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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from French guêtre.
Pronunciation
Noun
ге́тра • (gétra) f inan (genitive ге́тры, nominative plural ге́тры, genitive plural гетр)
- leg warmer, gaiter
1923, Михаил Булгаков [Mikhail Bulgakov], “Часть первая. II. Тиф возвратный”, in Записки на манжетах; English translation from K. M. Cook-Horujy, transl., Notes off the Cuff, Moscow: Raduga Publishers, 1990:Сотру́дник поко́йного «Ру́сского сло́ва», в ге́трах и с сига́рой, схвати́л со стола́ телегра́мму и привы́чными профессиона́льными глаза́ми прочё́л её́ в секу́нду от пе́рвой строки́ до после́дней.- Sotrúdnik pokójnovo «Rússkovo slóva», v gétrax i s sigároj, sxvatíl so stolá telegrámmu i privýčnymi professionálʹnymi glazámi pročól jejó v sekúndu ot pérvoj strokí do poslédnej.
- An editor of the deceased Russkoye Slovo, in gaiters and with a cigar, snatched the telegram off the desk and read it through swiftly from beginning to end with a practised professional eye.
Declension
Descendants
- → Armenian: գետրի (getri)