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Russian
Etymology
лгун (lgun) + -ья (-ʹja).
Pronunciation
Noun
лгу́нья • (lgúnʹja) f anim (genitive лгу́ньи, nominative plural лгу́ньи, genitive plural лгу́ний, masculine лгун)
- female equivalent of лгун (lgun, “liar”): female liar
- Synonyms: бреху́нья (brexúnʹja), вру́нья (vrúnʹja), обма́нщица (obmánščica)
1892, Антон Чехов , “VII”, in Попрыгунья; English translation from Robert Edward Crozier Long, transl., La Cigale, 1908:Ей бы́ло сты́дно, го́рько, и она́ за миллио́н не согласи́лась бы говори́ть в прису́тствии посторо́нней же́нщины, сопе́рницы, лгу́ньи, кото́рая стоя́ла тепе́рь за карти́ной и, вероя́тно, злора́дно хихи́кала.- Jej býlo stýdno, górʹko, i oná za millión ne soglasílasʹ by govorítʹ v prisútstvii postorónnej žénščiny, sopérnicy, lgúnʹi, kotóraja stojála tepérʹ za kartínoj i, verojátno, zlorádno xixíkala.
- She was ashamed and angered, and would have given millions to be spared speaking before the strange woman, the rival, the liar, who hid behind the picture and tittered, no doubt, maliciously.
Declension