иней

See also: инеи

Khakas

Noun

иней (iney)

  1. old woman

Russian

иней

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jьnьjь / *jьnьje / *jьnьja (hoar-frost, rime), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyH-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈinʲɪj]
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Noun

и́ней (ínej) m inan (genitive и́нея, nominative plural и́неи, genitive plural и́неев)

  1. hoarfrost, frost, rime
    • 190- [1886], Антон Павлович Чехов (Anton Pavlovich Chekhov), “Шуточка”, in Повести и рассказы [Stories and tales] (Сочинение; 2), Saint Petersburg: A.F. Marx; translated as “A Little Game”, in Katherine Tiernan O'Connor, transl., Anton Chekhov's Selected Stories, W.W. Norton, 2014, page 57:
      Я́сный, зи́мний по́лдень... Моро́з кре́пок, трещи́т, и у На́деньки, кото́рая де́ржит меня́ под ру́ку, покрыва́ются серебри́стым и́неем ку́дри на виска́х и пушо́к над ве́рхней губо́й.
      Jásnyj, zímnij póldenʹ... Moróz krépok, treščít, i u Nádenʹki, kotóraja déržit menjá pod rúku, pokryvájutsja serebrístym ínejem kúdri na viskáx i pušók nad vérxnej gubój.
      A clear winter noonday... The frost is hard, it crackles, and Nadenka, who is holding me by the arm, has a silvery glaze coating the curls on her temples and the down on her upper lip.
    бе́лый от и́неяbélyj ot ínejawhite with frost
  2. (figuratively) white hair

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