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Russian
Etymology
пятно́ (pjatnó) + -ышко (-yško)
Pronunciation
Noun
пя́тнышко • (pjátnyško) n inan (genitive пя́тнышка, nominative plural пя́тнышки, genitive plural пя́тнышек)
- 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