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Russian
Etymology
From гри́вна (grívna) + -ник (-nik).
Pronunciation
Noun
гри́венник • (grívennik) m inan (genitive гри́венника, nominative plural гри́венники, genitive plural гри́венников, diminutive гри́венничек)
- (colloquial) ten-copeck coin
1973, Михаил Булгаков [Mikhail Bulgakov], “Глава IV. Погоня”, in Мастер и Маргарита; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Master and Margarita, London: Penguin Books, 1997:Пропусти́в ми́мо себя́ все три ваго́на, кот вскочи́л на за́днюю дугу́ после́днего, ла́пой вцепи́лся в каку́ю-то кишку́, выходя́щую из сте́нки, и укати́л, сэконо́мив, таки́м о́бразом, гри́венник.- Propustív mímo sebjá vse tri vagóna, kot vskočíl na zádnjuju dugú poslédnevo, lápoj vcepílsja v kakúju-to kiškú, vyxodjáščuju iz sténki, i ukatíl, sɛkonómiv, takím óbrazom, grívennik.
- Letting all three cars go by, the cat jumped on to the rear coupling-pin of the last one, wrapped its paws around some hose sticking out of the side, and rode off, thus saving himself ten kopecks.
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