аптекарша

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Russian

Etymology

From апте́карь (aptékarʹ) +‎ -ша (-ša).

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Noun

апте́карша (aptékaršaf anim (genitive апте́карши, nominative plural апте́карши, genitive plural апте́карш)

  1. female equivalent of апте́карь (aptékarʹ): female pharmacist, chemist, druggist
  2. pharmacist's wife
    • 1886, Антон Чехов , Аптекарша; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Chemist's Wife, 1916:
      Че́рез мину́ту возвраща́ется апте́карша и ста́вит на прила́вок пять буты́лок.
      Čérez minútu vozvraščájetsja aptékarša i stávit na prilávok pjatʹ butýlok.
      A minute later the chemist's wife came back and set five bottles on the counter.

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