бурмицкое зерно

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Noun

бурми́цкое зерно́ (burmíckoje zernón inan (genitive бурми́цкого зерна́, nominative plural бурми́цкие зёрна, genitive plural бурми́цких зёрен)

  1. (obsolete) big pearl
    • 1847, Фёдор Достоевский [Fyodor Dostoevsky], “Часть вторая. I”, in Хозяйка; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Landlady, 1914:
      Ви́жу, идёт к себе́ за па́зуху, вынима́ет коробо́к кра́сный, сафья́нный, задви́жку отво́дит; смотрю́: бурми́цкие зёрна — мне на покло́н.
      Vížu, idjót k sebé za pázuxu, vynimájet korobók krásnyj, safʹjánnyj, zadvížku otvódit; smotrjú: burmíckije zjórna — mne na poklón.
      I see him take off his cap and bow to me, I see him feel in his bosom, take out a red morocco box, open the catch. I look in—big pearls, an offering to me.

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