Даунбасс
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Russian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From да́ун ("a person with Down's syndrome, retard, stupid") and Донба́сс (Donbáss, “Donbass, Ukrainian area held by Russian separatists”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Даунба́сс • (Daunbáss) m inan (genitive Даунба́сса)
- (Ukraine, slang, offensive) The Donetsk People's Republic.
- (Ukraine, slang, offensive) The pro-Russian separatists of the Donbass region in eastern Ukraine.
Usage notes
[edit]- Mostly used by Ukrainians, especially nationalists.
Declension
[edit]Declension of Даунба́сс (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-a)
singular | |
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nominative | Даунба́сс Daunbáss |
genitive | Даунба́сса Daunbássa |
dative | Даунба́ссу Daunbássu |
accusative | Даунба́сс Daunbáss |
instrumental | Даунба́ссом Daunbássom |
prepositional | Даунба́ссе Daunbásse |
Coordinate terms
[edit]- ОРДЛО́ (ORDLÓ)
- Доне́цкая Наро́дная Респу́блика (Donéckaja Naródnaja Respúblika), ДНР (DNR)
- Луга́нская Наро́дная Респу́блика (Lugánskaja Naródnaja Respúblika), ЛНР (LNR)
- Луга́ндон (Lugándon) (derogatory, slang)
See also
[edit]- майда́ун (majdáun, “a supporter of the Euromaidan protest and the Ukrainian government”)
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- Russian proper nouns
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- Russian inanimate nouns
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- Russian offensive terms
- Russian hard-stem masculine-form nouns
- Russian hard-stem masculine-form accent-a nouns
- Russian nouns with accent pattern a
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