сальный

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Russian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

са́ло (sálo) +‎ -ный (-nyj)

Adjective

са́льный (sálʹnyj) (comparative (по)са́льнее or (по)са́льней)

  1. (relational) animal fat, lard
    са́льная железа́sálʹnaja železáfat gland
  2. (relational) tallow
    са́льная све́чкаsálʹnaja svéčkatallow candle
    • 1886, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], На пути; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., On the Road, 1920:
      Ога́рок са́льной свечи́, во́ткнутый в ба́ночку из-под пома́ды, освеща́л его́ ру́сую бо́роду, то́лстый широ́кий нос, загоре́лые щё́ки, густы́е чё́рные бро́ви, нави́сшие над закры́тыми глаза́ми…
      Ogárok sálʹnoj svečí, vótknutyj v bánočku iz-pod pomády, osveščál jevó rúsuju bórodu, tólstyj širókij nos, zagorélyje ščóki, gustýje čórnyje bróvi, navísšije nad zakrýtymi glazámi…
      An end of tallow candle, stuck into an old pomatum pot, lighted up his light brown beard, his thick, broad nose, his sunburnt cheeks, and the thick, black eyebrows overhanging his closed eyes. . . .
  3. containing a high percentage of fat (e.g. of an animal breed)
  4. left by fat (e.g. of a spot or mark)
  5. greasy
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Etymology 2

French sale +‎ -ный (-nyj)

Adjective

са́льный (sálʹnyj) (comparative (по)са́льнее or (по)са́льней)

  1. obscene
  2. grossly cynical
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