самокрутка

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Russian

Etymology

само- (samo-) +‎ крути́ть (krutítʹ)

Pronunciation

Noun

самокру́тка (samokrútkaf inan (genitive самокру́тки, nominative plural самокру́тки, genitive plural самокру́ток)

  1. (colloquial) handmade cigarette
    • 1925, Михаил Булгаков, “Глава 3. Персиков поймал”, in Роковые яйца; English translation from K. M. Cook-Horujy, transl., The Fateful Eggs, Moscow: Raduga Publishers, 1990:
      Во второй вечер профессор, осунувшийся и побледневший без пищи, взвинчивая себя лишь толстыми самокрутками, изучал новое поколение амёб, а в третий день он перешёл к первоисточнику, т. е. к красному лучу.
      Vo vtoroj večer professor, osunuvšijsja i poblednevšij bez pišči, vzvinčivaja sebja lišʹ tolstymi samokrutkami, izučal novoje pokolenije amjób, a v tretij denʹ on perešól k pervoistočniku, t. je. k krasnomu luču.
      On the second evening the Professor, pale and haggard, his only sustenance the thick cigarettes he rolled himself, studied the new generation of amoebas. And on the third day he turned to the primary source, i.e., the red ray.

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