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Russian
Etymology
дву- (dvu-) + глава́ (glavá) + -ый (-yj)
Pronunciation
Adjective
двугла́вый • (dvuglávyj)
- two-headed, double-headed
- двугла́вый орёл ― dvuglávyj orjól ― double-headed eagle
1842, Николай Гоголь, “Том I, Глава 1”, in Мёртвые души; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Dead Souls, London: Chatto & Windus, 1922:Чаще же всего заметно было потемневших двуглавых государственных орлов, которые теперь уже заменены лаконическою надписью: «Питейный дом».- Čašče že vsevo zametno bylo potemnevšix dvuglavyx gosudarstvennyx orlov, kotoryje teperʹ uže zameneny lakoničeskoju nadpisʹju: «Pitejnyj dom».
- But the sign most frequently to be discerned was the insignia of the State, the double-headed eagle (now replaced, in this connection, with the laconic inscription "Dramshop").
Declension
Declension of двугла́вый (unknown short forms)