поясница

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Russian

Etymology

по́яс (pójas) +‎ -ни́ца (-níca)

Pronunciation

Noun

поясни́ца (pojasnícaf inan (genitive поясни́цы, nominative plural поясни́цы, genitive plural поясни́ц)

  1. waist, loins, small of the back
    боль в поясни́цеbolʹ v pojasnícepain in the small of one's back
    • 1886, Михаил Салтыков-Щедрин [Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin], Вяленая вобла; English translation from (Please provide a date or year):
      Пре́жде у чино́вника-то чугу́нная поясни́ца была́: как сел на ме́сто в де́сять часо́в утра́, так и не встаё́т до четырё́х — всё слу́жит!
      Préžde u činóvnika-to čugúnnaja pojasníca bylá: kak sel na mésto v désjatʹ časóv utrá, tak i ne vstajót do četyrjóx — vsjo slúžit!
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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