мешанина

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Russian

Etymology

From ме́шанный (méšannyj) +‎ -ина (-ina).

Pronunciation

Noun

мешани́на (mešanínaf inan (genitive мешани́ны, nominative plural мешани́ны, genitive plural мешани́н)

  1. mishmash, medley, hodgepodge
    • 1970, Василий Шукшин , Шире шаг..., Москва: Новый мир; English translation from Kathleen Mary Cook, transl., Step Out, Maestro!, Moscow: Raduga Publishers, 1990:
      Доро́га, когда́ пое́хал обра́тно, во́все раски́сла, и ло́шадь всерьёз напряга́лась, волоча́ тяжёлые са́ни по ча́вкающей мешани́не из сне́га, земли́ и камне́й.
      Doróga, kogdá pojéxal obrátno, vóvse raskísla, i lóšadʹ vserʹjóz naprjagálasʹ, voločá tjažólyje sáni po čávkajuščej mešaníne iz snéga, zemlí i kamnéj.
      On the way back it was all melting by now, and the horse had a hard time pulling the heavy sledge over the squelching mass of snow, earth and stones.

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