пословица

• IPA^(key): [pɔˈsɫɔvit͡sa]
• Rhymes: -it͡sa

пословица • (poslovica) f (relational adjective пословичен)

1. proverb

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *poslovica.

• IPA^(key): [pɐsˈɫovʲɪt͡sə]

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посло́вица • (poslóvica) f inan (genitive посло́вицы, nominative plural посло́вицы, genitive plural посло́виц)

1. proverb, saying, adage (communicating a lesson or important truth)

   Как в посло́вице говори́тся: "Арте́льный горшо́к гу́ще кипи́т".

   Kak v poslóvice govorítsja: "Artélʹnyj goršók gúšče kipít".

   As the saying goes: "With a helper a thousand things are possible".

The Russian terms погово́рка (pogovórka) and посло́вица (poslóvica) both translate to proverb or saying in English, but have subtly different usage in Russian:

• погово́рка (pogovórka) is a concise descriptive phrase, usually not forming a complete sentence, which may hint at a lesson but does not state it explicitly; e.g. во́ду в сту́пе толо́чь (vódu v stúpe tolóčʹ, “to plough the sand, to waste one's time”, literally “to grind water in a mortar”).
• посло́вица (poslóvica) is a complete sentence communicating an explicit lesson or an important truth; e.g. во́ду вари́ть — вода́ и бу́дет (vódu varítʹ — vodá i búdet, “if you waste your time, you will achieve nothing”, literally “if you boil water [with nothing in it], you will get water”).

• погово́рка (pogovórka)
• крыла́тое выраже́ние (krylátoje vyražénije)

• сло́во n (slóvo)

пословица f (Latin spelling poslovica)

1. proverb