постный

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Russian

Etymology

пост (post) +‎ -ный (-nyj)

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Adjective

по́стный (póstnyj) (comparative (по)постне́е or (по)постне́й)

  1. Lenten
    по́стная еда́póstnaja jedáLenten fare
    по́стное ма́слоpóstnoje máslovegetable oil
    • 1887, Антон Чехов , Беглец, Санкт-Петербург: Петербургская газета; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Runaway, 1922:
      Ле́стница, полы́ и косяки́ — всё грома́дное, прямо́е и я́ркое — бы́ли вы́крашены в великоле́пную жёлтую кра́ску и издава́ли вку́сный за́пах по́стного ма́сла.
      Léstnica, polý i kosjakí — vsjo gromádnoje, prjamóje i járkoje — býli výkrašeny v velikolépnuju žóltuju krásku i izdaváli vkúsnyj zápax póstnovo másla.
      The staircase, the floors, and the doorposts—everything huge, straight, and bright—were painted a splendid yellow colour, and had a delicious smell of Lenten oil.
  2. (colloquial) lean
    по́стное мя́соpóstnoje mjásolean meat
  3. (colloquial) pious, hypocritical, glum
    по́стное лицо́póstnoje licópious/hypocritical expression; glum expression

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