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Russian
Etymology
From ждать (ždatʹ) + -ун (-un).
Pronunciation
Noun
ждун • (ždun) m anim (genitive ждуна́, nominative plural ждуны́, genitive plural ждуно́в, feminine жду́нья)
- (colloquial) awaiter, someone who waits
- (neologism, politics, derogatory) an enemy sympathizer; a secretly disloyal civilian waiting to be liberated by the other side's armed forces (used in both Russia and Ukraine, and applied to civilians on either side of the Russian-Ukrainian war)
Declension