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В ПЕЛЁНКАХ coll PrepP these forms only subj-compl with copula or adv

1. (subj: human in one's infancy

in the cradle

in diapers (in limited contexts) when one was wetting his diapers.

2. Also: В КОЛЫБЕЛИ lit

subj: abstr) in an embryonic state, in its initial period of development

in its infancy

in its earliest stages of development in the earliest stages of its development.