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Russian
Etymology
э́- (é-) + -кий (-kij)
Pronunciation
Adjective
э́кий • (ékij)
- what a ...
1866, Фёдор Достоевский [Fyodor Dostoevsky], “Часть II, Глава III”, in Преступление и наказание; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Crime and Punishment, 1914:— Э́кая морска́я каю́та, — закрича́л он, входя́, — всегда́ лбом сту́каюсь; то́же ведь кварти́рой называ́ется! А ты, брат, очну́лся? Сейча́с от Па́шеньки слы́шал.- — Ékaja morskája kajúta, — zakričál on, vxodjá, — vsegdá lbom stúkajusʹ; tóže vedʹ kvartíroj nazyvájetsja! A ty, brat, očnúlsja? Sejčás ot Pášenʹki slýšal.
- "What a cabin it is!" he cried. "I am always knocking my head. You call this a lodging! So you are conscious, brother? I've just heard the news from Pashenka."
Usage notes
An alternative shorter nominative feminine singular э́ка can occur in the expressions э́ка ва́жность, эка беда́, эка не́видаль (the normal form э́кая can also occur here).
Declension
Declension of э́кий (unknown short forms)