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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kucъ.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ку́цый • (kúcyj) (comparative (по)ку́цее or (по)ку́цей)
- dock-tailed, short-tailed
- short (in terms of stature, length, size, clothing size)
1860, Иван Тургенев [Ivan Turgenev], “VI”, in Первая любовь; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., First Love, 1897:Я стоя́л ту́т же в свое́й ку́цей ку́ртке и гляде́л на пол, сло́вно к сме́рти приговорё́нный.- Ja stojál tút že v svojéj kúcej kúrtke i gljadél na pol, slóvno k smérti prigovorjónnyj.
- I was standing there in my short jacket, staring at the floor, like a man under sentence of death.
Declension
Declension of ку́цый (short class a)