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Russian
Etymology
подсве́ч(ивать) (podsvéč(ivatʹ)) + -ник (-nik)
Pronunciation
Noun
подсве́чник • (podsvéčnik) m inan (genitive подсве́чника, nominative plural подсве́чники, genitive plural подсве́чников)
- candlestick, sconce
- Synonyms: канделя́бр m (kandeljábr), шандал (šandal)
1842, Николай Гоголь , “Том I, Глава IV”, in Мёртвые души; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Dead Souls—A Poem, London: Chatto & Windus, 1922:Деревя́нный потемне́вший тракти́р при́нял Чи́чикова под свой у́зенький гостеприи́мный наве́с на деревя́нных вы́точенных сто́лбиках, похо́жих на стари́нные церко́вные подсве́чники.- Derevjánnyj potemnévšij traktír prínjal Číčikova pod svoj úzenʹkij gostepriímnyj navés na derevjánnyx výtočennyx stólbikax, poxóžix na starínnyje cerkóvnyje podsvéčniki.
- The wooden tavern, blackened by age, received Tchitchikov under its narrow hospitable porch which stood on carved wooden posts like old-fashioned church candlesticks.
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