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Russian
Etymology
From юр (jur, “busy place, market square; whirlpool, strong current”) + -кий (-kij).
Pronunciation
Adjective
ю́ркий • (júrkij) (rare/awkward comparative (по)ю́рче)
- agile, nimble
1999, Борис Акунин [Boris Akunin], “Глава десятая. Грину пишут”, in Статский советник, Москва: Захаров; English translation from Andrew Bromfield, transl., The State Counsellor, A Phoenix Paperback, 2008:Ско́ро глаза́ привы́кли к темноте́, и бы́ло ви́дно, как без че́тверти двена́дцать к до́мику по бе́лому пустырю́ ста́ли стя́гиваться ю́ркие, бесшу́мные те́ни.- Skóro glazá privýkli k temnoté, i býlo vídno, kak bez čétverti dvenádcatʹ k dómiku po bélomu pustyrjú stáli stjágivatʹsja júrkije, besšúmnyje téni.
- Their eyes soon adapted to the darkness, and at a quarter to twelve they saw the silent, agile shadows start moving towards the little house across the white wasteland.
- quick, brisk (of a vehicle)
Declension
Declension of ю́ркий (short class c)
Derived terms