проталина

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Russian

Pronunciation

Noun

прота́лина (protálinaf inan (genitive прота́лины, nominative plural прота́лины, genitive plural прота́лин, diminutive прота́линка)

  1. thawed patch, glade
    • 1913, Максим Горький , “X”, in Детство; English translation from Ronald Wilks, transl., My Childhood, 1966:
      В прота́лины о́кон был ви́ден ослепи́тельно сверка́ющий снег на кры́шах, искри́лись сере́бряные че́пчики на столба́х забо́ра и скворе́шне.
      V protáliny ókon byl víden oslepítelʹno sverkájuščij sneg na krýšax, iskrílisʹ serébrjanyje čépčiki na stolbáx zabóra i skvoréšne.
      Through the thawed patches on the window I could see the dazzling white snow on the roofs, forming sparkling silver caps on the fences and starling-box.

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