бюрократия
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See also: бюрократія
Russian
Etymology
From French bureaucratie, likely through German Bürokratie. Stressed the same way as in бюрокра́т.
Pronunciation
Noun
бюрокра́тия • (bjurokrátija) f inan (genitive бюрокра́тии, uncountable)
- (usually uncountable) bureaucracy, the excessive power of civil servants
- (usually uncountable) officialdom, the officials, the class of civil servants
- Synonym: чиновничество (činovničestvo)
- (usually uncountable) red tape
- Synonym: бюрократи́зм (bjurokratízm)
Declension
Declension of бюрокра́тия (inan sg-only fem-form i-stem accent-a)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | бюрокра́тия bjurokrátija |
| genitive | бюрокра́тии bjurokrátii |
| dative | бюрокра́тии bjurokrátii |
| accusative | бюрокра́тию bjurokrátiju |
| instrumental | бюрокра́тией, бюрокра́тиею bjurokrátijej, bjurokrátijeju |
| prepositional | бюрокра́тии bjurokrátii |
Derived terms
- бюрократи́ческий (bjurokratíčeskij)
Related terms
Descendants
- → Georgian: ბიუროკრატია (biuroḳraṭia)
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “бюрократия”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Shansky, N. M. (1965) “бюрократия”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), volume 1, number 2 (Б), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 248
- Anikin, A. E. (2011) “бюрократия”, in Русский этимологический словарь (in Russian), issue 5 (буба – вакштаф), Moscow: Znak, →ISBN, page 297