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Russian
Etymology
бедня́га (bednjága) + -ка (-ka)
Pronunciation
Noun
бедня́жка • (bednjážka) m anim or f anim (genitive бедня́жки, nominative plural бедня́жки, genitive plural бедня́жек)
- (colloquial) endearing diminutive of бедня́га (bednjága): poor thing, poor fellow, poor devil
1892, Антон Чехов , “V”, in Попрыгунья; English translation from Robert Edward Crozier Long, transl., La Cigale, 1908:— Ся́дем, — сказа́л он, поднима́я её и уса́живая за стол. — Вот так... Ку́шай ря́бчика. Ты проголода́лась, бедня́жка.- — Sjádem, — skazál on, podnimája jejó i usáživaja za stol. — Vot tak... Kúšaj rjábčika. Ty progolodálasʹ, bednjážka.
- “Sit down here!” he said, lifting her and seating her at the table. “There we are! Eat the grouse! You are starving, of course, poor child!”
Declension