Proxodnoy

[Alina Israeli]

>         A guess, to be checked with native speakers:  non-title,
>relatively unimportant,

unimportant - yes,

>doesn't count, off the record --

off the record, doesn't count - no. It does count.

As with proxodnoj ball - the number of points one needs to pass to
the next level, or be admitted, proxodnaja igra or even proxodnoj
koncert is the one that is okay, passable (!), but nothing to write
home about.


>
>Could anyone provide a convincing English rendering for the word "proxodnoy"
>>in a sports context, e.g., proxodnaya igra (vstrecha), proxodnoy match,
>>proxodnoy poedinok?
>>
>>Steve Marder


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