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прапорщик

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Russian

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Etymology

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From пра́пор (prápor) +‎ -щик (-ščik), from Old Church Slavonic прапоръ (praporŭ), from Proto-Slavic *porporъ.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈprapərɕːɪk]
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Noun

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пра́порщик (práporščikm anim (genitive пра́порщика, nominative plural пра́порщики, genitive plural пра́порщиков)

  1. (military) ensign (military rank); praporshchik

Declension

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “прапорщик”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress