притча во языцех
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic притъча въ ѩзꙑцѣхъ (pritŭča vŭ języcěxŭ) "a fable/parable in/among the people", following its semantics and grammar. It's used several times in the Old Testament.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]при́тча во язы́цех • (prítča vo jazýcex) f inan (genitive при́тчи во язы́цех, nominative plural при́тчи во язы́цех, genitive plural при́тч во язы́цех)
- (idiomatic) talk of the town (a topic or person discussed by many people)
Usage notes
[edit]- The term язы́к (jazýk) is used in the archaic sense "people".
- The collocation "во язы́цех" is only used in this set expression and is considered grammatically incorrect, otherwise, cf. modern Russian "в языка́х" (in languages; in tongues).
Declension
[edit]Declension of при́тча во язы́цех (inan fem-form sibilant-stem accent-a)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | при́тча во язы́цех prítča vo jazýcex |
при́тчи во язы́цех prítči vo jazýcex |
genitive | при́тчи во язы́цех prítči vo jazýcex |
при́тч во язы́цех prítč vo jazýcex |
dative | при́тче во язы́цех prítče vo jazýcex |
при́тчам во язы́цех prítčam vo jazýcex |
accusative | при́тчу во язы́цех prítču vo jazýcex |
при́тчи во язы́цех prítči vo jazýcex |
instrumental | при́тчей во язы́цех, при́тчею во язы́цех prítčej vo jazýcex, prítčeju vo jazýcex |
при́тчами во язы́цех prítčami vo jazýcex |
prepositional | при́тче во язы́цех prítče vo jazýcex |
при́тчах во язы́цех prítčax vo jazýcex |
See also
[edit]Categories:
- Russian terms borrowed from Old Church Slavonic
- Russian terms derived from Old Church Slavonic
- Russian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Russian terms with audio pronunciation
- Russian lemmas
- Russian nouns
- Russian multiword terms
- Russian feminine nouns
- Russian inanimate nouns
- Russian idioms
- Russian sibilant-stem feminine-form nouns
- Russian sibilant-stem feminine-form accent-a nouns
- Russian nouns with accent pattern a