почтовый ящик

Russian

Etymology

In the sense of “secret facility”, from the Soviet-era rule of keeping the names of such facilities secret by addressing mail to a post office box number without a name.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɐt͡ɕˈtovɨj ˈjæɕːɪk]
  • (file)

Noun

почто́вый я́щик • (počtóvyj jáščik) m inan (genitive почто́вого я́щика, nominative plural почто́вые я́щики, genitive plural почто́вых я́щиков)

  1. mailbox, letterbox (box into which mail is put)
  2. (colloquial, dated) secret facility, military base
    Synonyms: абоне́нтский я́щик (abonéntskij jáščik), я́щик (jáščik), режи́мное предприя́тие (režímnoje predprijátije)

Declension

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