шельма
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Middle High German schelme, from Polish szelma.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ше́льма • (šélʹma) m anim or f anim (genitive ше́льмы, nominative plural ше́льмы, genitive plural шельм)
- (colloquial) rascal, rogue, scoundrel
- 1881, Николай Лесков, “Глава тринадцатая”, in Левша; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Lefty, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:
- — Видите, я лучше всех знал, что мои русские меня не обманут. Глядите, пожалуйста: ведь они, шельмы, аглицкую блоху на подковы подковали!
- — Vidite, ja lučše vsex znal, što moi russkije menja ne obmanut. Gljadite, požalujsta: vedʹ oni, šelʹmy, aglickuju bloxu na podkovy podkovali!
- “You see, I know better than anyone that my Russians won’t let me down. Look, if you please: the rogues have shod the English flea in little horseshoes!”
Declension
[edit]Declension of ше́льма (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-a)
Related terms
[edit]- шельмова́ть impf (šelʹmovátʹ), ошельмова́ть pf (ošelʹmovátʹ)
- шельме́ц m (šelʹméc)
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