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Russian
Etymology
From па́рубень (párubenʹ), from Proto-Slavic *paorbьňь.
Pronunciation
Noun
па́рень • (párenʹ) m anim (genitive па́рня, nominative plural па́рни, genitive plural парне́й, diminutive паренёк)
- fellow, lad, chap, guy, bloke, boy
- Coordinate term: де́вушка (dévuška)
- boyfriend
Declension
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Further reading
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “парень”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress