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Russian
Pronunciation
Adjective
моложа́вый • (moložávyj)
- young-looking, youthful
1905, Фёдор Сологуб , chapter X, in Мелкий бес; English translation from John Cournos and Richard Aldington, transl., The Little Demon, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1916:Он был невели́к ро́стом, то́нок, моложа́в, — так моложа́в и румя́н, что подча́с каза́лся ма́льчиком, прикле́ившим бо́роду и переня́вшим от взро́слых, дово́льно уда́чно, их пова́дки.- On byl nevelík róstom, tónok, moložáv, — tak moložáv i rumján, što podčás kazálsja málʹčikom, prikléivšim bórodu i perenjávšim ot vzróslyx, dovólʹno udáčno, ix povádki.
- He was of low stature, thin, youngish—so youngish and ruddy that now and then he looked like a boy who had glued on a false beard and had assumed grown-up manners with complete success.
1928, Андрей Платонов , Чевенгур; English translation from Robert Chandler and Elizabeth Chandler, transl., Chevengur, New York: New York Review Books, 2023:Роди́вшись, он удиви́лся и так про́жил до ста́рости с голубы́ми глаза́ми на моложа́вом лице́.- Rodívšisʹ, on udivílsja i tak próžil do stárosti s golubými glazámi na moložávom licé.
- He had felt surprised at birth and had remained surprised, his eyes light blue in his youthful face, until he was an old man.
Declension
Declension of моложа́вый (short class a)