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О семантике выражения синий как пуп
On the Semantics of the Expression Blue as a "пуп"

Author(s): Viktor Moiseenko
Subject(s): Language studies, Lexis, Semantics, Western Slavic Languages, Eastern Slavic Languages, South Slavic Languages, Philology
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: phraseology; Russian language; Slavonic languages; etymology; colour names;

Summary/Abstract: The paper is devoted to unfolding the hidden original meaning of the East Slavonic idiom синий как пуп, which has the meaning of colour.

  • Issue Year: 55/2010
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 389-394
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Russian