зимовье

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Russian

Etymology

зимова́ть (zimovátʹ) +‎ -ье (-ʹje)

Pronunciation

Noun

зимо́вье (zimóvʹjen inan (genitive зимо́вья, nominative plural зимо́вья, genitive plural зимо́вий)

  1. wintering
    Synonym: зимо́вка (zimóvka)
  2. winter hut
    • 1895, Антон Чехов , Белолобый; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Whitebrow, 1922:
      В вёрстах четырёх от её ло́говища, у почто́вой доро́ги, стоя́ло зимо́вье.
      V vjórstax četyrjóx ot jejó lógovišča, u počtóvoj dorógi, stojálo zimóvʹje.
      Some three miles from her lair there stood a winter hut on the posting road.

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