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Russian
Etymology
дворе́ц (dvoréc) + -цкий (-ckij)
Pronunciation
Noun
дворе́цкий • (dvoréckij) m anim (genitive дворе́цкого, nominative plural дворе́цкие, genitive plural дворе́цких)
- butler
1862, Иван Тургенев, “Глава 16”, in Отцы и дети; English translation from Richard Hare, transl., Fathers and Sons, 1947:Прия́телей на́ших встре́тили в пере́дней два ро́слых лаке́я в ливре́е; оди́н из них то́тчас побежа́л за дворе́цким.- Prijátelej nášix vstrétili v perédnej dva róslyx lakéja v livréje; odín iz nix tótčas pobežál za dvoréckim.
- Our friends were met in the hall by two tall footmen in livery; one of them ran at once to fetch the butler.
Declension