коликий

Russian

Alternative forms

  • ско́лький (skólʹkij)

Etymology

From Old East Slavic коликъ (kolikŭ), from Proto-Slavic *kolikъ. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic коликъ (kolikŭ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɐˈlʲikʲɪj]

Adjective

коли́кий (kolíkij) (no comparative)

  1. (archaic) what number, which (in a numbered series), how manyth
    • 1775, Alexander Radishchev, Путешествие из Петербурга в Москву [Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow]:
      Не ве́даете ли, любе́зные на́ши согра́ждане, коли́кая нам предстои́т ги́бель, в коли́кой мы враща́емся опа́сности.
      Ne védajete li, ljubéznyje náši sográždane, kolíkaja nam predstoít gíbelʹ, v kolíkoj my vraščájemsja opásnosti.
      “Do you know, my dear fellow citizens, what number death we are destined for, what number danger we are rotating in”

Declension

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