избоина What's the sense of this word? usage, frequency, popularity? Thanks
The only Oxford definition of this is "oil-cake" some sort of leftover from oil-processing. But I found the word in a synonym list of words for "opening", "mouth" and similar. So I am not getting the sense of the word, and do not understand why Oxford left it out. Roots of words help me get the meanings, but I am apparently overlooking the sense. В каком смысле этого слова? избоина
Maybe give me some simple sentences? Thanks
That is discouraging. Nonetheless, big thanks
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bublinka
I think you may be right in your etymology, but as far I as understand language development processes it is very difficult to get that sort of things correct. Even if I know the meaning of "из" and "боина" (from the words like "выбоина", "пробоина") I cannot guess the meaning of "избоина".
Discouraging that we cannot try to guess by putting (what we know) together about the roots. It is all we (non-native Russian students) have to go by when we encounter a new word.
Thanks for being honest with me.