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Russian
Etymology
By surface analysis, мошна́ (mošná, “money bag”) + -ник (-nik), originally "cutpurse".
Compare typologically German Beutelschneider (< Beutel), Czech taškář (< taška).
For the original sense also see карма́нник (karmánnik) (< карма́н (karmán)), English pickpocket, Czech kapsář (< kapsa), Latin crumēniseca (< crumēna + secō + -a).
Pronunciation
Noun
моше́нник • (mošénnik) m anim (genitive моше́нника, nominative plural моше́нники, genitive plural моше́нников, feminine моше́нница)
- swindler, cheat, cheater, fraud
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References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “мошенник”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1999) “мошенник”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 546
- Shansky, N. M., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2007), “мошенник”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), number 10 (М), Moscow: Moscow University Press, →ISBN, page 340
- Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “мошенник”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
- Krylov, G. A. (2004) “мошенник”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Victory, →ISBN
- Semjonov, A. V. (2003) “мошенник”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка (Русский язык от А до Я) (in Russian), Moscow: Junves, →ISBN
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