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Russian
Etymology
лик (lik) + -ина (-ina)
Pronunciation
Noun
личи́на • (ličína) f inan (genitive личи́ны, nominative plural личи́ны, genitive plural личи́н, diminutive личи́нка)
- (dated) mask
- (figurative, derogatory) pretense, disguise
- scutcheon, keyplate
Declension
Further reading
- личина in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru