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Russian
Etymology
From во́лух (vólux), from вол (vol, “ox”), i.e. initially воло́вий пасту́х (volóvij pastúx, “ox shepherd”). Less likely from Old East Slavic *оглухъ (*ogluxŭ), whence Ukrainian оглух (ohlux, “someone hard of hearing”), due to association between глухова́тый (gluxovátyj, “hard of hearing”) and глу́пый (glúpyj, “stupid”). Attested since 1769.
Pronunciation
Noun
о́лух • (ólux) m anim (genitive о́луха, nominative plural о́лухи, genitive plural о́лухов)
- (derogatory) blockhead, dimwit (stupid person)
1862, Иван Тургенев [Ivan Turgenev], “Глава 19”, in Отцы и дети; English translation from Richard Hare, transl., Fathers and Sons, 1947:«Эге, ге!.. — поду́мал про себя́ Арка́дий, и тут то́лько откры́лась ему́ на миг вся бездо́нная про́пасть база́ровского самолю́бия. — Мы, ста́ло быть, с тобо́й бо́ги? то есть — ты бог, а о́лух уж не я ли?»- «Ege, ge!.. — podúmal pro sebjá Arkádij, i tut tólʹko otkrýlasʹ jemú na mig vsja bezdónnaja própastʹ bazárovskovo samoljúbija. — My, stálo bytʹ, s tobój bógi? to jestʹ — ty bog, a ólux už ne ja li?»
- "Oho!" thought Arkady, and only then he saw in a flash the whole fathomless depth of Bazarov's conceit. "So you and I are gods, in that case? At least, you're a god, but I suppose I'm one of the blockheads."
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