дикарь

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Russian

Etymology

ди́кий (díkij) +‎ -а́рь (-árʹ)

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Noun

дика́рь (dikárʹm anim (genitive дикаря́, nominative plural дикари́, genitive plural дикаре́й, feminine дика́рка, relational adjective дика́рский)

  1. savage
  2. (colloquial, figuratively) shy person, unsociable person
    • 1883, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], Приданое; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Trousseau, 1916:
      — Э́то брат Петра́ Семё́ныча, Его́р Семё́ныч… — поясни́ла Чикамасова, заме́тив моё́ удивле́ние. — Он живё́т у нас с про́шлого го́да. Вы изви́ните его́, он не мо́жет вы́йти к вам. Дика́рь тако́й… конфу́зится чужи́х… В монасты́рь собира́ется… На слу́жбе огорчи́ли его́… Так вот с го́ря…
      — Éto brat Petrá Semjónyča, Jegór Semjónyč… — pojasníla Čikamasova, zamétiv mojó udivlénije. — On živjót u nas s próšlovo góda. Vy izvínite jevó, on ne móžet výjti k vam. Dikárʹ takój… konfúzitsja čužíx… V monastýrʹ sobirájetsja… Na slúžbe ogorčíli jevó… Tak vot s górja…
      "That's my husband's brother, Yegor Semyonitch," the little lady explained, noticing my surprise. "He's been living with us for the last year. Please excuse him; he cannot come in to see you. He is such an unsociable person, he is shy with strangers. He is going into a monastery. He was unfairly treated in the service, and the disappointment has preyed on his mind."
  3. (colloquial) non-official holiday-maker (without a tour group or a prepaid hotel)

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Descendants

  • Yakut: дьикээр (jikeer)

Further reading

  • дикарь in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru