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Russian
Pronunciation
Adjective
сухоща́вый • (suxoščávyj)
- lean, meagre
- Synonym: худоща́вый (xudoščávyj)
1867, Иван Тургенев, “II”, in Дым; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Smoke, 1896:В не́скольких шага́х от «ру́сского» де́рева, за ма́леньким столо́м пе́ред кофе́йней Ве́бера, сиде́л краси́вый мужчи́на лет под три́дцать, сре́днего ро́ста, сухоща́вый и сму́глый, с му́жественным и прия́тным лицо́м.- V néskolʹkix šagáx ot «rússkovo» déreva, za málenʹkim stolóm péred koféjnej Vébera, sidél krasívyj mužčína let pod trídcatʹ, srédnevo rósta, suxoščávyj i smúglyj, s múžestvennym i prijátnym licóm.
- A few paces from the 'Russian tree,' at a little table in front of Weber's coffee-house, there was sitting a good-looking man, about thirty, of medium height, thin and dark, with a manly and pleasant face.
1887, Николай Лесков, “Глава шестнадцатая”, in Грабёж; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., A Robbery, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:Вхо́дит сухоща́вый дья́кон, весь изби́т и голова́ перевя́зана.- Vxódit suxoščávyj dʹjákon, vesʹ izbít i golová perevjázana.
- The lean deacon comes in, all beaten up and his head bandaged.
Declension
Declension of сухоща́вый (short class a)