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"word": "διαβόλισσα"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ǵavólica",
"sense": "bad-tempered woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ѓаво́лица"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ǵávolka",
"sense": "bad-tempered woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ѓа́волка"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "bad-tempered woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "jędza"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "bad-tempered woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sekutnica"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "bad-tempered woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "złośnica"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "bad-tempered woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "diablica"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dʹjavolíca",
"sense": "bad-tempered woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "дьяволи́ца"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "čertóvka",
"sense": "bad-tempered woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "черто́вка"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "besóvka",
"sense": "bad-tempered woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "бесо́вка"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dyjavolýcja",
"sense": "bad-tempered woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "дияволи́ця"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "dyjávolka",
"sense": "bad-tempered woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "дия́волка"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "čortýxa",
"sense": "bad-tempered woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "чорти́ха"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "čortýcja",
"sense": "bad-tempered woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "чорти́ця"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bisýxa",
"sense": "bad-tempered woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "біси́ха"
}
],
"word": "she-devil"
}
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