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Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
паро́мщик • (parómščik) m inan (genitive паро́мщика, nominative plural паро́мщики, genitive plural паро́мщиков)
- ferryman
1996, Виктор Пелевин, chapter 1, in Чапаев и пустота, ФТМ; English translation from Andrew Bromfield, transl., Buddha's Little Finger, Penguin Books, 1999:Мне, кстати, давно уже приходило в голову, что русским душам суждено пересекать Стикс, когда тот замерзает, и монету получает не паромщик, а некто в сером, дающий напрокат пару коньков (разумеется, та же духовная сущность).- Mne, kstati, davno uže prixodilo v golovu, što russkim dušam suždeno peresekatʹ Stiks, kogda tot zamerzajet, i monetu polučajet ne paromščik, a nekto v serom, dajuščij naprokat paru konʹkov (razumejetsja, ta že duxovnaja suščnostʹ).
- I had realized long before that Russian souls must be fated to cross the Styx when it is frozen, with their fare collected not by a ferryman, but by a figure garbed in grey who hires out a pair of skates – the same spiritual essence, naturally.