Jump to content

великий и могучий

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Russian

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Turgenev's 1882 prose poem «Русский язык» («Russkij jazyk», The Russian Tongue).

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): [vʲɪˈlʲikʲɪj i mɐˈɡut͡ɕɪj]

Noun

[edit]

вели́кий и могу́чий (velíkij i mogúčijm inan (genitive вели́кого и могу́чего, uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic, poetic, endearing) the Russian language (literally, “the great and mighty”)
  2. (humorous, euphemistic, sarcastic) Russian profanities
    Synonyms: ру́сский мат (rússkij mat), матерщи́на (materščína)

Declension

[edit]