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Russian
Etymology
ма́льч(ик) (málʹč(ik)) + -и́шка (-íška)
Pronunciation
Noun
мальчи́шка • (malʹčíška) m anim (genitive мальчи́шки, nominative plural мальчи́шки, genitive plural мальчи́шек)
- urchin, boy
1887, Антон Чехов , Беглец, Санкт-Петербург: Петербургская газета; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Runaway, 1922:Его́ воображе́ние нарисова́ло, как мать посыла́ет его́ на огоро́д к реке́ нарва́ть для поросёнка капу́стных ли́стьев; он идёт, а мальчи́шки и девчо́нки окружи́ли его́ и с за́вистью глядя́т на его́ хала́тик.- Jevó voobražénije narisoválo, kak matʹ posylájet jevó na ogoród k reké narvátʹ dlja porosjónka kapústnyx lístʹjev; on idjót, a malʹčíški i devčónki okružíli jevó i s závistʹju gljadját na jevó xalátik.
- His imagination pictured his mother's sending him to the kitchen garden by the river to gather cabbage leaves for the little pig; he saw himself walking along, while the boys and girls surrounded him and looked with envy at his little dressing-gown.
- greenhorn
Declension
Synonyms
- ма́льчик (málʹčik), мальчуга́н (malʹčugán), переел (perejel), перенёк (perenjók), паца́н (pacán), пацанёнок (pacanjónok)
- юне́ц (junéc), сосунок (sosunok), птене́ц (ptenéc), щено́к (ščenók), молокосос (molokosos), желторотик (želtorotik)