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молочай

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *melčajь, further from Proto-Slavic *melko.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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молоча́й (moločájm inan (genitive молоча́я, nominative plural молоча́и, genitive plural молоча́ев, relational adjective молоча́йный)

  1. spurge
    • 1887, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], Счастье; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Happiness, 1918:
      Пе́рвый у́тренний ветеро́к без шо́роха, осторо́жно шевеля́ молоча́ем и бу́рыми сте́блями прошлого́днего бурья́на, пробежа́л вдоль доро́ги.
      Pérvyj útrennij veterók bez šóroxa, ostoróžno ševeljá moločájem i búrymi stébljami prošlogódnevo burʹjána, probežál vdolʹ dorógi.
      The first noiseless breeze of morning, cautiously stirring the spurges and the brown stalks of last year's grass, fluttered along the road.

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “молочай”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Shansky, N. M., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2007), “молочай”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), number 10 (М), Moscow: Moscow University Press, →ISBN, page 291

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