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Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
зубоска́л • (zuboskál) m anim (genitive зубоска́ла, nominative plural зубоска́лы, genitive plural зубоска́лов, feminine зубоска́лка)
- witling
1872, Фёдор Достоевский [Fyodor Dostoevsky], “Часть 3. Глава 1. Праздник. Отдел первый. II”, in Бесы; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Demons, Vintage Classics, 1994:Го́род ещё за две неде́ли был начинён семе́йными анекдо́тами, кото́рые все то́тчас же переноси́лись ко двору́ Ю́лии Миха́йловны на́шими зубоска́лами.- Górod ješčó za dve nedéli byl načinjón seméjnymi anekdótami, kotóryje vse tótčas že perenosílisʹ ko dvorú Júlii Mixájlovny nášimi zuboskálami.
- Two weeks beforehand the town was already stuffed with family anecdotes, all of which were immediately carried to Yulia Mikhailovna's court by our witlings.
Declension