пенаты
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Russian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
пена́ты • (penáty) m inan pl (genitive пена́тов, plural only)
- (historical, Ancient Rome) Penates (household gods)
- (dated or ironic) home
- 1877, Иван Тургенев, “Часть первая. VI”, in Новь; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Virgin Soil, 1920:
- Сипягин раза два с достоинством повертел головою, как бы осматривая свои пенаты, причём удивительно отчеканивались его длинные висячие бакенбарды и несколько крутой, маленький затылок.
- Sipjagin raza dva s dostoinstvom povertel golovoju, kak by osmatrivaja svoi penaty, pričóm udivitelʹno otčekanivalisʹ jevo dlinnyje visjačije bakenbardy i neskolʹko krutoj, malenʹkij zatylok.
- Sipyagin twice turned his head with dignity as though looking round at his household gods, a position which threw his long hanging whiskers and rather round little head into striking relief.
Declension
Declension of пена́ты (inan pl-only masc-form hard-stem accent-a)