петербургский

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Russian

Etymology

Петербу́рг (Peterbúrg) +‎ -ский (-skij)

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Adjective

петербу́ргский (peterbúrgskij)

  1. (relational) St. Petersburg
    Synonym: са́нкт-петербу́ргский (sánkt-peterbúrgskij)
    • 1864, Фёдор Достоевский , “Часть I, Глава I”, in Записки из подполья; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Notes from Underground, 1918:
      Мне говоря́т, что кли́мат петербу́ргский мне стано́вится вре́ден и что с мои́ми ничто́жными сре́дствами о́чень до́рого в Петербу́рге жить.
      Mne govorját, što klímat peterbúrgskij mne stanóvitsja vréden i što s moími ničtóžnymi srédstvami óčenʹ dórogo v Peterbúrge žitʹ.
      I am told that the Petersburg climate is bad for me, and that with my small means it is very expensive to live in Petersburg.

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