порося
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic поросѧ (porosę), from Proto-Slavic *porsę (“piglet”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pərɐˈsʲa]
Noun
порося́ • (porosjá) n anim
- (regional, Ukraine or humorous) young pig, piglet
- Synonym: поросёнок (porosjónok)
- не́ было у ба́бы забо́т так купи́ла ба́ба порося́ ― né bylo u báby zabót tak kupíla bába porosjá ― trouble comes to him who seeks it (lit.: the woman (impolite) didn't have any trouble but the woman bought a piglet)
- 2016, Гунта Рудзите, Записки пилигрима, translation of Svētceļotāja piezīmes by R. Rudzītis:
- Не одна́жды я ви́дел, как де́ти в ко́мнате игра́ются с порося́тей […]
- Ne odnáždy ja vídel, kak déti v kómnate igrájutsja s porosjátej […]
- Many a time I saw children playing with a piglet in the room […]
- (figuratively, derogatory) pig (a dirty, unscrupulous, or mean person)
- Synonym: свинья́ (svinʹjá)
Usage notes
- Normally used only in the nominative and accusative singular.
Declension
Ukrainian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *porsę.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pɔrɔˈsʲa]
Audio (file)
Noun
порося́ • (porosjá) n animal (genitive порося́ти, nominative plural порося́та, genitive plural порося́т)
Declension
Declension of порося́ (animal t-stem neut-form accent-b)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | порося́ porosjá |
порося́та porosjáta |
| genitive | порося́ти porosjáty |
порося́т porosját |
| dative | порося́ті porosjáti |
порося́там porosjátam |
| accusative | порося́ porosjá |
порося́та, порося́т porosjáta, porosját |
| instrumental | порося́м porosjám |
порося́тами porosjátamy |
| locative | порося́ті porosjáti |
порося́тах porosjátax |
| vocative | порося́ porosjá |
порося́та porosjáta |
Derived terms
- порося́тко (porosjátko)
References
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “порося”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “порося”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
- “порося”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)
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