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Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
коробья́ • (korobʹjá) f inan (genitive коробьи́, nominative plural коробьи́, genitive plural коробе́й)
- box
- Synonyms: ко́роб (kórob), коро́бка (koróbka)
1879, Николай Лесков [Nikolai Leskov], “Глава шестая”, in Однодум; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Singlemind, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:Оде́та она́ была́ по-крестья́нски, и шли о́ба супру́га друг за дру́гом, неся́ на плеча́х коромы́сло, на кото́ром висе́ла подвя́занная холщо́вым концо́м расписна́я лубо́чная коробья́ с прида́ным.- Odéta oná bylá po-krestʹjánski, i šli óba suprúga drug za drúgom, nesjá na plečáx koromýslo, na kotórom viséla podvjázannaja xolščóvym koncóm raspisnája lubóčnaja korobʹjá s pridánym.
- She was dressed in peasant clothes, and the two spouses walked one behind the other, carrying a yoke on their shoulders from which a decorated bast box containing a dowry hung on a canvas strap.
Declension