пятнышко

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Russian

Etymology

пятно́ (pjatnó) +‎ -ышко (-yško)

Pronunciation

Noun

пя́тнышко (pjátnyškon inan (genitive пя́тнышка, nominative plural пя́тнышки, genitive plural пя́тнышек)

  1. diminutive of пятно́ (pjatnó): (small) speck, spot, blot, blemish, stain
    • 1832, Николай Гоголь, Ночь перед Рождеством; English translation from George Tolstoy, transl., The Night of Christmas Eve, 1860:
      А ведьма, между тем, поднялась так высоко, что одним только черным пятнышком мелькала вверху. Но где ни показывалось пятнышко, там звезды, одна за другою, пропадали на небе.
      A vedʹma, meždu tem, podnjalasʹ tak vysoko, što odnim tolʹko černym pjatnyškom melʹkala vverxu. No gde ni pokazyvalosʹ pjatnyško, tam zvezdy, odna za drugoju, propadali na nebe.
      And the witch by this time had risen so high that she only looked like a little dark spot up above; but wherever that spot went, one star after another disappeared from heaven.

Declension