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Russian
Etymology
From the non-attested Polish *krzyżewnik. Related to крыж (kryž, “cross”) and probably cognate to Krausbeere (“lingonberry”).
Pronunciation
Noun
крыжо́вник • (kryžóvnik) m inan (genitive крыжо́вника, uncountable)
- gooseberries, gooseberry bush
1898, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], Крыжовник; English translation from S. S. Koteliansky and Gilbert Cannan, transl., Gooseberries, 1920:Ве́чером, когда́ мы пи́ли чай, куха́рка подала́ к столу́ по́лную таре́лку крыжо́внику. Э́то был не ку́пленный, а свой со́бственный крыжо́вник, со́бранный в пе́рвый раз с тех пор, как бы́ли поса́жены кусты́.- Véčerom, kogdá my píli čaj, kuxárka podalá k stolú pólnuju tarélku kryžóvniku. Éto byl ne kúplennyj, a svoj sóbstvennyj kryžóvnik, sóbrannyj v pérvyj raz s tex por, kak býli posáženy kustý.
- In the evening, while we were having tea, the cook laid a plateful of gooseberries on the table. They had not been bought, but were his own gooseberries, plucked for the first time since the bushes were planted.
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