гопник
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]го́пать (gópatʹ) + -ник (-nik) or гоп (gop) + -ник (-nik).
Folk etymology connects the term to the acronym for Городско́е о́бщество призо́ра (Gorodskóje óbščestvo prizóra), the name of a former Saint Petersburg orphanage and workhouse for street children.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]го́пник • (gópnik) m anim (genitive го́пника, nominative plural го́пники, genitive plural го́пников, feminine го́пница, relational adjective го́пнический)
- gopnik (a member of the Russian urban criminal subculture; a young hoodlum; a member of a street gang)
- a young bully; a rowdy youth; a young tough
- an aggressive, poorly educated and ill-mannered person, even if not so young; a redneck
Declension
[edit]Declension of го́пник (anim masc-form velar-stem accent-a)
Derived terms
[edit]- го́пничество (gópničestvo)
Related terms
[edit]- го́п-сто́п (góp-stóp)
- го́па (gópa)
- гопа́к (gopák)
- го́пница (gópnica)
- гопота́ (gopotá)
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