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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "akéfalos",
"sense": "without a head",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ακέφαλος"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "aképhalos",
"sense": "without a head",
"word": "ἀκέφαλος"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "without a head",
"word": "senkapa"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "without a head",
"word": "begalvis"
},
{
"code": "enm",
"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "without a head",
"word": "heedles"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "without a head",
"word": "bezgłowy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "without a head",
"word": "acéfalo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bezgolóvyj",
"sense": "without a head",
"word": "безголо́вый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obezglávlennyj",
"sense": "without a head",
"word": "обезгла́вленный"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "without a head",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "безглав"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "without a head",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "bezglav"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "without a head",
"word": "başsız"
}
],
"word": "headless"
}
{
"called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": decapitated vs. obezglávlennyj",
"path": [
"headless"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "adjective",
"title": "headless",
"trace": ""
}
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