otets

Updated: June 5, 2025

But to do this it would be necessary to understand easily and speak fluently the colloquial language, and I was still very far from having, acquired the requisite proficiency. Even for one who possesses a natural facility for acquiring foreign tongues, the learning of Russian is by no means an easy task. As an illustration of this, take the Russian word otets.

Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace - Russia