лифчик

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Russian

лифчик

Etymology

лиф (lif, “bodice”) +‎ -чик (-čik, “diminutive suffix”). Doublet of лейб- (lejb-).

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Noun

ли́фчик • (lífčik) m inan (genitive ли́фчика, nominative plural ли́фчики, genitive plural ли́фчиков)

  1. brassiere, bra
    Synonym: бюстга́льтер (bjustgálʹter, bjustgálʹtɛr)
  2. (dated) diminutive of лиф (lif); a (small) bodice
    • 1866, Ф. М. Достоевский, Преступление и наказание:
      Я говорила тогда, что ли́фчик надо длиннее кроить и притом в два полотнища.
      Ja govorila togda, što lífčik nado dlinneje kroitʹ i pritom v dva polotnišča.
      I said at the time that the bodice should be cut longer, and made of two widths.
  3. (military slang) load bearing vest

Declension

Declension of ли́фчик (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative ли́фчик
lífčik 		ли́фчики
lífčiki
genitive ли́фчика
lífčika 		ли́фчиков
lífčikov
dative ли́фчику
lífčiku 		ли́фчикам
lífčikam
accusative ли́фчик
lífčik 		ли́фчики
lífčiki
instrumental ли́фчиком
lífčikom 		ли́фчиками
lífčikami
prepositional ли́фчике
lífčike 		ли́фчиках
lífčikax

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