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Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
экспектора́ция • (ekspektorácija) f inan (genitive экспектора́ции, nominative plural экспектора́ции, genitive plural экспектора́ций)
- (physiology) expectoration
- Synonym: отха́ркивание (otxárkivanije)
1880, Михаил Салтыков-Щедрин , “По-родственному”, in Господа Головлёвы; English translation from I. P. Foote, transl., The Golovlevs, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986:Сквозь полуотворенную дверь из сосе́дней ко́мнаты, не перестава́я, доноси́лся сухо́й и коро́ткий ка́шель, от вре́мени до вре́мени разреша́ющийся мучи́тельною экспектора́цией.- Skvozʹ poluotvorennuju dverʹ iz sosédnej kómnaty, ne perestavája, donosílsja suxój i korótkij kášelʹ, ot vrémeni do vrémeni razrešájuščijsja mučítelʹnoju ekspektorácijej.
- From the next room, through the half-open door, there came the unremitting sound of a short, dry cough, occasionally culminating in an agonizing expectoration.
Declension