атанда

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Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from French attendez (wait!).

Pronunciation

Interjection

ата́нда (atánda)

  1. (criminal slang) watch out!, cheese it! (warning of danger, police, etc.)
    Synonyms: ата́с (atás), шу́хер (šúxer)
    • 1981, А. И. Приставкин, Ночевала тучка золотая:
      Ну, то есть е́сли что, он до́лжен крича́ть «ата́с» или «ата́нда»…
      Nu, to jestʹ jésli što, on dólžen kričátʹ «atás» ili «atánda»…
      Meaning that if something happened, he'd need to shout “danger!” or “watch out!”…

Noun

ата́нда (atándaf inan (genitive ата́нды, nominative plural ата́нды, genitive plural ата́нд)

  1. (criminal slang) lookout (a vantage point)
    Synonym: ата́с (atás)
    стоя́ть на ата́ндеstojátʹ na atándeto be the lookout man (literally, “to stand on a lookout”)
    • 1992, В. П. Аксёнов, Московская сага, книга третья:
      На ата́нде стоя́л надёжный ма́лый из социа́льно опа́сных, мо́жно бы́ло не беспоко́иться и хорошо́ отдохну́ть душо́й у тако́го «итээ́ровского костерка́».
      Na atánde stojál nadjóžnyj mályj iz sociálʹno opásnyx, móžno býlo ne bespokóitʹsja i xorošó otdoxnútʹ dušój u takóvo «itɛérovskovo kosterká».
      The lookout man was a reliable fellow belonging to the socially dangerous elements, so one could properly and fully relax without worry by this “correction labor camp bonfire”.

Declension