Explanatory dictionary of the living great Russian language V. I. dal in 4 volumes

Words, idioms and ethnography illuminate living Russian speech of the nineteenth century

Vladimir Ivanovich Dal. Explanatory dictionary of the living great Russian language.

"Explanatory dictionary of the living great Russian language" — a real encyclopedia of Russian national life, mentality and character, which found expression in speech. Suffice it to say that V. I. Dal under different words was placed about thirty thousand Proverbs. Dictionary Dahl far beyond that limit conventional philological dictionaries: it explains the items that characterize the Russian people's life, and beliefs, and beliefs associated with the agricultural calendar, and also gives many other ethnographic information. Interpreting a particular word, Dal picks up a lot of synonyms, showing the exceptional richness of Russian language, its flexibility and expressiveness, it shows the endless possibilities of word-formation of Russian language.

In addition to individual words in the Dictionary Dahl describes and explains thousands of phrases and stable expressions. The vast majority of such speech material in any other dictionaries of the Russian language has not been introduced, yet this phraseological material has circulated widely in the live casual Russian speech, often found in the pages of classical and contemporary Russian literature. Tens of millions of people of all ages who are seriously studying Russian language, to be clarified in the interpretation of these so-called idiomatic of means of the Russian language. And until then, until you create a new the most extensive dictionary of the Russian language, encompassing not only the words and expressions in Russian literary language, but the words territorial and professional dialects, the word belonging to the vernacular and colloquial-the domestic sphere of communication, the Dictionary Dahl-will remain an indispensable tool-a directory on the Russian language in the broad sense of the term. This dictionary is useful in that it covers the vocabulary in writing and speaking of the XIX century, and partly even the vocabulary of the monuments of ancient literature, but it is absolutely indispensable when we are talking about the living people's language when you want information about the regional, the concepts associated with the terms of the pre-revolutionary peasant life, about people's beliefs and views, reflected in the best works of Russian classical and modern literature.

Books made by hand by professional craftsmen in our own production!

Back cover - made of genuine leather.

Bookend - silver.

Bleed - plated.

Embossed - gilt-and blind.

The quality and the color, design, embossing, flyleaf, and a shotgun you can choose and book individually!