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"word": "fazedora"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ispolnítelʹ",
"sense": "someone who does",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "исполни́тель"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ispolnítelʹnica",
"sense": "someone who does",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "исполни́тельница"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "déjatelʹ",
"sense": "someone who does",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "де́ятель"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "déjatelʹnica",
"sense": "someone who does",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "де́ятельница"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "someone who does",
"word": "yāmätstse"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "someone who does",
"word": "eden"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "someone who does",
"word": "fail"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "someone who does",
"word": "yapan"
},
{
"code": "udi",
"lang": "Udi",
"roman": "bal",
"sense": "someone who does",
"word": "бал"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vykonávecʹ",
"sense": "someone who does",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "викона́вець"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vykonávycja",
"sense": "someone who does",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "викона́виця"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dijáč",
"sense": "someone who does",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дія́ч"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dijáčka",
"sense": "someone who does",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "дія́чка"
}
],
"word": "doer"
}
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