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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic подобьѥ (podobĭje), from Proto-Slavic *podobьje, ultimately derived from *doba.
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Noun
подо́бие • (podóbije) n inan (genitive подо́бия, nominative plural подо́бия, genitive plural подо́бий)
- similarity
- semblance, likeness, like
1869, Лев Толстой , “Том 2, Часть первая, V”, in Война и мир; English translation from Aylmer and Louise Maude, transl., War and Peace, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1922–1923:До́лохов шёл ме́дленно, не поднима́я пистоле́та, вгля́дываясь свои́ми све́тлыми, блестя́щими, голубы́ми глаза́ми в лицо́ своего́ проти́вника. Рот его́, как и всегда́, име́л на себе́ подо́бие улы́бки.- Dóloxov šol médlenno, ne podnimája pistoléta, vgljádyvajasʹ svoími svétlymi, blestjáščimi, golubými glazámi v licó svojevó protívnika. Rot jevó, kak i vsegdá, imél na sebé podóbije ulýbki.
- Dólokhov walked slowly without raising his pistol, looking intently with his bright, sparkling blue eyes into his antagonist's face. His mouth wore its usual semblance of a smile.
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