глинистый

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Russian

Etymology

гли́на (glína) +‎ -истый (-istyj)

Pronunciation

Adjective

гли́нистый (glínistyj)

  1. (relational, especially geology) clay
    гли́нистая по́чваglínistaja póčvaclay soil
  2. clayey
  3. clay-colored
    • 1887, Николай Лесков , “Глава вторая”, in Грабёж; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., A Robbery, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:
      У протодья́кона же гусь был гли́нистый, и когда́ дра́лся — стра́шно гогота́л и шипе́л.
      U protodʹjákona že gusʹ byl glínistyj, i kogdá drálsja — strášno gogotál i šipél.
      The archdeacon’s goose was clay-colored and gabbled and hissed terribly when he fought.

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