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Russian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
обиня́к • (obinják) m inan (genitive обиняка́, nominative plural обиняки́, genitive plural обиняко́в)
- (chiefly in the plural) ambages, circumlocutions
- без обиняко́в ― bez obinjakóv ― straight from the shoulder, in plain English
- говори́ть обиняка́ми ― govorítʹ obinjakámi ― to speak in a roundabout way, to beat around the bush
Declension
Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “обиняк”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress