занавеска

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Russian

Etymology

за́навес (zánaves) +‎ -ка (-ka)

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Noun

занаве́ска (zanavéskaf inan (genitive занаве́ски, nominative plural занаве́ски, genitive plural занаве́сок)

  1. curtain (piece of cloth acting as a barrier)
    душева́я занаве́скаduševája zanavéskashower curtain
    • 2010, Владимир Сорокин , Метель, Москва: Corpus (АСТ); English translation from Jamey Gambrell, transl., The Blizzard, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015:
      – Он, чай, в но́вой ха́те, – отозвала́сь и́з-за занаве́ски жена́ смотри́теля.
      – On, čaj, v nóvoj xáte, – otozvalásʹ íz-za zanavéski žená smotrítelja.
      “He’s like to be in the new cottage,” the stationmaster’s wife called out from somewhere behind the curtain.

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Descendants

  • Armenian: զանավեսկա (zanaveska)
  • Ingrian: zanaveska
  • Votic: zanaveskõ