шантрапа

Russian

Alternative forms
  • шантропа́ (šantropá)

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Originally a dialectal word.

Perhaps connected with Old Czech šantrok, šаntrосha (“cheater”), from Middle High German santrocke (“fraud”).[1][2]

Alternatively, from French chantera pas (“will not sing”), said about serfs' children which were not chosen for the landowner's choir.[3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʂəntrɐˈpa]

Noun

шантрапа́ • (šantrapá) m anim or f anim (genitive шантрапы́, nominative plural шантрапы́, genitive plural шантра́п)

  1. worthless person, rascal, scoundrel

Declension
Declension of шантрапа́ (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-b) 
singular plural
nominative шантрапа́
šantrapá		 шантрапы́
šantrapý
genitive шантрапы́
šantrapý		 шантра́п
šantráp
dative шантрапе́
šantrapé		 шантрапа́м
šantrapám
accusative шантрапу́
šantrapú		 шантра́п
šantráp
instrumental шантрапо́й, шантрапо́ю
šantrapój, šantrapóju		 шантрапа́ми
šantrapámi
prepositional шантрапе́
šantrapé		 шантрапа́х
šantrapáx
  • (probably) сантрапа́л (santrapál)

References
  1. Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “шантрапа”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  2. Matzenauer, Antonín (1870) “šantrok”, in Cizí slova ve slovanských řečech [Foreign words in Slavic languages] (in Czech), Brno: Matica Moravská, page 318
  3. Jepiškin, N. I. (2010) “шантрапа”, in Istoričeskij slovarʹ gallicizmov russkovo jazyka [Historical Dictionary of Russian Gallicisms] (in Russian), Moscow: ETS
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