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Russian
Etymology
From поко́й (pokój) + -ник (-nik).
Pronunciation
Noun
поко́йник • (pokójnik) m anim (genitive поко́йника, nominative plural поко́йники, genitive plural поко́йников, feminine поко́йница)
- the deceased
1973, Михаил Булгаков, “Глава IX. Коровьевские шутки”, in Мастер и Маргарита; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., Master and Margarita, London: Penguin Books, 1997:— Ведь ему безразлично, покойнику, — шёпотом сипел Коровьев, — ему теперь, сами согласитесь, Никанор Иванович, квартира эта ни к чему?- — Vedʹ jemu bezrazlično, pokojniku, — šópotom sipel Korovʹjev, — jemu teperʹ, sami soglasitesʹ, Nikanor Ivanovič, kvartira eta ni k čemu?
- ‘It’s all the same to him – the deceased – you must agree, Nikanor Ivanovich,’ Koroviev whispered hoarsely. ‘He doesn’t need the apartment now, does he?’
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