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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic искоусьнъ (iskusĭnŭ). By surface analysis, искуси́ть (iskusítʹ) + -ный (-nyj).
Pronunciation
Adjective
иску́сный • (iskúsnyj)
- skillful, skilled, crafty
- Она́ иску́сная рукоде́льница. ― Oná iskúsnaja rukodélʹnica. ― She is clever with her needle.
1899, Лев Толстой, “Часть I. Глава III”, in Воскресенье; English translation from William E. Smith, transl., Resurrection, 1900:Записка была продолжением той искусной работы, которая вот уже два месяца производилась над ним княжной Корчагиной и состояла в том, что незаметными нитями все более и более связывала его с ней.- Zapiska byla prodolženijem toj iskusnoj raboty, kotoraja vot uže dva mesjaca proizvodilasʹ nad nim knjažnoj Korčaginoj i sostojala v tom, što nezametnymi nitjami vse boleje i boleje svjazyvala jevo s nej.
- The note was the continuation of a skillful strategem whereby the Princess sought, for the last two months, to fasten him with invisible bonds.
Declension
Declension of иску́сный (short class a*)