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Russian
Etymology
отста́в(ка) (otstáv(ka)) + -но́й (-nój)
Pronunciation
Adjective
отставно́й • (otstavnój)
- retired
1872, Фёдор Достоевский, “Часть 1. Глава 1. Вместо введения: несколько подробностей из биографии многочтимого Степана Трофимовича Верховенского”, in Бесы; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Demons, 1994:Этот Лебядкин, какой-то заезжий, оказался потом лицом весьма подозрительным и вовсе даже не был отставным штабс-капитаном, как сам титуловал себя.- Etot Lebjadkin, kakoj-to zajezžij, okazalsja potom licom vesʹma podozritelʹnym i vovse daže ne byl otstavnym štabs-kapitanom, kak sam tituloval sebja.
- This Lebyadkin, who was some sort of transient, later turned out to be a rather suspicious character, and was even not a retired captain at all, as he styled himself.
Declension
Declension of отставно́й (no short forms)
Descendants