гопник

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Russian

Гопники.

Etymology

го́пать (gópatʹ) +‎ -ник (-nik) or гоп (gop) +‎ -ник (-nik).

Folk etymology connects the term to the acronym for Городско́е о́бщество призо́ра (Gorodskóje óbščestvo prizóra), the name of a former Saint Petersburg orphanage and workhouse for street children.

Pronunciation

Noun

го́пник • (gópnik) m anim (genitive го́пника, nominative plural го́пники, genitive plural го́пников, feminine го́пница, relational adjective го́пнический)

  1. gopnik (a member of the Russian urban criminal subculture; a young hoodlum; a member of a street gang)
  2. a young bully; a rowdy youth; a young tough
  3. an aggressive, poorly educated and ill-mannered person, even if not so young; a redneck

Declension

Declension of го́пник (anim masc-form velar-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative го́пник
gópnik 		го́пники
gópniki
genitive го́пника
gópnika 		го́пников
gópnikov
dative го́пнику
gópniku 		го́пникам
gópnikam
accusative го́пника
gópnika 		го́пников
gópnikov
instrumental го́пником
gópnikom 		го́пниками
gópnikami
prepositional го́пнике
gópnike 		го́пниках
gópnikax

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