соболий

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Russian

Etymology

со́боль (sóbolʹ) +‎ -ий (-ij)

Pronunciation

Adjective

собо́лий (sobólij)

  1. (relational) sable
    Synonym: соболи́ный (sobolínyj)
    • 1835, Иван Лажечников [Ivan Lazhechnikov], “Часть первая. Глава II. Цыганка”, in Ледяной дом; English translation from The House of Ice, (Please provide a date or year):
      Ме́жду э́тими да́мами одна́ отлича́лась чу́дною красо­то́ю и собо́льею острове́рхою ша́почкой наподо́бие се́рд­ца, посреди́ кото́рой алма́зная пря́жка укрепля́ла три бе́лые пё́рышка неизве́стной в Росси́и пти́цы.
      Méždu étimi dámami odná otličálasʹ čúdnoju kraso­tóju i sobólʹjeju ostrovérxoju šápočkoj napodóbije sérd­ca, posredí kotóroj almáznaja prjážka ukrepljála tri bélyje pjóryška neizvéstnoj v Rossíi ptícy.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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