одёжка
- 1.
clothes, clothing, things (to wear), garments
Наде́нь одёжку потеплее.
Put on warmer clothes.
Colloquial, affectionate diminutive of одежда; often about simple or children's clothes.
- 2.
appearance, outward appearance, looks
По одёжке встреча́ют, по уму́ провожа́ют.
People greet you by your clothes but say goodbye by your mind.
Mainly in the proverb «По одёжке встречают, по уму провожают».
Examples
По одёжке протя́гивай но́жки.
Cut your coat according to your cloth.
Встреча́ют по одёжке, провожа́ют по уму́.
You are judged by appearances at first but by your mind later on.
По одёжке встреча́ют, по уму́ провожа́ют.
People judge a man by his clothes when they first meet him, and by his intelligence when they say goodbye.
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nom.Nominative | одёжка | одёжки |
| Gen.Genitive | одёжки | одёжек |
| Dat.Dative | одёжке | одёжкам |
| Acc.Accusative | одёжку | одёжки |
| Inst.Instrumental | одёжкой одёжкою | одёжками |
| Prep.Prepositional | одёжке | одёжках |
Word familyодёжкаPRO
- одёжкаclothes; appearance
- одёжныйодежда (adj)
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