тиран
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Russian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- тира́нн (tiránn) — scholarly
- тѵра́нъ (tirán), тѵра́ннъ (tiránn) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from German Tyrann, from Latin tyrannus, from Ancient Greek τύραννος (túrannos).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]тира́н • (tirán) m anim (genitive тира́на, nominative plural тира́ны, genitive plural тира́нов)
- tyrant (also figurative)
- 1983, Samuil Marshak, Баллада о королевском бутерброде [Ballad of the King's Bread], translation of The King’s Breakfast by A. A. Milne:
- — Никто́ не ска́жет, бу́дто я / Тира́н и сумасбро́д, / За то́, что к ча́ю я люблю́ / Хоро́ший бутербро́д.
- — Niktó ne skážet, búdto ja / Tirán i sumasbród, / Za tó, što k čáju ja ljubljú / Xoróšij butɛrbród/buterbród.
- “No one would say that I / Am a tyrant and madman, / For the fact that with my tea I like / A good bread-and-butter sandwich.”
- bully
Declension
[edit]Declension of тира́н (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a)
Synonyms
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