajȃlnik 		f f f
accusative
tožȋlnik 		f f f
locative
mẹ̑stnik 		f f f
instrumental
orọ̑dnik 		f f f
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) 		f f f
First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate)
nom. sing. f
gen. sing. f-a
singular dual plural
nominative
imenovȃlnik 		f f-a f-i
genitive
rodȋlnik 		f-a f-ev f-ev
dative
dajȃlnik 		f-u, f-i f-ema f-em
accusative
tožȋlnik 		f f-a f-e
locative
mẹ̑stnik 		f-u, f-i f-ih f-ih
instrumental
orọ̑dnik 		f-em f-ema f-i
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) 		f f-a f-i

Etymology 3Edit

A dialectal variant of v made by analogy to s/z in dialects where [w] turned into [v] and got its devoiced part, [f].

PronunciationEdit

  • Noramlly
Pronunciation of f

• (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA(key): [f], SNPT: [f]
• (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA(key): [f], SNPT: [f]

Note:different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.

  • Otside usual context
Pronunciation of f [fə̀] (ə̏)
• (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA(key): [ˈfə̂], SNPT: [fə̏]
• (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA(key): [ˈfə], SNPT: [fə̀],
Audio:(file)

Note:different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.

Miscellaneous

• Rhymes: -ə (ə̀) (non-tonal)
• Hyphenation: f
• Homophones: F, f (tonal and non-tonal)
• Homophones: F, f (non-tonal only)


• Alpine Slavic (1000–1200 AD): *və̀
    • Carinthian dialect plane: *və̏
    • Veneitian–Karst dialect plane: *və̏
    • Soča–Idrija dialect plane: *və̏
    • Upper Carniolan dialect plane: *və̏
    • Lower Carniolan dialect plane: *və̏
    • Southern Styrian dialect plane: *və̏
    • Northern Styrian dialect plane: *və̏
    • Pannonian dialect plane: *və̏

PrepositionEdit

f

  1. (dialectal, particularly eastern dialects, with accusative) into, in
    2020 July 24, “Dejo: Pa kdu je ta Branko?”, in Radio Odeon‎[1]:
    I ko ne vrjameš več v njega, on še skus vrjame f tebe.
    And when you don't believe in him anymore, he still believes in you.
  2. (dialectal, particularly eastern dialects, with locative) in, at
Usage notesEdit

This variant of preposition v is used only before words that start with a devoiced consonant and binds to the syllable of the following word or geminates [f] if the following word starts with it.

See alsoEdit

Further readingEdit

  • “f”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

f (lower case, upper case F)

  1. The sixth letter of the Spanish alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.

TurkishEdit

LetterEdit

f (lower case, upper case F)

  1. The seventh letter of the Turkish alphabet, called fe and written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

TurkmenEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

f (upper case F)

  1. The seventh letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called fe and written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

WelshEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

f (lower case, upper case F)

  1. The eighth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called èf and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by e and followed by ff.

See alsoEdit

Further readingEdit

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “f”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

YorubaEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

f (lower case, upper case F)

  1. The sixth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called fí and written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

ZuluEdit

LetterEdit

f (lower case, upper case F)

  1. The sixth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See alsoEdit

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