провинциальный

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провинциа́льный (provinciálʹnyj)

  1. provincial
    • 1840, Михаил Лермонтов , “Княжна Мери. 11-го мая.”, in Герой нашего времени; English translation from Martin Parker, transl., A Hero of Our Time, Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1951:
      Они́ испове́дывают глубо́кое презре́ние к провинциа́льным дома́м и вздыха́ют о столи́чных аристократи́ческих гости́ных, куда́ их не пуска́ют.
      Oní ispovédyvajut glubókoje prezrénije k provinciálʹnym domám i vzdyxájut o stolíčnyx aristokratíčeskix gostínyx, kudá ix ne puskájut.
      They affect deep disdain for provincial society and sigh at the thought of aristocratic drawing room of the capital which are closed to them.

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