What's the format of the OpenOffice dictionaries?

Question

Does anyone know what the format of the OpenOffice dictionary files are? As far as I can see there is one word per line, and some flags that presumably tells me something about the word.

Here's a couple of lines from the english dictionary as an example:

absoluteness/S
absorbency/SM
abstract/ShTVDPiGY
absurdness/S

And from the Norwegian dictionary, which is what I'll use:

flatorm/AEG
flatpresse/W
flatseng/ACEG
flatside/ACDEFGHJ
flatskjerm/A

What does for instance "/AEG" and "/S" mean? I assume each letter/flag has a certain meaning, so that tha A in "/AEG" means the same as the A in "/ACDEFGHJ".

I have googled all over the place, but I can't find any information.

Answer 1

OO uses the hunspell engine for spell-checking. The stuff after the "/" is linked to data in the corresponding affix file.