Thumb

"Thumb" in Russian

большо́й па́лец

bolʹšój pálec

(digit)

листа́ть

listátʹ

(turn the pages of (a book) in order to read it cursorily)

мусо́лить

musólitʹ

(touch with the thumb)

перели́стывать

perelístyvatʹ

(turn the pages of (a book) in order to read it cursorily)

проли́стывать

prolístyvatʹ

(turn the pages of (a book) in order to read it cursorily)

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