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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌsɒftˈsaɪn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌsɔftˈsaɪn/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-soft sign.wav Forms: soft signs [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪn Etymology: Calque of Russian мя́гкий знак (mjáxkij znak), from мя́гкий (mjáxkij, “palatal, palatized, soft”) + знак (znak, “mark, sign”). Etymology templates: {{calque|en|ru|мя́гкий знак}} Calque of Russian мя́гкий знак (mjáxkij znak) Head templates: {{en-noun}} soft sign (plural soft signs)
  1. The Cyrillic letter Ь/ь (transliterated in English with an apostrophe (’) or prime (′)), which in modern languages using the Cyrillic alphabet serves to denote a soft (palatized) consonant. Categories (topical): Cyrillic letter names Synonyms: front jer, front yer Hypernyms: jer, yer Translations (Cyrillic letter Ь/ь): мя́ккі знак (mjákki znak) [masculine] (Belarusian), ер ма́лък (er málǎk) [masculine] (Bulgarian), мня́гкый знак (mnjáhkŷj znak) [masculine] (Carpathian Rusyn), ірь (irʹ) [masculine] (Carpathian Rusyn), 軟音符號 (Chinese Mandarin), 软音符号 (ruǎn yīn fúhào) (Chinese Mandarin), ѥрь (jerĭ) [Cyrillic, masculine] (Church Slavic), ҫемҫелӗх палли (śemś̬elĕh palli) (Chuvash), měkký znak [masculine] (Czech), zacht teken [neuter] (Dutch), пушкыдемдыше пале (puškydemdyše paĺe) (Eastern Mari), пушкыдо пале (puškydo paĺe) (Eastern Mari), mola signo (Esperanto), pehmendusmärk (Estonian), pehmeä merkki (Finnish), pehmennysmerkki (Finnish), signe mou [masculine] (French), weiches Zeichen [neuter] (German), Weichheitszeichen [neuter] (German), μαλακό σημείο (malakó simeío) [neuter] (Greek), «μιάχκιι ζνακ» (alt: «miáchkii znak») [masculine] (Greek), segno tenue [masculine] (Italian), жіңішкелік белгі (jıñışkelık belgı) (Kazakh), ичкертүү белгиси (ickertüü belgisi) (Kyrgyz), жумшартуу белгиси (jumşartuu belgisi) (Kyrgyz), мек знак (mek znak) [masculine] (Macedonian), мал ер (mal er) [masculine] (Macedonian), зөөлний тэмдэг (zöölnii temdeg) (Mongolian), bløtt tegn [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), miękki znak [masculine] (Polish), sinal suave [masculine] (Portuguese), semn moale [neuter] (Romanian), мя́гкий знак (mjáxkij znak) [masculine] (Russian), ерь (jerʹ) [archaic, masculine] (Russian), meki znak [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), jer (Serbo-Croatian), mäkký znak [masculine] (Slovak), mehki znak [masculine] (Slovene), јымжак темдек (ǰïmžak temdek) (Southern Altai), signo suave [masculine] (Spanish), signo blando [masculine] (Spanish), mjuktecken [neuter] (Swedish), нечкәлек билгесе (neçkälek bilgese) (Tatar), inceltme işareti (Turkish), чымчак демдек (çımçak demdek) (Tuvan), небыт пус (ńebyt pus) (Udmurt), м'яки́й знак (mʺjakýj znak) [masculine] (Ukrainian), є́рик (jéryk) [archaic, masculine] (Ukrainian), сымнатыы бэлиэтэ (sımnatıı beliete) (Yakut)
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Inflected forms

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          "roman": "mjákki znak",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
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          "roman": "er málǎk",
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          "roman": "mnjáhkŷj znak",
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          "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
          "word": "軟音符號"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "ruǎn yīn fúhào",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
          "word": "软音符号"
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          "code": "cv",
          "lang": "Chuvash",
          "roman": "śemś̬elĕh palli",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
          "word": "ҫемҫелӗх палли"
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          "word": "měkký znak"
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          "word": "zacht teken"
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
          "word": "mola signo"
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
          "word": "pehmendusmärk"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
          "word": "pehmeä merkki"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
          "word": "pehmennysmerkki"
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        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
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          "word": "signe mou"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
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            "neuter"
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          "word": "weiches Zeichen"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "Weichheitszeichen"
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        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "malakó simeío",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "μαλακό σημείο"
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        {
          "alt": "«miáchkii znak»",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "«μιάχκιι ζνακ»"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "segno tenue"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "jıñışkelık belgı",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
          "word": "жіңішкелік белгі"
        },
        {
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "ickertüü belgisi",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
          "word": "ичкертүү белгиси"
        },
        {
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "jumşartuu belgisi",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
          "word": "жумшартуу белгиси"
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        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "mek znak",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "мек знак"
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        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "mal er",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "мал ер"
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          "code": "mhr",
          "lang": "Eastern Mari",
          "roman": "puškydemdyše paĺe",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
          "word": "пушкыдемдыше пале"
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        {
          "code": "mhr",
          "lang": "Eastern Mari",
          "roman": "puškydo paĺe",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
          "word": "пушкыдо пале"
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          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "zöölnii temdeg",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
          "word": "зөөлний тэмдэг"
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
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            "neuter"
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          "word": "bløtt tegn"
        },
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          "code": "cu",
          "lang": "Church Slavic",
          "roman": "jerĭ",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
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          "word": "ѥрь"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "miękki znak"
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        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "sinal suave"
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        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
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            "neuter"
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          "word": "semn moale"
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          "roman": "mjáxkij znak",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "мя́гкий знак"
        },
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "jerʹ",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
          "tags": [
            "archaic",
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          "word": "ерь"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
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          "word": "meki znak"
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          "word": "jer"
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          "code": "sk",
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          "word": "mäkký znak"
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          "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "mehki znak"
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          "code": "alt",
          "lang": "Southern Altai",
          "roman": "ǰïmžak temdek",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
          "word": "јымжак темдек"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "signo suave"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "signo blando"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "mjuktecken"
        },
        {
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "neçkälek bilgese",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
          "word": "нечкәлек билгесе"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
          "word": "inceltme işareti"
        },
        {
          "code": "tyv",
          "lang": "Tuvan",
          "roman": "çımçak demdek",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
          "word": "чымчак демдек"
        },
        {
          "code": "udm",
          "lang": "Udmurt",
          "roman": "ńebyt pus",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
          "word": "небыт пус"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "mʺjakýj znak",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "м'яки́й знак"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "jéryk",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
          "tags": [
            "archaic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "є́рик"
        },
        {
          "code": "sah",
          "lang": "Yakut",
          "roman": "sımnatıı beliete",
          "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
          "word": "сымнатыы бэлиэтэ"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˌsɒftˈsaɪn/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌsɔftˈsaɪn/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "soft sign"
}
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "Calque of Russian мя́гкий знак (mjáxkij znak), from мя́гкий (mjáxkij, “palatal, palatized, soft”) + знак (znak, “mark, sign”).",
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      "tags": [
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        "Rhymes:English/aɪn",
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        "Terms with Belarusian translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Carpathian Rusyn translations",
        "Terms with Chuvash translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Eastern Mari translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Estonian translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Kazakh translations",
        "Terms with Kyrgyz translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Mongolian translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
        "Terms with Old Church Slavonic translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Slovak translations",
        "Terms with Slovene translations",
        "Terms with Southern Altai translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Tatar translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Tuvan translations",
        "Terms with Udmurt translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "Terms with Yakut translations",
        "Translingual terms with redundant script codes",
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        "The Cyrillic letter Ь/ь (transliterated in English with an apostrophe (’) or prime (′)), which in modern languages using the Cyrillic alphabet serves to denote a soft (palatized) consonant."
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        {
          "word": "front jer"
        },
        {
          "word": "front yer"
        }
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      "ipa": "/ˌsɒftˈsaɪn/",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌsɔftˈsaɪn/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪn"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "mjákki znak",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мя́ккі знак"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "er málǎk",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ер ма́лък"
    },
    {
      "code": "rue",
      "lang": "Carpathian Rusyn",
      "roman": "mnjáhkŷj znak",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мня́гкый знак"
    },
    {
      "code": "rue",
      "lang": "Carpathian Rusyn",
      "roman": "irʹ",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ірь"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "word": "軟音符號"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ruǎn yīn fúhào",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "word": "软音符号"
    },
    {
      "code": "cv",
      "lang": "Chuvash",
      "roman": "śemś̬elĕh palli",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "word": "ҫемҫелӗх палли"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "měkký znak"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zacht teken"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "word": "mola signo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "word": "pehmendusmärk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "word": "pehmeä merkki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "word": "pehmennysmerkki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "signe mou"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "weiches Zeichen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Weichheitszeichen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "malakó simeío",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "μαλακό σημείο"
    },
    {
      "alt": "«miáchkii znak»",
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "«μιάχκιι ζνακ»"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "segno tenue"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "jıñışkelık belgı",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "word": "жіңішкелік белгі"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "ickertüü belgisi",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "word": "ичкертүү белгиси"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "jumşartuu belgisi",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "word": "жумшартуу белгиси"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "mek znak",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мек знак"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "mal er",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мал ер"
    },
    {
      "code": "mhr",
      "lang": "Eastern Mari",
      "roman": "puškydemdyše paĺe",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "word": "пушкыдемдыше пале"
    },
    {
      "code": "mhr",
      "lang": "Eastern Mari",
      "roman": "puškydo paĺe",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "word": "пушкыдо пале"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "zöölnii temdeg",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "word": "зөөлний тэмдэг"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bløtt tegn"
    },
    {
      "code": "cu",
      "lang": "Church Slavic",
      "roman": "jerĭ",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ѥрь"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "miękki znak"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sinal suave"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "semn moale"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mjáxkij znak",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мя́гкий знак"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "jerʹ",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ерь"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "meki znak"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "word": "jer"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mäkký znak"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mehki znak"
    },
    {
      "code": "alt",
      "lang": "Southern Altai",
      "roman": "ǰïmžak temdek",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "word": "јымжак темдек"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "signo suave"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "signo blando"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "mjuktecken"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "neçkälek bilgese",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "word": "нечкәлек билгесе"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "word": "inceltme işareti"
    },
    {
      "code": "tyv",
      "lang": "Tuvan",
      "roman": "çımçak demdek",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "word": "чымчак демдек"
    },
    {
      "code": "udm",
      "lang": "Udmurt",
      "roman": "ńebyt pus",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "word": "небыт пус"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mʺjakýj znak",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "м'яки́й знак"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "jéryk",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "є́рик"
    },
    {
      "code": "sah",
      "lang": "Yakut",
      "roman": "sımnatıı beliete",
      "sense": "Cyrillic letter Ь/ь",
      "word": "сымнатыы бэлиэтэ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "soft sign"
}

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