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Kazakh
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian эпопе́я (epopéja), from French épopée.
Noun
эпопея • (épopeä)
- epic, epopee
Declension
Synonyms
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from French épopée.
Pronunciation
Noun
эпопе́я • (epopéja) f inan (genitive эпопе́и, nominative plural эпопе́и, genitive plural эпопе́й)
- epic, epopee
1885, Николай Лесков [Nikolai Leskov], “Глава седьмая”, in Пугало; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., The Spook, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:Обо всех э́тих происше́ствиях, составля́вших герои́ческую эпопе́ю моего́ де́тства, мно́ю своевре́менно получа́лись ско́рые и са́мые достове́рные све́дения.- Obo vsex étix proisšéstvijax, sostavljávšix geroíčeskuju epopéju mojevó détstva, mnóju svojevrémenno polučálisʹ skóryje i sámyje dostovérnyje svédenija.
- Of all these incidents that made up the heroic epopee of my childhood, I promptly received quick and highly trustworthy intelligence.
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