безделушка
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Russian
Etymology
без- (bez-) + де́ло (délo) + -у́шка (-úška)[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
безделу́шка • (bezdelúška) f inan (genitive безделу́шки, nominative plural безделу́шки, genitive plural безделу́шек)
- knick-knack, trifle
- Synonyms: безде́лица (bezdélica), финтифлю́шка (fintifljúška)
- 1886, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], chapter I, in Тина; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Mire, 1916:
- Она́ провела́ офице́ра че́рез две ко́мнаты, похо́жие на гости́ную, че́рез за́лу и останови́лась в своём кабине́те, где стоя́л же́нский пи́сьменный сто́лик, весь уста́вленный безделу́шками.
- Oná provelá oficéra čérez dve kómnaty, poxóžije na gostínuju, čérez zálu i ostanovílasʹ v svojóm kabinéte, gde stojál žénskij písʹmennyj stólik, vesʹ ustávlennyj bezdelúškami.
- She led the officer through two rooms similar to the drawing-room, through a large reception hall, and came to a stop in her study, where there was a lady's writing-table covered with little knick-knacks.
Declension
Declension of безделу́шка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | безделу́шка bezdelúška |
безделу́шки bezdelúški |
| genitive | безделу́шки bezdelúški |
безделу́шек bezdelúšek |
| dative | безделу́шке bezdelúške |
безделу́шкам bezdelúškam |
| accusative | безделу́шку bezdelúšku |
безделу́шки bezdelúški |
| instrumental | безделу́шкой, безделу́шкою bezdelúškoj, bezdelúškoju |
безделу́шками bezdelúškami |
| prepositional | безделу́шке bezdelúške |
безделу́шках bezdelúškax |
References
- ^ §504 of Грамматика русского языка, volume 1