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Russian
Pronunciation
Adjective
бранчи́вый • (brančívyj)
- fractious
- Synonym: бранчли́вый (brančlívyj)
1880, Салтыков-Щедрин , “По-родственному”, in Господа Головлёвы; English translation from I. P. Foote, transl., The Golovlevs, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986:Из бесконтро́льной и бранчи́вой облада́тельницы головлёвских име́ний Ари́на Петро́вна сде́лалась скро́мною прижива́лкой в до́ме мла́дшего сы́на, прижива́лкой пра́здною и не име́ющею никако́го го́лоса в хозя́йственных распоряже́ниях.- Iz beskontrólʹnoj i brančívoj obladátelʹnicy golovljóvskix iménij Arína Petróvna sdélalasʹ skrómnoju priživálkoj v dóme mládševo sýna, priživálkoj prázdnoju i ne iméjuščeju nikakóvo gólosa v xozjájstvennyx rasporjažénijax.
- After being the absolute and fractious mistress of the Golovlev estates, Arina Petrovna is now a humble dependant in the household of her youngest son, a dependant with nothing to do and with no voice in the domestic management.
Declension
Declension of бранчи́вый (short class a)