glosses

[Vitaly A. Chernetsky]

> >Dear Seelangovtsy
> >
> >Would anyone happen to  have glosses for the Russian dialectal forms
> >"ilkij" and "khudkij"
> >
> >Thanks in advance, Robert Orr
> >
> >Dear Robert,
> Sorry, nothing on khudkij, but the adverbial il'no = azh, which is kind of
> an intensive particle meaning REALLY something, e.g., On il'no (azh)
> zavertel'sia! He really got spun-up.
> You probably already found this though.
>
> filippich

Wouldn't "khudkij" be an equivalent to the Ukrainian "khutkyj" (quick,
swift)? An example of the use of the adverbial "khutko" would be "Vin
khutko znyk" (he quickly disappeared [got out of sight]).

V.