ноготь

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nogъtь, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nogʰ-, *h₃nogʷʰ-.

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Noun

но́готь (nógotʹm inan (genitive но́гтя, nominative plural но́гти, genitive plural ногте́й, relational adjective ногтево́й, diminutive ногото́к or ногото́чек)

  1. nail (of finger or toe)
    • 1924, Михаил Булгаков [Mikhail Bulgakov], “V. Дьявольский фокус”, in Дьяволиада; English translation from K. M. Cook-Horujy, transl., Diaboliad, Moscow: Raduga Publishers, 1990:
      Коротко́в побежа́л че́рез коло́нный зал туда́, куда́ ему́ ука́зывала ма́ленькая бе́лая рука́ с блестя́щими кра́сными ногтя́ми.
      Korotkóv pobežál čérez kolónnyj zal tudá, kudá jemú ukázyvala málenʹkaja bélaja ruká s blestjáščimi krásnymi nogtjámi.
      Korotkov galloped across the hall of columns in the direction in which the small white hand with shiny red nails was pointing.

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