кривая

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Russian

Etymology

Substantivized feminine of криво́й (krivój).

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Noun

крива́я (krivájaf inan (genitive криво́й, nominative plural кривы́е, genitive plural кривы́х)

  1. curve
    колоколообра́зная крива́яkolokoloobráznaja krivájabell-shaped curve, bell curve
    • 1931, Ильф и Петров , Глава XXXI. Багдад, Москва: Тридцать дней; English translation from The Little Golden Calf, (Please provide a date or year):
      — А как крива́я проститу́ции? — с наде́ждой спроси́л Алекса́ндр Ибн-Ива́нович.
      — Ре́зко пошла́ на сниже́ние, — отве́тил неумоли́мый молодо́й челове́к.
      — A kak krivája prostitúcii? — s nadéždoj sprosíl Aleksándr Ibn-Ivánovič.
      — Rézko pošlá na snižénije, — otvétil neumolímyj molodój čelovék.
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Declension