ласточка

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ласточка

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lastъka.

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Noun

ла́сточка (lástočkaf anim (genitive ла́сточки, nominative plural ла́сточки, genitive plural ла́сточек)

  1. swallow (bird)
    пе́рвая ла́сточкаpérvaja lástočkafirst sign (of something to come)
    • 1973, Михаил Булгаков [Mikhail Bulgakov], “Глава II. Понтий Пилат”, in Мастер и Маргарита; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Master and Margarita, London: Penguin Books, 1997:
      В э́то вре́мя в колонна́ду стреми́тельно влете́ла ла́сточка, сде́лала под золоты́м потолко́м круг, сни́зилась, чуть не заде́ла о́стрым крыло́м лица́ ме́дной ста́туи в ни́ше и скры́лась за капите́лью коло́нны.
      V éto vrémja v kolonnádu stremítelʹno vletéla lástočka, sdélala pod zolotým potolkóm krug, snízilasʹ, čutʹ ne zadéla óstrym krylóm licá médnoj státui v níše i skrýlasʹ za kapitélʹju kolónny.
      At that moment a swallow swiftly flitted into the colonnade, described a circle under the golden ceiling, swooped down, almost brushed the face of a bronze statue in a niche with its pointed wing, and disappeared behind the capital of a column.
  2. (gymnastics) horizontal stand
  3. (colloquial) lassie, dearie (an endearing term of address to a woman or girl)

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