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Russian
Etymology
одолжи́ть (odolžítʹ) + -е́ние (-énije)
Pronunciation
Noun
одолже́ние • (odolžénije) n inan (genitive одолже́ния, nominative plural одолже́ния, genitive plural одолже́ний)
- favor, service
1887, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], “Глава четвёртая. Чудеса в решете”, in Каштанка; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Kashtanka, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2020:Кот подня́лся, лени́во потяну́лся и не́хотя, то́чно де́лая одолже́ние, подошё́л к свинье́.- Kot podnjálsja, lenívo potjanúlsja i néxotja, tóčno délaja odolžénije, podošól k svinʹjé.
- The cat got up, stretched lazily, and reluctantly, as if doing a favor, went over to the pig.
Declension