тараканий

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Russian

Etymology

таракан (tarakan) +‎ -ий (-ij)

Pronunciation

Adjective

тарака́ний (tarakánij)

  1. (relational) cockroach
    • 1885, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], Мелюзга; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Small Fry, 1918:
      «Я-то отдежу́рю и вы́йду отсю́да, а он весь свой тарака́ний век здесь продежу́рит, — поду́мал он, потя́гиваясь. — Тоска́! Сапоги́ себе́ почи́стить, что ли?»
      «Ja-to otdežúrju i výjdu otsjúda, a on vesʹ svoj tarakánij vek zdesʹ prodežúrit, — podúmal on, potjágivajasʹ. — Toská! Sapogí sebé počístitʹ, što li?»
      "When I am off duty I shall go away, but he'll be on duty here all his cockroach-life," he thought, stretching. "I am bored! Shall I clean my boots?"

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