барышня

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ба́рышня (báryšnjaf anim (genitive ба́рышни, nominative plural ба́рышни, genitive plural ба́рышень)

  1. (dated) young lady, miss
    • 1881, Николай Лесков, “Глава четырнадцатая”, in Дух госпожи Жанлис; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., The Spirit of Madame de Genlis, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:
      Чу́вства, с кото́рыми мы расходи́лись, бы́ли томи́тельны, но не де́лали че́сти на́шим сердца́м, и́бо, содержа́ на ли́цах уси́ленную серьё́зность, мы едва́ могли́ храни́ть разрыва́вший нас смех, и не в ме́ру стара́тельно наклоня́лись, оты́скивая свои́ кало́ши, что бы́ло необходи́мо, так как прислу́га то́же разбежа́лась, по слу́чаю трево́ги, по́днятой внеза́пной боле́знью ба́рышни.
      Čúvstva, s kotórymi my rasxodílisʹ, býli tomítelʹny, no ne délali čésti nášim serdcám, íbo, soderžá na lícax usílennuju serʹjóznostʹ, my jedvá moglí xranítʹ razryvávšij nas smex, i ne v méru starátelʹno naklonjálisʹ, otýskivaja svoí kalóši, što býlo neobxodímo, tak kak prislúga tóže razbežálasʹ, po slúčaju trevógi, pódnjatoj vnezápnoj boléznʹju báryšni.
      The feelings with which we left were painful, but did no credit to our hearts, for, while keeping our faces strenuously serious, we could barely refrain from bursting into laughter, and bent down with exaggerated care to look for our galoshes, which was necessary because the servants had also scattered on occasion of the alarm caused by the young lady’s sudden illness.

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