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Russian
Etymology
From сквозь (skvozʹ) + -няк (-njak).
Pronunciation
Noun
сквозня́к • (skvoznják) m inan (genitive сквозняка́, nominative plural сквозняки́, genitive plural сквозняко́в, diminutive сквознячо́к)
- draught (a current of air)
- Не сиди́ на сквозняке́ — проду́ет. ― Ne sidí na skvoznjaké — prodújet. ― Don’t sit in the draught, you will catch a cold.
1905, Фёдор Сологуб [Fyodor Sologub], chapter V, in Мелкий бес; English translation from John Cournos and Richard Aldington, transl., The Little Demon, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1916:Он боя́лся сквозняка́, — простуди́ться мо́жно. Поэ́тому в кварти́ре всегда́ бы́ло ду́шно и смра́дно.- On bojálsja skvoznjaká, — prostudítʹsja móžno. Poétomu v kvartíre vsegdá býlo dúšno i smrádno.
- He was afraid of the draught—he might catch cold. This was why his house was always stuffy and malodorous.
2012, Борис Акунин [Boris Akunin], “Дерево, клинок, иней”, in Чёрный город, Москва: Захаров; English translation from The Black City, (Please provide a date or year):День был зно́йный, и хоть по купе́ гуля́л сквозня́к, облегче́ния он не приноси́л — по лицу́ бу́дто води́ли горя́чим полоте́нцем.- Denʹ byl znójnyj, i xotʹ po kupé guljál skvoznják, oblexčénija on ne prinosíl — po licú búdto vodíli gorjáčim poloténcem.
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