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узкий

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Russian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ǫzъkъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énǵʰus. Cognates include Armenian անձուկ (anjuk, narrow), German eng (narrow), Irish cúng (narrow), Latin angustus (narrow), Sanskrit अंहु (aṃhu, narrow).

Sense 3 was popularised by a parody of the music video "Ya russkiy" ("I am Russian") as a pun on "ру́сский" ("Russian").

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • IPA(key): [ˈuskʲɪj]

Adjective

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у́зкий (úzkij) (comparative (по)у́же, superlative (наи)узча́йший, adverb у́зко, abstract noun у́зость, diminutive у́зенький)

  1. narrow
    • 1968, Александр Солженицын [Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn], chapter 5, in В круге первом; English translation from Harry T. Willetts, transl., In the First Circle, New York: Harper Perennial, 2009:
      У са́мой бу́дки, спино́ю к ней, ку́тая у́зкие пле́чи в плато́к из ко́зьего пу́ха, сиде́ла за пи́сьменным столо́м хру́пкая, о́чень ма́ленькая де́вушка со стро́гим бе́леньким лицо́м.
      U sámoj búdki, spinóju k nej, kútaja úzkije pléči v platók iz kózʹjevo púxa, sidéla za písʹmennym stolóm xrúpkaja, óčenʹ málenʹkaja dévuška so strógim bélenʹkim licóm.
      A diminutive fragile girl with a pale unsmiling face sat at a desk with her back to the booth, holding a goat’s-hair shawl tight around her narrow shoulders.
  2. tight
  3. (Internet slang, derogatory, neologism, offensive) deliberate misspelling of русский (russkij, Russian, related to Russia)

Usage notes

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The short form should not be conflated with the adjective у́зок (úzok, too narrow), which has lexicalized as a short-form-only adjective in its own right.

Declension

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Antonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Ukrainian: у́зький (úzʹkyj), у́зькій (úzʹkij) (sense 3, Internet slang)

See also

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