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Russian
Etymology
дво́е (dvóje) + -но́й (-nój)
Pronunciation
Adjective
двойно́й • (dvojnój)
- double
1924, Михаил Булгаков [Mikhail Bulgakov], “VI. Первая ночь”, in Дьяволиада; English translation from K. M. Cook-Horujy, transl., Diaboliad, Moscow: Raduga Publishers, 1990:Двойно́е лицо́, то обраста́я бородо́й, то внеза́пно обрива́ясь, выплыва́ло по времена́м из угло́в, сверка́я зеленова́тыми глаза́ми.- Dvojnóje licó, to obrastája borodój, to vnezápno obrivájasʹ, vyplyválo po vremenám iz uglóv, sverkája zelenovátymi glazámi.
- The double face, now growing a beard, now suddenly shaving it off, kept looming out of the corners, its greenish eyes glittering.
- binary
- dual
Declension
Declension of двойно́й (no short forms)