гнилой

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gňilъ.

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Adjective

гнило́й (gnilój) (comparative (по)гниле́е or (по)гниле́й, superlative гниле́йший)

  1. rotten, putrid
    • 1846, Фёдор Достоевский , “Апреля 12.”, in Бедные люди; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Poor People, 1914:
      Я уже́ опи́сывал вам расположе́ние ко́мнат; оно́, не́чего сказа́ть, удо́бно, э́то пра́вда, но ка́к-то в них ду́шно, то́ есть не то что́бы оно́ па́хло ду́рно, а так, е́сли мо́жно вы́разиться, немно́го гнило́й, о́стро-услащённый за́пах како́й-то.
      Ja užé opísyval vam raspoložénije kómnat; onó, néčevo skazátʹ, udóbno, éto právda, no kák-to v nix dúšno, tó jestʹ ne to štóby onó páxlo dúrno, a tak, jésli móžno výrazitʹsja, nemnógo gnilój, óstro-uslaščónnyj zápax kakój-to.
      I have already described the arrangement of the rooms; it is convenient, there is no denying; that is true, but it is rather stuffy in them. I don't mean that there is a bad smell, but, if I may so express it, a rather decaying, acrid, sweetish smell.
  2. (figurative) damp (of the weather or climate)
  3. (colloquial, figurative) weak, infirm

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