пиндос

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek πίνδος (píndos). The modern sense (“a Yank”) originated in the late 1990s as military slang among Russian peacekeepers in Bosnia and Kosovo.

In modern Greek slang, the original word now refers to someone who is unsophisticated.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [pʲɪnˈdos]

Noun

пиндо́с • (pindós) m anim (genitive пиндо́са, nominative plural пиндо́сы, genitive plural пиндо́сов, feminine пиндо́ска)

  1. (ethnic slur, derogatory) an American, a Yank
  2. (ethnic slur, regional, obsolete) a Pontic Greek

Declension
Declension of пиндо́с (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative пиндо́с
pindós		 пиндо́сы
pindósy
genitive пиндо́са
pindósa		 пиндо́сов
pindósov
dative пиндо́су
pindósu		 пиндо́сам
pindósam
accusative пиндо́са
pindósa		 пиндо́сов
pindósov
instrumental пиндо́сом
pindósom		 пиндо́сами
pindósami
prepositional пиндо́се
pindóse		 пиндо́сах
pindósax

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • пиндо́сский (pindósskij, adjective)
  • пиндо́ска (pindóska, noun)
  • Пиндо́сия (Pindósija), Пиндоста́н (Pindostán), СШП (SŠP, “USA (pejorative)”, noun)

See also
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