Clayton McCurdyadded a comment 9 years ago
The dictionary I used said зыбучий песок or сыпучий песок so I was curious which one was more common.
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Clayton McCurdyasked for translation 9 years ago
How to translate? (en-ru)
quicksand
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What is the best way to translate this word in Russian?
Noun;
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Noun
- 1.
the most commonly used is "зыбучий песок" or "зыбучие пески", meaning a kind of sand pit, sucking everything in.
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And I just can't keep myself from saying that the best way to translate any word in Russian is to look it up in the dictionry:
translation added by Igor YurchenkoGold en-ru1 - 2.
Зыбучий песок, плывун
translation added by Elena BogomolovaGold en-ru0
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Igor Yurchenkoadded a comment 9 years ago
"сыпучий песок" - has completly another meaning, actually. It's mor like "sand able to spill/pour". As opposed to clumpy wet sand.