задумчивый

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Russian

Etymology

заду́мать (zadúmatʹ) +‎ -чивый (-čivyj)

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Adjective

заду́мчивый (zadúmčivyj)

  1. pensive, thoughtful (having the appearance of thinking)
    • 1862, Иван Тургенев [Ivan Turgenev], “Глава 25”, in Отцы и дети; English translation from Richard Hare, transl., Fathers and Sons, 1947:
      — Я не люблю́ Ге́йне, — заговори́ла Ка́тя, ука́зывая глаза́ми на кни́гу, кото́рую Арка́дий держа́л в рука́х, — ни когда́ он смеётся, ни когда́ он пла́чет; я его́ люблю́, когда́ он заду́мчив и грусти́т.
      — Ja ne ljubljú Géjne, — zagovoríla Kátja, ukázyvaja glazámi na knígu, kotóruju Arkádij deržál v rukáx, — ni kogdá on smejótsja, ni kogdá on pláčet; ja jevó ljubljú, kogdá on zadúmčiv i grustít.
      "I don't care for Heine," said Katya, glancing at the book which Arkady held in his hands, "either when he laughs or when he weeps. I like him when he is thoughtful and sad."

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