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Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
изю́минка • (izjúminka) f inan (genitive изю́минки, nominative plural изю́минки, genitive plural изю́минок)
- diminutive of изю́м (izjúm): (an individual) raisin
1905, Фёдор Сологуб [Fyodor Sologub], chapter XI, in Мелкий бес; English translation from John Cournos and Richard Aldington, transl., The Little Demon, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1916:Передо́нов вошё́л в ку́хню вы́мыть ру́ки. На столе́ уви́дел он свё́рток си́ней бума́ги, и из него́ вы́сыпалось не́сколько изю́минок.- Peredónov vošól v kúxnju výmytʹ rúki. Na stolé uvídel on svjórtok sínej bumági, i iz nevó výsypalosʹ néskolʹko izjúminok.
- Peredonov went into the kitchen to wash his hands. He saw on the table there a roll of blue paper from which a few raisins had fallen.
- (figuratively) salt, zest
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