скромница

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Noun

скро́мница (skrómnicaf anim (genitive скро́мницы, nominative plural скро́мницы, genitive plural скро́мниц, masculine скро́мник)

  1. female equivalent of скро́мник (skrómnik): female modest person
    • 1859, Иван Тургенев [Ivan Turgenev], “Глава 8”, in Дворянское гнездо; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., A House of Gentlefolk, 1917:
      Случи́лось так, что в числе́ го́рничных А́нны Па́вловны находи́лась одна́ о́чень хоро́шенькая де́вушка, с я́сными, кро́ткими гла́зками и то́нкими черта́ми лица́, по и́мени Мала́нья, у́мница и скро́мница.
      Slučílosʹ tak, što v čislé górničnyx Ánny Pávlovny naxodílasʹ odná óčenʹ xoróšenʹkaja dévuška, s jásnymi, krótkimi glázkami i tónkimi čertámi licá, po ímeni Malánʹja, úmnica i skrómnica.
      It so happened that among Anna Pavlovna's maids there was one very pretty girl with clear soft eyes and refined features, Malanya by name, an modest intelligent creature.

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