батрак

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Russian

Etymology

Unknown, maybe related to ба́тырь (bátyrʹ).

Pronunciation

Noun

батра́к (batrákm anim (genitive батрака́, nominative plural батраки́, genitive plural батрако́в, feminine батра́чка, relational adjective батра́цкий or батра́ческий)

  1. farm labourer; cotter
    • 1928/1972, A.Platonov, Chevengur:
      Сердце всему человеку батрак, оно — рабочий человек, а вы все эксплуататоры, и у вас нету коммунизма
      Serdce vsemu čeloveku batrak, ono — rabočij čelovek, a vy vse ekspluatatory, i u vas netu kommunizma
      The heart is a cotter for the whole human, (the heart) is (like) a worker, while you all are exploatators and have no communism

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Descendants

  • Ingrian: batrakka

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “батрак”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “батрак”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 78
  • Shansky, N. M. (1965) “батрак”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, number 2 (Б), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 57
  • Anikin, A. E. (2008) “батра́к I”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 2 (ба – бдынъ), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 275

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Noun

батра́к (batrákm pers (genitive батрака́, nominative plural батраки́, genitive plural батракі́в, feminine батра́чка, relational adjective батра́цький)

  1. farm labourer; cotter

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