обакша

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Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Eastern dialectal опа́кша, опаку́ша (opákša, opakúša, clumsy and sluggish person; left-hander). From о́пак (ópak, backwards). Related to dialectal пакша́ (pakšá, left hand).

Pronunciation

Noun

оба́кша (obákšaf anim (genitive оба́кши, nominative plural оба́кши, genitive plural оба́кш)

  1. (dialectal, Northern) layabout; inactive person
    Synonyms: лежебо́ка (ležebóka), безде́льник (bezdélʹnik), лентя́й (lentjáj)

Declension

References

  • Anikin, A. E. (2007) “абашка”, in Русский этимологический словарь (in Russian), issue 1 (A – аяюшка), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 65
  • Gecova O. G., editor (1980), “абашка”, in Arxangelʹskij oblastnoj slovarʹ (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 62