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Russian
Etymology
отговори́ть (otgovorítʹ) + -ка (-ka)
Pronunciation
Noun
отгово́рка • (otgovórka) f inan (genitive отгово́рки, nominative plural отгово́рки, genitive plural отгово́рок)
- excuse, pretext
- пуста́я отгово́рка ― pustája otgovórka ― lame excuse
- Звучи́т как очередна́я отгово́рка. ― Zvučít kak očerednája otgovórka. ― Sounds like just another excuse.
1866, Фёдор Достоевский , “Часть III, Глава II”, in Преступление и наказание; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Crime and Punishment, 1914:И что за оправда́ние, что он был пьян? Глу́пая отгово́рка, ещё бо́лее его́ унижа́ющая!- I što za opravdánije, što on byl pʹjan? Glúpaja otgovórka, ješčó bóleje jevó unižájuščaja!
- And what justification was it that he was drunk? Such a stupid excuse was even more degrading!
Declension