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Russian
Etymology
имени́н(ник) (imenín(nik)) + -ница (-nica)
Pronunciation
Noun
имени́нница • (imenínnica) f anim (genitive имени́нницы, nominative plural имени́нницы, genitive plural имени́нниц, masculine имени́нник)
- female equivalent of имени́нник (imenínnik): birthday woman or girl (woman or girl celebrating her birthday)
1887, Антон Чехов , Беда, Санкт-Петербург: Петербургская газета; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., In Trouble, 1921:Потолкова́в о кра́хе ба́нка и о судьбе́ Петра́ Семёныча, Авде́ев и его́ прия́тели отпра́вились на пиро́г к знако́мому, у кото́рого в э́тот день была́ имени́нница жена́.- Potolkováv o kráxe bánka i o sudʹbé Petrá Semjónyča, Avdéjev i jevó prijáteli otprávilisʹ na piróg k znakómomu, u kotórovo v étot denʹ bylá imenínnica žená.
- After discussing the failure of the bank and the fate of Pyotr Semyonitch, Avdeyev and his friends went to eat pie at the house of a friend whose wife was celebrating her name-day.
- (religion) name-day woman or girl (woman or girl celebrating her name day, i.e. the day of the saint who she is named after)
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