пребольшой

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Russian

Etymology

пре- (pre-) +‎ большо́й (bolʹšój)

Pronunciation

Adjective

пребольшо́й (prebolʹšój)

  1. very large, huge
    • 1885, Николай Лесков [Nikolai Leskov], “Глава вторая”, in Пугало; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., The Spook, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:
      Сильне́е всех мои́ми привя́занностями овладе́л, впро́чем, ста́рый ме́льник, де́душка Илья́ — соверше́нно седо́й стари́к с пребольши́ми чёрными уса́ми.
      Silʹnéje vsex moími privjázannostjami ovladél, vpróčem, stáryj mélʹnik, déduška Ilʹjá — soveršénno sedój starík s prebolʹšími čórnymi usámi.
      The strongest of all my attachments, however, was to an old miller, Grandpa Ilya—a completely white-haired old man with huge black mustaches.

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