краснощёкий

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Russian

Etymology

кра́сный (krásnyj) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ щека́ (ščeká) +‎ -ий (-ij)

Pronunciation

Adjective

краснощёкий (krasnoščókij)

  1. red-cheeked
    • 1905, Фёдор Сологуб , chapter XVI, in Мелкий бес; English translation from John Cournos and Richard Aldington, transl., The Little Demon, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1916:
      Людми́ла шумли́во смея́лась и шути́ла с краснощёкою деви́цею отвори́вшею ей дверь.
      Ljudmíla šumlívo smejálasʹ i šutíla s krasnoščókoju devíceju otvorívšeju jej dverʹ.
      Liudmilla laughed noisily and joked with the red-cheeked girl who opened the door.

Declension