запой
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zapojь. Compare запи́ть (zapítʹ). See *piti for more information.
Noun
[edit]запо́й • (zapój) m inan (genitive запо́я, nominative plural запо́и, genitive plural запо́ев)
- binge, bout, drinking bout (recurring drunkenness due to a pathological craving for alcoholic drink; a period of continuous drunkenness)
- неде́льный запо́й ― nedélʹnyj zapój ― week-long binge
- ча́стые запо́и ― částyje zapói ― frequent binges
- 1790, Александр Радищев, “Подберезье”, in Путешествие из Петербурга в Москву; English translation from Leo Wiener, transl., A Journey From St. Petersburg to Moscow, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1958:
- Голова моя была свинцовой тяжелее, хуже, нежели бывает с похмелья у пьяниц, которые по неделе пьют запоем.
- Golova moja byla svincovoj tjaželeje, xuže, neželi byvajet s poxmelʹja u pʹjanic, kotoryje po nedele pʹjut zapojem.
- My head was heavier than lead, worse than a drunkard’s head would be after a drunken bout a week long.
- booze
- (by extension) binge (without stopping, in immoderate quantities; with unbridled enthusiasm)
Declension
[edit]Declension of запо́й (inan masc-form vowel-stem accent-a)
Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]запо́й • (zapój)
- second-person singular imperative perfective of запе́ть (zapétʹ)
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