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Russian
Etymology
не- (ne-) + ря́ха (rjáxa, “snappy dresser”)
Pronunciation
Noun
неря́ха • (nerjáxa) m anim or f anim (genitive неря́хи, nominative plural неря́хи, genitive plural неря́х)
- (informal) messy, unkempt person
- Synonyms: грязну́ля (grjaznúlja), замара́шка (zamaráška)
- Antonyms: чистю́ля (čistjúlja); аккурати́ст (akkuratíst), аккурати́стка (akkuratístka); щёголь (ščógolʹ), щеголи́ха (ščegolíxa); франт (frant)
- Тепе́рь же, когда́ шла́ она́ опя́ть ве́чером, попа́лся на у́лице семикла́ссник Ко́стя Оре́шкин — нескла́день и неря́ха. ― Tepérʹ že, kogdá šlá oná opjátʹ véčerom, popálsja na úlice semiklássnik Kóstja Oréškin — neskládenʹ i nerjáxa. ― Now, as she was walking down the street again in the evening, she bumped into a seventh-grader, Kostya Oreshkin — an awkward and unkempt boy.
- Ли́ка была́ едва́ ли не про́сто неря́ха, во́лосы скру́чивала ре́дькой на маку́шке, и то ре́дька всегда́ сполза́ла на бок; она́ гры́зла но́гти, и чулки́ у неё, пло́хо натя́нутые, мо́рщились гармо́никой из-под не совсе́м ещё дли́нной ю́бки. ― Líka bylá jedvá li ne prósto nerjáxa, vólosy skrúčivala rédʹkoj na makúške, i to rédʹka vsegdá spolzála na bok; oná grýzla nógti, i čulkí u nejó, plóxo natjánutyje, mórščilisʹ garmónikoj iz-pod ne sovsém ješčó dlínnoj júbki. ― Lika was perhaps just a messy woman, her hair was tied on top with a radish, and the radish always slanted sideways; she had a habit of biting nails and her stockings were worn loosely, crumpled like accordions under her skirt that was not long enough at all.
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