курносый

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic кърноносыи (kŭrnonosyi, with a cut nose), from Proto-Slavic *kъrnonosъ. Compare корнать (kornatʹ), корноухий (kornouxij).

Pronunciation

Adjective

курно́сый (kurnósyj)

  1. pug-nosed, snub-nosed
  2. (nose) turned-up

Declension