каторга

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Russian

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek κάτεργον (kátergon, “galley; penal labor”), from Ancient Greek κάτεργος (kátergos).

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Noun

ка́торга • (kátorga) f inan (genitive ка́торги, nominative plural ка́торги, genitive plural ка́торг, relational adjective ка́торжный)

  1. (type of punishment) penal servitude, hard labour
  2. (figuratively) misery, hard life

Declension

Declension of ка́торга (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative ка́торга
kátorga 		ка́торги
kátorgi
genitive ка́торги
kátorgi 		ка́торг
kátorg
dative ка́торге
kátorge 		ка́торгам
kátorgam
accusative ка́торгу
kátorgu 		ка́торги
kátorgi
instrumental ка́торгой, ка́торгою
kátorgoj, kátorgoju 		ка́торгами
kátorgami
prepositional ка́торге
kátorge 		ка́торгах
kátorgax
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