папаша

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Russian

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папа́ша (papášam anim (genitive папа́ши, nominative plural папа́ши, genitive plural папа́ш)

  1. (colloquial) same as (папа) dad
    Synonyms: па́па (pápa), па́почка (pápočka), па́пка (pápka), ба́тя (bátja), оте́ц (otéc)
    • 1862, Иван Тургенев, “Глава 3”, in Отцы и дети; English translation from Richard Hare, transl., Fathers and Sons, 1947:
      — Поми́луй, папа́ша, — подхвати́л Арка́дий, — ты как бу́дто извиня́ешься; как тебе́ не со́вестно.
      — Pomíluj, papáša, — podxvatíl Arkádij, — ty kak búdto izvinjáješʹsja; kak tebé ne sóvestno.
      "For goodness' sake, Daddy," interposed Arkady. "You needn't apologize. Are you ashamed?"
  2. familiar term of address for an (elderly) man
    Synonyms: ба́тя (bátja), оте́ц (otéc)

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