зеленоватый

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Russian

Etymology

зелёный (zeljónyj) +‎ -ова́тый (-ovátyj)

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Adjective

зеленова́тый (zelenovátyj)

  1. greenish
    • 1907, Фёдор Сологуб [Fyodor Sologub], chapter II, in Маленький человек; English translation from Paul Selver, transl., The Tiny Man, 1919:
      Зеленова́тым бле́ском горе́ли глаза́ смазли́вого мальчи́шки.
      Zelenovátym bléskom goréli glazá smazlívovo malʹčíški.
      The comely lad's eyes gleamed with a greeny lustre.
    • 1925, Михаил Булгаков [Mikhail Bulgakov], “Глава 4. Попадья Дроздова”, in Роковые яйца; English translation from K. M. Cook-Horujy, transl., The Fateful Eggs, Moscow: Raduga Publishers, 1990:
      Зеленова́тый свет взлете́л над кры́шей университе́та, на не́бе вы́скочили о́гненные слова́ «Говоря́щая газе́та», и то́тчас толпа́ запруди́ла Мохову́ю.
      Zelenovátyj svet vzletél nad krýšej universitéta, na nébe výskočili ógnennyje slová «Govorjáščaja gazéta», i tótčas tolpá zaprudíla Moxovúju.
      A greenish light soared up over the University roof; the words "Talking Newspaper" lit up in the sky, and a crowd jammed Mokhovaya.

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