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Russian
Etymology
пред- (pred-) + чу́вство (čúvstvo) + -ие (-ije)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (phonetic respelling: предчу́ствие)
Noun
предчу́вствие • (predčúvstvije) n inan (genitive предчу́вствия, nominative plural предчу́вствия, genitive plural предчу́вствий) (pronounced: predčústvije)
- foreboding, foreshadowing, presentiment, hunch (a premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen)
1907, Фёдор Сологуб [Fyodor Sologub], chapter II, in Маленький человек; English translation from Paul Selver, transl., The Tiny Man, 1919:На перекрё́стке двух у́лиц при све́те фонаре́й он уви́дел иду́щего к нему́ челове́ка, и се́рдце его́ сжа́лось ра́достным предчу́вствием.- Na perekrjóstke dvux úlic pri svéte fonaréj on uvídel idúščevo k nemú čelovéka, i sérdce jevó sžálosʹ rádostnym predčúvstvijem.
- At a point where two streets crossed, in the lamp-light, he saw a man walking towards him, and his heart throbbed with a joyful foreboding.
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