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"feminine"
],
"word": "полигѝнија"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "plurality of wives at the same time",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"neuter"
],
"word": "mnogožénstvo"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "plurality of wives at the same time",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"neuter"
],
"word": "višeženstvo"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "plurality of wives at the same time",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "poligìnija"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "plurality of wives at the same time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "poliginia"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "plurality of wives at the same time",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "månggifte"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "bahubhāryātvamu",
"sense": "plurality of wives at the same time",
"word": "బహుభార్యాత్వము"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bahatožénstvo",
"sense": "plurality of wives at the same time",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "багатоже́нство"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "plurality of wives at the same time",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "amlwreiciaeth"
}
],
"word": "polygyny"
}
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