тусклый

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Russian

Etymology

From туск (tusk, “darkness, fog”) +‎ -лый (-lyj).

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Adjective

ту́склый • (túsklyj) (comparative (по)тускле́е or (по)тускле́й)

  1. dim, dull, dingy
  2. lackluster, lusterless (of eyes)
  3. dark, poorly lit

Declension

Declension of ту́склый (short class cʹ)
masculine neuter feminine plural
nominative ту́склый
túsklyj 		ту́склое
túskloje 		ту́склая
túsklaja 		ту́склые
túsklyje
genitive ту́склого
túsklovo 		ту́склой
túskloj 		ту́склых
túsklyx
dative ту́склому
túsklomu 		ту́склой
túskloj 		ту́склым
túsklym
accusative animate ту́склого
túsklovo 		ту́склое
túskloje 		ту́склую
túskluju 		ту́склых
túsklyx
inanimate ту́склый
túsklyj 		ту́склые
túsklyje
instrumental ту́склым
túsklym 		ту́склой, ту́склою
túskloj, túskloju 		ту́склыми
túsklymi
prepositional ту́склом
túsklom 		ту́склой
túskloj 		ту́склых
túsklyx
short form тускл
tuskl 		ту́скло
túsklo 		тускла́
tusklá 		тусклы́, ту́склы
tusklý, túskly

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “туск”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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