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by giomach
Jul 28th, 16, 16:29
Forum: Russian vocabulary
Topic: меч = spring (of water) ?
Replies: 1
Views: 2863

Re: меч = spring (of water) ?

To try and answer my own question :-) It seems that Красивая Меча is the name of a river ( https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%87%D0%B0 ) So perhaps it is best to regard Меча as a proper name, of unknown meaning as many names are, though the...
by giomach
Jul 27th, 16, 17:29
Forum: Russian vocabulary
Topic: меч = spring (of water) ?
Replies: 1
Views: 2863

меч = spring (of water) ?

Hi.

There is a story by Turgenev called "Касьян с Красивой Мечи", Kassyan of Fair Springs. I can't find this word меч or мечи in any dictionary, in book form or on-line. They all say меч means a sword. Can anyone explain?

Thank you.

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