швея

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Noun

швея́ (švejáf anim (genitive швеи́, nominative plural швеи́, genitive plural швей, masculine швец, relational adjective шве́йный)

  1. female equivalent of швец (švec): seamstress
    Synonyms: белошве́йка (belošvéjka), моди́стка (modístka), портни́ха (portníxa), портни́шка (portníška), шва́чиха (šváčixa), шва́чка (šváčka), шве́йка (švéjka), швечи́ха (švečíxa), ши́тница (šítnica)
    • 1885, Николай Лесков [Nikolai Leskov], “Глава восьмая”, in Пугало; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., The Spook, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:
      По малоле́тству моему́ я боя́лся подава́ть своему́ учи́телю сове́ты в его́ поэти́ческих о́пытах, но счита́л его́ наме́рение деклами́ровать стихи́ пе́ред швеёю риско́ванным.
      Po malolétstvu mojemú ja bojálsja podavátʹ svojemú učítelju sovéty v jevó poetíčeskix ópytax, no sčitál jevó namérenije deklamírovatʹ stixí péred švejóju riskóvannym.
      Being very young, I was afraid to give my teacher advice in his poetic experiments, but I considered his plan to declaim verses before the seamstress risky.

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