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Noun
папа́ша • (papáša) m anim (genitive папа́ши, nominative plural папа́ши, genitive plural папа́ш)
- (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?"
- familiar term of address for an (elderly) man
- Synonyms: ба́тя (bátja), оте́ц (otéc)
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