заунывный

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Adjective

зауны́вный (zaunývnyj)

  1. mournful
    • 1991, Виктор Пелевин [Victor Pelevin], “Level 4”, in Принц Госплана, Текст; English translation from Andrew Bromfield, transl., Prince of Gosplan, New York: New Directions, 1998:
      И тут же заигра́ла му́зыка — жа́лующаяся и зауны́вная, но то́лько снача́ла и то́лько для того́, что́бы осо́бенно прекра́сной показа́лась одна́ но́та в са́мом конце́.
      I tut že zaigrála múzyka — žálujuščajasja i zaunývnaja, no tólʹko snačála i tólʹko dlja tovó, štóby osóbenno prekrásnoj pokazálasʹ odná nóta v sámom koncé.
      Immediately the music started playing, plaintive and wailing, but only at the beginning, and then only so that one note at the very end would sound particularly beautiful.

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