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Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
пестру́шка • (pestrúška) f anim (genitive пестру́шки, nominative plural пестру́шки, genitive plural пестру́шек)
- lemming
- Synonym: ле́мминг (lémming)
1964, Юрий Осипович Домбровский (Yury Osipovich Dombrovsky), Хранитель древностей, part 1, chapter 2; translated as Michael Glenny, transl., The Keeper of Antiquities, Carcanet, 1969, page 26:Так, говоря́т, в ста́ром Петербу́рге со Щу́кина двора́ одна́жды дви́нулись кры́сы. […] Пересекли́ не́сколько у́лиц, дошли́ до Невы́ и как в зе́млю ка́нули. Бы́ло тако́е же и с альпи́йскими пестру́шками.- Tak, govorját, v stárom Peterbúrge so Ščúkina dvorá odnáždy dvínulisʹ krýsy. […] Pereseklí néskolʹko úlic, došlí do Nevý i kak v zémlju kánuli. Býlo takóje že i s alʹpíjskimi pestrúškami.
- Once in old Petersburg, they say, the rats started leaving the Shchukin palace. They crossed several streets, reached the Neva and then seemed to vanish into the ground. The same thing happens to lemmings in the Alps.
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