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васильковый

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Russian

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Etymology

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василёк (vasiljók) +‎ -о́вый (-óvyj)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [vəsʲɪlʲˈkovɨj]

Adjective

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василько́вый (vasilʹkóvyj)

  1. (relational) blue bonnet, cornflower
    василько́вый мёдvasilʹkóvyj mjodcornflower honey
  2. bright blue, cornflower blue
    • 1937, Владимир Набоков [Vladimir Nabokov], “Глава первая”, in Дар; English translation from Michael Scammell with the collaboration of the author, transl., The Gift, New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1963:
      Там, на пане́ли, не бы́ло сейча́с никого́, е́жели не счита́ть трёх василько́вых сту́льев, сдви́нутых, каза́лось, детьми́.
      Tam, na panéli, ne býlo sejčás nikovó, jéželi ne sčitátʹ trjox vasilʹkóvyx stúlʹjev, sdvínutyx, kazálosʹ, detʹmí.
      The sidewalk before it was now empty save for three blue chairs that looked as if they had been placed together by children.

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