мошенник

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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).

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Noun

моше́нник (mošénnikm anim (genitive моше́нника, nominative plural моше́нники, genitive plural моше́нников, feminine моше́нница)

  1. 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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