ниц
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic ниць (nicĭ), from Proto-Slavic *nĩcь.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]ниц • (nic)
- (dated, stilted or literary) prone, face down
- пасть ниц ― pastʹ nic ― to fall prone
- 1831, Александр Пушкин [Alexander Pushkin], “Красная плошадь”, in Борис Годунов; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Boris Godunov, New York: Vintage Books, 2023:
- Неумоли́м! Он от себя́ прогна́л
Святи́телей, боя́р и патриа́рха.
Они́ пред ним напра́сно па́ли ниц;
Его́ страши́т сия́ние престо́ла.- Neumolím! On ot sebjá prognál
Svjatítelej, bojár i patriárxa.
Oní pred nim naprásno páli nic;
Jevó strašít sijánije prestóla. - He is implacable! He drove away
The bishops, the boyars, and the patriarch.
In vain did they prostrate themselves before him;
He cannot bear the glory of the throne.
- Neumolím! On ot sebjá prognál
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