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Russian
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 • (obákša) f anim (genitive оба́кши, nominative plural оба́кши, genitive plural оба́кш)
- (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