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"Bleak" in Russian?

Pronunciation : Bleak
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [OE. blac, bleyke, bleche, AS. blac, bl, pale, wan; akin to Icel. bleikr, Sw. blek, Dan. bleg, OS. bl, D. bleek, OHG. pleih, G. bleich; all from the root of AS. blican to shine; akin to OHG. blichen to shine; cf. L. flagrare to burn, Gr. to burn, shine, S
Definition : 1. Without color; pale; pallid. [Obs.] When she came out she looked as pale and as bleak as one that were laid out dead. Foxe.

2. Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds. Wastes too bleak to rear The common growth of earth, the foodful ear. Wordsworth. At daybreak, on the bleak sea beach. Longfellow.

3. Cold and cutting; cheerless; as, a bleak blast. -- Bleak"ish, a. -- Bleak"ly, adv. -- Bleak"ness, n.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Bleak
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [From Bleak, a., cf. Blay.] (Zo?l.)
Definition : Defn: A small European river fish (Leuciscus alburnus), of the family Cyprinid?; the blay. [Written also blick.]

Note: The silvery pigment lining the scales of the bleak is used in the manufacture of artificial pearls. Baird.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913