Mandelshtam

[Kirill Sereda]

Trying again: (Словарь Даля) "Извет, донос, заявление стороннего
человека о чьей вине, преступлении; наговор, клевета в виде жалобы или
доноса. - Стар. измена. - Влад. объявление, извещение. - Пск. твер.
урок, порча, сглаз. Изветный, к извету относящ., его содержащий.
Изветчивый, изветливый, наклонный к изветам, охочий до них. Будь
приветлив, да не будь изветлив."

Kirill

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[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU] On Behalf Of Kirill Sereda
Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 12:25 AM
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Mandelshtam


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

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[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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