единственный

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Russian

Etymology

еди́нство (jedínstvo) +‎ -енный (-ennyj)

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еди́нственный (jedínstvennyj)

  1. sole, only, unique
    • 1887, Антон Чехов , Беда, Санкт-Петербург: Петербургская газета; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., In Trouble, 1921:
      В деся́том часу́ он побежа́л в упра́ву к секретарю́, кото́рый был еди́нственным образо́ванным челове́ком во всей упра́ве.
      V desjátom časú on pobežál v uprávu k sekretarjú, kotóryj byl jedínstvennym obrazóvannym čelovékom vo vsej upráve.
      Between nine and ten o'clock he hurried to the town hall to see the secretary, who was the only educated man in the town council.
  2. (figurative) unique, exceptional, unparalleled
  3. (grammar) singular

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