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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian canaglia.
Pronunciation
Noun
кана́лья • (kanálʹja) f anim (genitive кана́льи, nominative plural кана́льи, genitive plural кана́лий)
- (colloquial, often humorous) rogue, rascal
1869, Салтыков-Щедрин, Повесть о том, как один мужик двух генералов прокормил; English translation from How a Muzhik Fed Two Officials, New York: Modern Library, 1925:— Ты смотри, однако, каналья, не утопи нас! — сказали генералы, увидев покачивавшуюся на волнах ладью.- — Ty smotri, odnako, kanalʹja, ne utopi nas! — skazali generaly, uvidev pokačivavšujusja na volnax ladʹju.
- "Now, take care, you dog, that you don't drown us," said the Officials, when they saw the raft rising and falling on the waves.
Declension