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Noun
стару́ха • (starúxa) f anim (genitive стару́хи, nominative plural стару́хи, genitive plural стару́х, masculine стари́к, diminutive стару́шка)
- female equivalent of стари́к (starík): old woman
1889, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], Княгиня; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Princess, 1916:Ми́мо прошла́ стару́ха с кото́мкой. Княги́ня поду́мала, что хорошо́ бы останови́ть э́ту стару́ху и сказа́ть ей что́-нибудь ла́сковое, задуше́вное, помо́чь ей… Но стару́ха ни ра́зу не огляну́лась и поверну́ла за у́гол.- Mímo prošlá starúxa s kotómkoj. Knjagínja podúmala, što xorošó by ostanovítʹ étu starúxu i skazátʹ jej štó-nibudʹ láskovoje, zadušévnoje, pomóčʹ jej… No starúxa ni rázu ne ogljanúlasʹ i povernúla za úgol.
- An old woman passed by with a wallet on her back. The princess thought that it would be nice to stop the old woman and to say something friendly and cordial to her, to help her. . . . But the old woman turned the corner without once looking round.
- (informal, humorous) old lady (a close female friend or one's wife; also used as a term of address)
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