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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic сизъ (sizŭ), from Proto-Slavic *sizъ.
Possibly cognate to си́вый (sívyj).
Pronunciation
Adjective
си́зый • (sízyj) (comparative (по)сизе́е or (по)сизе́й)
- dove-coloured/colored, warm grey, bluish
- си́зый го́лубь ― sízyj gólubʹ ― rock dove (IOC preferred term), rock pigeon
- си́зый тума́н ― sízyj tumán ― blue-grey mist
1862, Иван Тургенев, “Глава 1”, in Отцы и дети; English translation from Richard Hare, transl., Fathers and Sons, 1947:То́лстый си́зый го́лубь прилете́л на доро́гу и поспе́шно отпра́вился пить в лу́жицу во́зле коло́дца.- Tólstyj sízyj gólubʹ priletél na dorógu i pospéšno otprávilsja pitʹ v lúžicu vózle kolódca.
- A plump blue pigeon flew on to the road and hurriedly started to drink water from a puddle near the well.
1975, Братья Стругацкие, “Книга первая. Часть первая. Мусорщик”, in Град обреченный; English translation from Andrew Bromfield, transl., The Doomed City, Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2016:Грузови́к впереди́ вы́бросил клуб си́зого ды́ма и прое́хал вперё́д ме́тров на пятна́дцать.- Gruzovík vperedí výbrosil klub sízovo dýma i projéxal vperjód métrov na pjatnádcatʹ.
- The truck in front of them belched out a cloud of blue smoke and moved forward about fifteen meters.
Declension
Declension of си́зый (short class c)