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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic истуканъ (istukanŭ), past passive participle of истукати (istukati, “to carve”); compare ту́кать (túkatʹ, “to hit”).
Pronunciation
Noun
истука́н • (istukán) m inan (genitive истука́на, nominative plural истука́ны, genitive plural истука́нов)
- idol, statue
- стоя́ть как истука́н ― stojátʹ kak istukán ― stand there like a stuffed dummy
- (figurative) sedentary, insensate person
Declension
Further reading
- истукан in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru