Mandelshtam

[Kirill Sereda]

Dal (http://infolio.asf.ru/Sprav/Dal/00/530.htm): "?????????? ???
????????; ???????? ????, ??? ?? ????; ????????, ????????, ??????? ???,
???????? ? ????, ????????????; ?????????, ????????. - ???. ??????,
???????, ??????. -??, ????????? ??????, ??????, ???? ?????????.
??????????? ??. ????? ?. ??????. ?? ????. - ?????, ?????, ?????????
?????????? ???????? ? ???? ????, ????????????; ???????, ??????? ? ????
?????? ??? ??????. - ????. ??????. - ????. ??????????, ?????????. - ???.
????. ????, ?????, ?????. ????????, ? ?????? ???????., ??? ??????????.
??????????, ??????????, ????????? ? ???????, ?????? ?? ???. ????
?????????, ?? ?? ???? ????????."
"Izvetlivy" is a very old but handy word.  The stars (red ones?) are
"perfidious," "backstabbing," etc.

Kirill Sereda

-----Original Message-----
From: Slavic & East European Languages and Literature list
[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU] On Behalf Of Edward M Dumanis
Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 11:57 PM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Subject: [SEELANGS] Mandelshtam


Mandelshtam has a poem with a line:
"Do chego eti zvjozdy izvetlivy -"

I hope that somebody has a good insight about what "izvetlivy" means
here, and can share it with me.

TIA,

Edward Dumanis <dumanis at buffalo.edu>

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