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кацап

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Belarusian

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Etymology

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See Ukrainian каца́п (kacáp)

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Noun

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каца́п (kacápm pers (genitive каца́па, nominative plural каца́пы, genitive plural каца́паў)

  1. (slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) katsap, a Russian person, Russian, Russki

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Further reading

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  • кацап” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Russian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ukrainian каца́п (kacáp).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kɐˈt͡sap]
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Noun

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каца́п (kacápm anim (genitive каца́па, nominative plural каца́пы, genitive plural каца́пов, feminine каца́пка)

  1. (Ukraine, slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) katsap, a Russian person, Russian, Russki
    Synonym: моска́ль (moskálʹ)

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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From цап (cap, billy goat) with a prefix ка- (ka-). Likening a stereotypically bearded Russian man to a goat. An alleged folk etymology explains the word as “как-цап” (kak-cap, “like a billy goat”), deriving from Russian как (kak, as), however there is no factual evidence supporting this theory.

Another etymology conclusion is insufficiently substantiated, supposedly came to wide use after massacre of Kazan in 1552: from Turkish kasap (butcher), from Arabic قَصَّاب (qaṣṣāb, butcher). Compare Hebrew קצב (butcher), Crimean Tatar къасап (butcher), Ukrainian закаца́пити (zakacápyty, kill, slaughter), Bulgarian касап (kasap, butcher) and касапин (kasapin, butcher), Serbo-Croatian kasap (butcher) and kasapin (butcher) and Romanian casap (butcher).

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Noun

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каца́п (kacápm pers (genitive каца́па, nominative plural каца́пи, genitive plural каца́пів, feminine каца́пка, relational adjective каца́пський, diminutive каца́пчик)

  1. (slang, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) katsap, a Russian person, Russian, Russki

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Descendants

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  • English: katsap
  • Polish: kacap
  • Russian: каца́п (kacáp)

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