белокурый

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Russian

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Adjective

белоку́рый (belokúryj) (abstract noun белоку́рость)

  1. blond, fair-haired
    • 1868, Иван Тургенев [Ivan Turgenev], chapter II, in Несчастная; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., An Unhappy Girl, 1899:
      Одна́жды в кофе́йной мне пришло́сь быть свиде́телем продолжи́тельной ша́хматной бата́лии ме́жду двумя́ игрока́ми, из кото́рых оди́н, белоку́рый молодо́й челове́к лет двадцати́ пяти́, мне показа́лся си́льным.
      Odnáždy v koféjnoj mne prišlósʹ bytʹ svidételem prodolžítelʹnoj šáxmatnoj batálii méždu dvumjá igrokámi, iz kotóryx odín, belokúryj molodój čelovék let dvadcatí pjatí, mne pokazálsja sílʹnym.
      One day in a café, I was the spectator of a prolonged contest at chess, between two players, of whom one, a fair-haired young man of about five-and-twenty, struck me as playing well.

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References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “белокурый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress