снедь

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic сънѣдь (sŭnědĭ).

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Noun

снедь (snedʹf inan (genitive сне́ди, nominative plural сне́ди, genitive plural сне́дей)

  1. (colloquial, collective) food
    • 1905, Фёдор Сологуб , chapter IX, in Мелкий бес; English translation from John Cournos and Richard Aldington, transl., The Little Demon, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1916:
      В столо́вой накры́т был кру́глый стол бе́лою, с кра́сною каёмкою ска́тертью, и на нём расста́влены таре́лки с жи́рными колба́сами и други́ми сне́дями, солёными, копчёными, марино́ванными, и графи́ны и буты́лки ра́зных кали́бров и форм со вся́кими во́дками, насто́йками и нали́вками.
      V stolóvoj nakrýt byl krúglyj stol béloju, s krásnoju kajómkoju skátertʹju, i na njom rasstávleny tarélki s žírnymi kolbásami i drugími snédjami, soljónymi, kopčónymi, marinóvannymi, i grafíny i butýlki ráznyx kalíbrov i form so vsjákimi vódkami, nastójkami i nalívkami.
      The round table in the dining-room was covered with a white tablecloth with a red border, and upon it were distributed plates with fat sausages and other salted, smoked, and pickled eatables, and decanters and bottles of various sizes and forms, containing all sorts of vodkas, brandies and liqueurs.
    • Александр Солженицын, Матренин двор 1968:
      вся дере́вня волокла́ снедь мешка́ми из областно́го го́рода
      vsja derévnja voloklá snedʹ meškámi iz oblastnóvo góroda
      everyone in town brought food in sacks from a nearby city

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