шаловливый

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Russian

Etymology

шали́ть (šalítʹ) +‎ -овый (-ovyj) +‎ -ли́вый (-lívyj)

Pronunciation

Adjective

шаловли́вый (šalovlívyj) (comparative (по)шаловли́вее or (по)шаловли́вей)

  1. playful, mischievous, naughty
    • 1905, Фёдор Сологуб , chapter XIV, in Мелкий бес; English translation from John Cournos and Richard Aldington, transl., The Little Demon, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1916:
      Смея́сь, она́ си́льно красне́ла, глаза́ станови́лись у неё шаловли́выми, винова́тыми, и взор их убега́л от собесе́дников.
      Smejásʹ, oná sílʹno krasnéla, glazá stanovílisʹ u nejó šalovlívymi, vinovátymi, i vzor ix ubegál ot sobesédnikov.
      As she laughed, she flushed very much and her eyes became mischievous and guilty, and their glance attempted to dodge those of her companions.

Declension