куцый

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Russian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kucъ.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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ку́цый (kúcyj) (comparative (по)ку́цее or (по)ку́цей)

  1. dock-tailed, short-tailed
  2. short (in terms of stature, length, size, clothing size)
    • 1860, Иван Тургенев, “VI”, in Первая любовь; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., First Love, 1897:
      Я стоя́л ту́т же в свое́й ку́цей ку́ртке и гляде́л на пол, сло́вно к сме́рти приговорё́нный.
      Ja stojál tút že v svojéj kúcej kúrtke i gljadél na pol, slóvno k smérti prigovorjónnyj.
      I was standing there in my short jacket, staring at the floor, like a man under sentence of death.

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