уксусница

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Russian

Etymology

у́ксус (úksus) +‎ -ница (-nica)

Pronunciation

Noun

у́ксусница (úksusnicaf inan (genitive у́ксусницы, nominative plural у́ксусницы, genitive plural у́ксусниц)

  1. vinegar cruet (vessel for serving vinegar)
    Synonym: у́ксусник m (úksusnik)
    • 1862, Алексей Константинович Толстой [Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy], “Глава 8. Пир”, in Князь Серебряный; English translation from Prince Serebrenni, (Please provide a date or year):
      На стола́х в э́то вре́мя, кро́ме соло́нок, пе́речниц и у́ксусниц, не бы́ло никако́й посу́ды, а из я́ств стоя́ли то́лько блю́да холо́дного мя́са на по́стном ма́сле, солё́ные огурцы́, сли́вы и ки́слое молоко́ в деревя́нных ча́шах.
      Na stoláx v éto vrémja, króme solónok, pérečnic i úksusnic, ne býlo nikakój posúdy, a iz jástv stojáli tólʹko bljúda xolódnovo mjása na póstnom másle, soljónyje ogurcý, slívy i kísloje molokó v derevjánnyx čášax.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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