sprig russian

• ве́точка

  twig, sprig, shoot

• пру́тик

  twig, small branch, sprig

  switch, thin rod, cane

  burnet

• бо́дрый

  energetic, brisk, lively, wide awake

  cheerful, upbeat, in good spirits

  sprightly, hale and hearty, spry, fit

• ре́звый

  playful, frisky, lively, sprightly

• жи́вчик

  lively person, sprightly fellow, live wire

  spermatozoon, sperm cell, sperm

  visibly pulsing temple artery, throbbing vein on the temple

  nervous twitch of the eyelid, eyelid tic

  live bait fish, baitfish

  quicksilver, mercury

• жи́вость

  liveliness, vivacity, animation, sprightliness

• хво́я

  needles (of conifers), pine needles

  conifer branches, evergreen sprigs, brushwood (of conifers)

• е́льник

  spruce forest, spruce grove, fir forest

  spruce sprigs, spruce branches, fir sprigs

• разбитной

  bright, sprightly, sharp, saucy

• молодцева́тый

  dashing, sprightly

• молодцева́тость

  dashing appearance, sprightliness, swagger

Examples

• Она сорвала веточку полыни у дороги.

  She picked a sprig of wormwood by the roadside.

• Бабушка украсила икону веточкой вербы.

  Grandmother decorated the icon with a sprig of pussy willow.

• Он был разбитным парнем с улицы.

  He was a sprightly streetwise guy.

• С возрастом резвость понемногу пропадает.

  With age, one gradually loses one’s sprightliness.

• Она собрала веточку багульника у озера.

  She picked a sprig of ledum by the lake.

• Она подарила мне веточку мирта.

  She gave me a sprig of myrtle.

• Невеста украсила волосы веточкой флёрдоранжа.

  The bride decorated her hair with a sprig of orange blossom.