ликбез

Russian

Etymology

Acronym of ликвида́ция безгра́мотности (likvidácija bezgrámotnosti).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [lʲɪɡˈbʲes]
  • Audio(file)

Noun

ликбе́з • (likbéz) m inan (genitive ликбе́за, nominative plural ликбе́зы, genitive plural ликбе́зов)

  1. (historical, Soviet Union) Likbez (campaign of eradication of illiteracy in Soviet Russia and to Soviet Union in the 1920s and 1930s)
  2. (colloquial) grounding (act of giving a basic education in a particular subject)

Declension
Declension of ликбе́з (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative ликбе́з
likbéz		 ликбе́зы
likbézy
genitive ликбе́за
likbéza		 ликбе́зов
likbézov
dative ликбе́зу
likbézu		 ликбе́зам
likbézam
accusative ликбе́з
likbéz		 ликбе́зы
likbézy
instrumental ликбе́зом
likbézom		 ликбе́зами
likbézami
prepositional ликбе́зе
likbéze		 ликбе́зах
likbézax

Derived terms
adjectives
  • ликбе́зный (likbéznyj)
  • ликбе́зовский (likbézovskij)
noun
  • ликбе́зник (likbéznik)

References
  • Shansky, N. M., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (1999), “ликбез”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), number 9 (Л), Moscow: Moscow University Press, →ISBN Invalid ISBN, page 99

Further reading
  • ликбез in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru
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