одолжение

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Russian

Etymology

одолжи́ть (odolžítʹ) +‎ -е́ние (-énije)

Pronunciation

Noun

одолже́ние (odolžénijen inan (genitive одолже́ния, nominative plural одолже́ния, genitive plural одолже́ний)

  1. favor, service
    • 1887, Антон Чехов, “Глава четвёртая. Чудеса в решете”, in Каштанка; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Kashtanka, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2020:
      Кот подня́лся, лени́во потяну́лся и не́хотя, то́чно де́лая одолже́ние, подошё́л к свинье́.
      Kot podnjálsja, lenívo potjanúlsja i néxotja, tóčno délaja odolžénije, podošól k svinʹjé.
      The cat got up, stretched lazily, and reluctantly, as if doing a favor, went over to the pig.

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