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Russian
Etymology
ла́вка (lávka) + -очка (-očka)
Pronunciation
Noun
ла́вочка • (lávočka) f inan (genitive ла́вочки, nominative plural ла́вочки, genitive plural ла́вочек)
- diminutive of ла́вка (lávka): (small) bench; (small) shop/store, kiosk
1835, Николай Гоголь [Nikolai Gogol], Портрет; English translation from The Mysterious Portrait, (Please provide a date or year):Нигде́ не остана́вливалось сто́лько наро́ду, как пе́ред карти́нною ла́вочкою на Щу́кином дворе́. Э́та ла́вочка представля́ла, то́чно, са́мое разноро́дное собра́ние дико́винок: карти́ны бо́льшею ча́стью бы́ли пи́саны ма́сляными кра́сками, покры́ты тё́мно-зелё́ным ла́ком, в тё́мно-жё́лтых мишу́рных ра́мах.- Nigdé ne ostanávlivalosʹ stólʹko naródu, kak péred kartínnoju lávočkoju na Ščúkinom dvoré. Éta lávočka predstavljála, tóčno, sámoje raznoródnoje sobránije dikóvinok: kartíny bólʹšeju částʹju býli písany másljanymi kráskami, pokrýty tjómno-zeljónym lákom, v tjómno-žóltyx mišúrnyx rámax.
- Nowhere did so many people pause as before the little picture-shop in the Shtchukinui Dvor. This little shop contained, indeed, the most varied collection of curiosities. The pictures were chiefly oil-paintings covered with dark varnish, in frames of dingy yellow.
- (colloquial) gang, clique; shady concern
- э́то одна́ ла́вочка ― éto odná lávočka ― it's all one gang
На́до закры́ть э́ту ла́вочку.- Nádo zakrýtʹ étu lávočku.
- А stop must be put to this business; this can't (be allowed to) go on.
- по пья́ной ла́вочке ― po pʹjánoj lávočke ― when drunk, while being pissed
Declension