трущоба
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]трущо́ба • (truščóba) f inan (genitive трущо́бы, nominative plural трущо́бы, genitive plural трущо́б)
- (archaic) dense forest, thicket, jungle
- a. 1875, Alexander Afanasyev-Chuzhbinsky, Собраніе сочиненій, volume IX. Стихотворенія, Sankt-Peterburg: Herman Hoppe, published 1892, page 90:
- Партизаны врага обскакали!
И, опять кончивъ бой,
мы въ трущобѣ лѣсной
Отдыхать, подкрѣпить остались.- Partizany vraga obskakali!
I, opjatʹ končiv boj,
my v truščobě lěsnoj
Otdyxatʹ, podkrěpitʹ ostalisʹ. - The partisans overtook the enemy!
And, ending the battle again,
We left in the dense forest
To kick back and gain energy.
- Partizany vraga obskakali!
- (archaic) backwoods, the sticks (remote, rural area)
- (often in the plural) slum (dilapidated neighborhood)
- (colloquial) hovel, shack (dilapidated house)
Declension
[edit]Declension of трущо́ба (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | трущо́ба truščóba |
трущо́бы truščóby |
genitive | трущо́бы truščóby |
трущо́б truščób |
dative | трущо́бе truščóbe |
трущо́бам truščóbam |
accusative | трущо́бу truščóbu |
трущо́бы truščóby |
instrumental | трущо́бой, трущо́бою truščóboj, truščóboju |
трущо́бами truščóbami |
prepositional | трущо́бе truščóbe |
трущо́бах truščóbax |
References
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “трущоба”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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