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Pronunciation
Noun
плеть • (pletʹ) f inan (genitive пле́ти, nominative plural пле́ти, genitive plural плете́й)
- whip; lash
- висе́ть как плеть ― visétʹ kak pletʹ ― to hang loose
- наказа́ние в сто уда́ров плетьми́ ― nakazánije v sto udárov pletʹmí ― punishment of one hundred lashes
1836, Александр Пушкин, “Глава VI. Пугачёвщина”, in Капитанская дочка, London: Henry S. King & Co.; English translation from Ekaterina Telfer, transl., The Captain's Daughter, 1875:— А вот сейчас узнаем настоящую его силу, — сказал комендант. — Василиса Егоровна, дай мне ключ от анбара. Иван Игнатьич, приведи-ка башкирца да прикажи Юлаю принести сюда плетей.- — A vot sejčas uznajem nastojaščuju jevo silu, — skazal komendant. — Vasilisa Jegorovna, daj mne ključ ot anbara. Ivan Ignatʹič, privedi-ka baškirca da prikaži Julaju prinesti sjuda pletej.
- "We shall soon know his real strength," said the commandant. "Vassilissa Yegorovna, give me the key of the store-room. Ivan Ignatitch, send the Bashkir here, and order Youlaï to bring the lash."
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