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масленица

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *maslěnica, from *maslěnъ +‎ *-ica, from *maslo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmas⁽ʲ⁾lʲɪnʲɪt͡sə]

Noun

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ма́сленица (máslenicaf inan (genitive ма́сленицы, nominative plural ма́сленицы, genitive plural ма́слениц, relational adjective ма́сленичный)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Ма́сленица (Máslenica); Maslenitsa, Shrovetide, Butter Week, Crepe Week (the week before Lent, seven weeks before Easter)
  2. (figuratively) feast, high life
    не житьё, а ма́сленицаne žitʹjó, a máslenicaa bed of roses; living high on the hog
    не всё коту́ ма́сленица, придёт и вели́кий постne vsjo kotú máslenica, pridjót i velíkij postgood things don’t last forever (after dinner comes the reckoning)
  3. (regional, obsolete) butter churn

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See also

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References

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  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*maslěnica”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 17 (*lъžь – *matješьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 223