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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", 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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": 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"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": "mn", "lang": "Mongolian", "roman": "zöölnii 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"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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