шестнадцатилетний

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Russian

Etymology

шестна́дцать (šestnádcatʹ) +‎ -и- (-i-) +‎ ле́то (léto) +‎ -ний (-nij)

Pronunciation

Adjective

шестнадцатиле́тний (šestnadcatilétnij)

  1. (relational) sixteen-year
    шестнадцатиле́тнее ца́рствованиеšestnadcatilétneje cárstvovanijesixteen-year reign
  2. sixteen-year-old
    шестнадцатиле́тняя де́вушкаšestnadcatilétnjaja dévuškaa girl of sixteen; a sixteen-year-old girl
    • 1899, Максим Горький [Maxim Gorky], Двадцать шесть и одна; English translation from Twenty-Six and One, New York: J. F. Taylor & Company, 1902:
      Во второ́м этаже́ на́шего до́ма помеща́лась золотошве́йня, и в ней, среди́ мно́гих де́вушек-мастери́ц, жила́ шестнадцатиле́тняя го́рничная Та́ня.
      Vo vtoróm etažé náševo dóma pomeščálasʹ zolotošvéjnja, i v nej, sredí mnógix dévušek-masteríc, žilá šestnadcatilétnjaja górničnaja Tánja.
      The second story of our house was occupied by an embroidery shop, and there, among many girl workers, lived the sixteen year old chamber-maid, Tanya.

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