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Russian
Pronunciation
Adjective
кау́рый • (kaúryj)
- bay (of a horse)
1869, Лев Толстой , “Том 2, Часть четвёртая, VII”, in Война и мир; English translation from Aylmer and Louise Maude, transl., War and Peace, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1922–1923:Его́ призыва́ли суди́ть семе́йные дела́, его́ де́лали душеприка́зчиком, ему́ поверя́ли та́йны, его́ выбира́ли в су́дьи и други́е до́лжности, но от обще́ственной слу́жбы он всегда́ упо́рно отка́зывался, о́сень и весну́ проводя́ в поля́х на своём кау́ром ме́рине, зи́му си́дя до́ма, ле́том лёжа в своём заро́сшем саду́.- Jevó prizyváli sudítʹ seméjnyje delá, jevó délali dušeprikázčikom, jemú poverjáli tájny, jevó vybiráli v súdʹi i drugíje dólžnosti, no ot obščéstvennoj slúžby on vsegdá upórno otkázyvalsja, ósenʹ i vesnú provodjá v poljáx na svojóm kaúrom mérine, zímu sídja dóma, létom ljóža v svojóm zarósšem sadú.
- They called him in to decide family disputes, chose him as executor, confided secrets to him, elected him to be a justice and to other posts; but he always persistently refused public appointments, passing the autumn and spring in the fields on his bay gelding, sitting at home in winter, and lying in his overgrown garden in summer.
Declension
Declension of кау́рый (unknown short forms)