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Russian
Etymology
From German Grobian (“brute”), influenced by грубый (grubyj)
Pronunciation
Noun
грубия́н • (grubiján) m anim (genitive грубия́на, nominative plural грубия́ны, genitive plural грубия́нов, feminine грубия́нка)
- churl, boor, cad, chuff, vulgarian, bounder (rude and mean fellow)
Declension
References
- ^ Ушаков Д. Н. [Ušakov D. N.], editor (1935–1940), “грубиян”, in Толковый словарь русского языка (Tolkovyj slovarʹ russkovo jazyka) (in Russian), Moscow: Gosudarstvennoje izdatelʹstvo inostrannyx i nacionalʹnyx slovarej