тунеядец
Russian
Etymology
Compound formed from тоуне (tune) 'given freely; for no purpose' (also found in the adverb втуне), and *ядец, 'eater' (related to еда 'food').
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tʊnʲɪˈjædʲɪt͡s]
Noun
тунея́дец • (tunejádec) m anim (genitive тунея́дца, nominative plural тунея́дцы, genitive plural тунея́дцев, feminine тунея́дка)
- idler, parasite, freeloader
- Synonyms: безде́льник (bezdélʹnik), дармое́д (darmojéd), лентя́й (lentjáj)
- 1860, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, An Honest Thief:
- Пьянчу́жка тако́й, потаску́н, тунея́дец служи́л пре́жде где́-то, да его́ за пья́ную жизнь уж давно́ из слу́жбы вы́ключили.
- Pʹjančúžka takój, potaskún, tunejádec služíl préžde gdé-to, da jevó za pʹjánuju žiznʹ už davnó iz slúžby výključili.
- A drunk and a rake, the idler had served somewhere in the past but had been expelled from service long ago for his drunken lifestyle.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | тунея́дец tunejádec |
тунея́дцы tunejádcy |
| genitive | тунея́дца tunejádca |
тунея́дцев tunejádcev |
| dative | тунея́дцу tunejádcu |
тунея́дцам tunejádcam |
| accusative | тунея́дца tunejádca |
тунея́дцев tunejádcev |
| instrumental | тунея́дцем tunejádcem |
тунея́дцами tunejádcami |
| prepositional | тунея́дце tunejádce |
тунея́дцах tunejádcax |
Related terms
- тунея́дка f (tunejádka), тунея́дство n (tunejádstvo)
References
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