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Noun
у́валень • (úvalenʹ) m anim (genitive у́вальня, nominative plural у́вальни, genitive plural у́вальней)
- galoot, lubber, bumpkin, lazybones (clumsy or lazy person)
1905, Фёдор Сологуб , chapter XIII, in Мелкий бес; English translation from John Cournos and Richard Aldington, transl., The Little Demon, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1916:Е́сли бы э́то бы́ли каде́ты, то он пря́мо сказа́л бы, что о них ду́мает. Но об э́тих у́вальнях не сто́ило говори́ть неприя́тной пра́вды челове́ку, от кото́рого зави́сели его́ уро́ки.- Jésli by éto býli kadéty, to on prjámo skazál by, što o nix dúmajet. No ob étix úvalʹnjax ne stóilo govorítʹ neprijátnoj právdy čelovéku, ot kotórovo zavíseli jevó uróki.
- If they had been cadets he would have told them at once what he thought of them, but it was not worth while to tell the unpleasant truth about these sluggards to the man on whom these lessons depended.
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