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Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
графи́н • (grafín) m inan (genitive графи́на, nominative plural графи́ны, genitive plural графи́нов, diminutive графи́нчик)
- decanter, carafe; water-bottle
1880, Салтыков-Щедрин [Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin], “По-родственному”, in Господа Головлёвы; English translation from I. P. Foote, transl., The Golovlevs, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986:Же́нщина, в чёрном пла́тье и в чёрном платке́, прино́сит подно́с, на кото́ром стоя́т графи́н с во́дкой и две таре́лки с колбасо́й и икро́й.- Žénščina, v čórnom plátʹje i v čórnom platké, prinósit podnós, na kotórom stoját grafín s vódkoj i dve tarélki s kolbasój i ikrój.
- A woman in a black dress and black kerchief brings in a tray with a decanter of vodka and two plates, one of sausage and one of caviare.
1905, Фёдор Сологуб [Fyodor Sologub], chapter V, in Мелкий бес; English translation from John Cournos and Richard Aldington, transl., The Little Demon, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1916:Варва́ра метну́лась и́з-за стола́, винова́то ухмыля́ясь, и бы́стро принесла́ во́дку в большо́м, гру́бо гранённом графи́не.- Varvára metnúlasʹ íz-za stolá, vinováto uxmyljájasʹ, i býstro prineslá vódku v bolʹšóm, grúbo granjónnom grafíne.
- Varvara quickly left the table, smiling guiltily, and brought the vodka in a decanter of rudely cut glass.
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