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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *smǫglъ, the past participle of *smǫgnǫti.
Pronunciation
Adjective
сму́глый • (smúglyj)
- dark, dark-skinned, swarthy (of complexion or skin colour)
1968, Вадим Кожевников (Vadim Kozhevnikov), Щит и меч, book 2:Води́ца, высо́кий, то́щий, как и Пташек, но, в противополо́жность ему́, жгу́чий брюне́т, сму́глый и черногла́зый, был ро́дом из Югославии.- Vodíca, vysókij, tóščij, kak i Ptašek, no, v protivopolóžnostʹ jemú, žgúčij brjunét, smúglyj i černoglázyj, byl ródom iz Jugoslavii.
- Vodica, tall and skinny like Ptashek, but, in contrast to him, with jet-black hair, swarthy and dark-eyed, was a native of Yugoslavia.
Declension
Declension of сму́глый (unknown short forms)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “смуглый”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Gunnar Herne, Die slavischen Farbenbenennungen, Uppsala, 1954, 62ff.