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Russian
Pronunciation
Adjective
ко́лкий • (kólkij)
- caustic, biting, mordant, cutting, acrimonious
- Synonym: язви́тельный (jazvítelʹnyj)
1836, Александр Пушкин , “Глава IV. Поединок”, in Капитанская дочка, London: Henry S. King & Co.; English translation from Ekaterina Telfer, transl., The Captain's Daughter, 1875:Всегда́шние шу́тки его́ насчёт семьи́ коменда́нта мне о́чень не нра́вились, осо́бенно ко́лкие замеча́ния о Ма́рье Ива́новне.- Vsegdášnije šútki jevó nasčót semʹí komendánta mne óčenʹ ne nrávilisʹ, osóbenno kólkije zamečánija o Márʹje Ivánovne.
- I did not like his continuing to make a laughing-stock of the commandant's family, and especially his cutting remarks about Maria Ivanovna.
Declension
Declension of ко́лкий (short class a*)