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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kucъ.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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ку́цый (kúcyj) (comparative (по)ку́цее or (по)ку́цей)

  1. dock-tailed, short-tailed
  2. short (in terms of stature, length, size, clothing size)
    • 1860, Иван Тургенев, “VI”, in Первая любовь; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., First Love, 1897:
      Я стоял тут же в своей куцей куртке и глядел на пол, словно к смерти приговорённый.
      Ja stojal tut že v svojej kucej kurtke i gljadel na pol, slovno k smerti prigovorjónnyj.
      I was standing there in my short jacket, staring at the floor, like a man under sentence of death.

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