сургучный

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Russian

Etymology

сургу́ч (surgúč) +‎ -ный (-nyj)

Pronunciation

Adjective

сургу́чный (surgúčnyj)

  1. (relational) sealing wax
    Synonym: сургучо́вый (surgučóvyj)
    • 1925, Михаил Булгаков , “Глава 2. Цветной завиток”, in Роковые яйца; English translation from K. M. Cook-Horujy, transl., The Fateful Eggs, Moscow: Raduga Publishers, 1990:
      На синева́том пла́мени горе́лки распла́вил кусо́к сургуча́ и края́ ко́локола припеча́тал к столу́, а на сургу́чных пя́тнах отти́снул свой большо́й па́лец.
      Na sinevátom plámeni gorélki rasplávil kusók surgučá i krajá kólokola pripečátal k stolú, a na surgúčnyx pjátnax ottísnul svoj bolʹšój pálec.
      Then he melted a piece of sealing-wax in the bluish flame of the Bun-sen burner, sealed the edge of the glass to the table and made a thumb print on the blobs of wax.

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