scanty russian

• жи́дкий

  liquid, fluid

  thin (watery, weak)

  sparse, scanty

• небога́тый

  of modest means, scanty

• мизе́рный

  scanty, meagre, wretched

• ку́цый

  short / scanty (in terms of stature, length, size, brains)

  short-tailed, curtailed, dock-tailed

• жи́денький

  (quite a bit) fluid / liquid

  (quite a bit) thin (waterly, weak)

  (quite a bit) sparse / scanty

• малочи́сленный

  small in numbers, scanty

• малоплодоро́дный

  poor, scanty

• обедня́ть

  impoverish, make scanty, water down

• оскуде́лый

  scanty, scarce, depleted

• жи́дко

  in liquid / thin / scanty state, short neuter singular of жи́дкий

• жи́денько

  in (very) liquid / thin / scanty state, short neuter singular of жи́денький

Examples

• Нам дали куцый список продуктов.

  They gave us a scanty list of groceries.

• Он смотрел на оскуделый запас дров с тревогой.

  He looked anxiously at the scanty supply of firewood.