поповщина

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Russian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Named after its leader Fedor Popov.

Noun

попо́вщина • (popóvščina) f inan (genitive попо́вщины, nominative plural попо́вщины, genitive plural попо́вщин)

  1. (historical) a guerilla movement on both sides of the middle part of Volga river and along the whole Medveditsa river. The movement was active during the Russian Civil War from February to Mai 1921.

Etymology 2

From поп (pop, “a priest”) +‎ -ов- (-ov-) +‎ -щина (-ščina)

Noun

попо́вщина • (popóvščina) f inan (genitive попо́вщины, nominative plural попо́вщины, genitive plural попо́вщин)

  1. (Christianity, religion) the Old Believer communities who recognize any form of ordained priesthood. See Popovtsy.
    Antonym: беспоповщина (bespopovščina)

Usage notes

Both meanings are usually uncountable.

Declension

Declension of попо́вщина (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative попо́вщина
popóvščina 		попо́вщины
popóvščiny
genitive попо́вщины
popóvščiny 		попо́вщин
popóvščin
dative попо́вщине
popóvščine 		попо́вщинам
popóvščinam
accusative попо́вщину
popóvščinu 		попо́вщины
popóvščiny
instrumental попо́вщиной, попо́вщиною
popóvščinoj, popóvščinoju 		попо́вщинами
popóvščinami
prepositional попо́вщине
popóvščine 		попо́вщинах
popóvščinax
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