письменный стол

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пи́сьменный стол (písʹmennyj stolm inan (genitive пи́сьменного стола́, nominative plural пи́сьменные столы́, genitive plural пи́сьменных столо́в)

  1. desk (table for writing and reading)
    • 1870, Михаил Салтыков-Щедрин , “Органчик”, in История одного города; English translation from I. P. Foote, transl., The History of a Town, Oxford: Willem A. Meeuws, 1980:
      Просну́вшийся обыва́тель мог ви́деть, как градонача́льник сиди́т, согну́вшись, за пи́сьменным столо́м, и всё что́-то скребёт перо́м…
      Prosnúvšijsja obyvátelʹ mog vídetʹ, kak gradonačálʹnik sidít, sognúvšisʹ, za písʹmennym stolóm, i vsjo štó-to skrebjót peróm…
      An inhabitant waking at that hour could see the town-governor sitting bent over his desk, still scratching at some document with his pen...

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