аметистовый

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Russian

Etymology

амети́ст (ametíst) +‎ -овый (-ovyj)

Pronunciation

Adjective

амети́стовый (ametístovyj)

  1. (relational) amethyst
    • 1880, Фёдор Достоевский [Fyodor Dostoevsky], “Книга девятая. III”, in Братья Карамазовы; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Brothers Karamazov, 1912:
      Ми́те же вдруг, он по́мнил э́то, ужа́сно любопы́тны ста́ли его́ больши́е пе́рстни, оди́н амети́стовый, а друго́й како́й-то я́рко-жёлтый, прозра́чный и тако́го прекра́сного бле́ска.
      Míte že vdrug, on pómnil éto, užásno ljubopýtny stáli jevó bolʹšíje pérstni, odín ametístovyj, a drugój kakój-to járko-žóltyj, prozráčnyj i takóvo prekrásnovo bléska.
      Mitya (he remembered it afterwards) became suddenly intensely interested in his big rings, one with an amethyst, and another with a transparent bright yellow stone, of great brilliance.
  2. amethyst (having a colour similar to that of the gemstone)

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