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Russian
Pronunciation
Adjective
санови́тый • (sanovítyj)
- dignified, dignitary
1869, Иван Гончаров, “Часть I. Глава II”, in Обрыв; English translation from Stephen Pearl, transl., Malinovka Heights, Alma Classics, 2020:Николай Васильевич Пахотин был очень красивый сановитый старик, с мягкими, почтенными сединами.- Nikolaj Vasilʹjevič Paxotin byl očenʹ krasivyj sanovityj starik, s mjaxkimi, počtennymi sedinami.
- Nikolai Vasilyevich Pakhotin was a handsome and dignified elderly gentleman, with the kind of greying temples which lend that touch of distinction.
1872, Фёдор Достоевский, “Часть 3. Глава 2. Окончание праздника”, in Бесы; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Demons, 1994:Без сомнения, это был человек добрейший, очень сановитый и до того уже старый, что от него можно было вынести даже и сожаление.- Bez somnenija, eto byl čelovek dobrejšij, očenʹ sanovityj i do tovo uže staryj, što ot nevo možno bylo vynesti daže i sožalenije.
- He was undoubtedly a most kind man, a great dignitary, and so very old that one could even tolerate his pity.
Declension
Declension of санови́тый (short class a)