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Old Ruthenian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic сльза (slĭza), from Proto-Slavic *slьzà.
Noun
слеза • (sleza) f inan
- tear, teardrop (a drop of liquid from the eyes)
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Further reading
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Bulyka, A. M., editor (2011), “слеза”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 31 (рушаючий – смущенье), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 416
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic сльза (slĭza), from Proto-Slavic *slьza.
Pronunciation
Noun
слеза́ • (slezá) f inan (genitive слезы́, nominative plural слёзы, genitive plural слёз, relational adjective слёзный, diminutive слези́нка or слёзка)
- tear (a drop of liquid from the eyes)
1926, Владимир Набоков, chapter III, in Машенька; English translation from Michael Glenny in collaboration with the author, transl., Mary, New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1970:Изредка, вскрикнув оленьим голосом, промахивал автомобиль, или случалось то, что ни один городской пешеход не может заметить, падала, быстрее мысли и беззвучнее слезы, звезда.- Izredka, vskriknuv olenʹim golosom, promaxival avtomobilʹ, ili slučalosʹ to, što ni odin gorodskoj pešexod ne možet zametitʹ, padala, bystreje mysli i bezzvučneje slezy, zvezda.
- Occasionally, braying like a stag, a motorcar would dash by or something would happen which no one walking in a city ever notices: a star, faster than thought and with less sound than a tear, would fall.
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