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Russian
Etymology
бе́лый ле́бедь (literally, white swan).
Pronunciation
Noun
бе́лый ле́бедь • (bélyj lébedʹ) m anim (genitive бе́лого ле́бедя, nominative plural бе́лые ле́беди, genitive plural бе́лых лебеде́й)
- (figurative, historical) one-hundred- or two-hundred-rouble note
1873, Николай Лесков , “Глава тринадцатая”, in Очарованный странник, Санкт-Петербург: Русский мир; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., The Enchanted Wanderer, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:А в рука́х она́ де́ржит большо́й подно́с, на кото́ром по края́м стоя́т мно́го стака́нов с шампа́нским вино́м, а посреди́не ку́ча де́нег стра́шная. То́лько одного́ серебра́ нет, а то и зо́лотом и ассигна́ции, и си́ние сини́цы, и се́рые у́тицы, и кра́сные косачи́, — то́лько одни́х бе́лых лебеде́й нет.- A v rukáx oná déržit bolʹšój podnós, na kotórom po krajám stoját mnógo stakánov s šampánskim vinóm, a posredíne kúča déneg strášnaja. Tólʹko odnovó serebrá net, a to i zólotom i assignácii, i sínije sinícy, i séryje úticy, i krásnyje kosačí, — tólʹko odníx bélyx lebedéj net.
- And in her hands she held a big tray, with many glasses of champagne standing around the edge, and in the middle an awful heap of money. There was no silver, but there was gold, and there were banknotes: blue titmice, gray ducks, red heath cocks—only white swans were missing.
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