праздник

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Russian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic праздьникъ (prazdĭnikŭ, holiday), from Proto-Slavic *porzdьnikъ (skip, gap in a sequence), derived from *porzdьnъ.

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Noun

пра́здник (prázdnikm inan (genitive пра́здника, nominative plural пра́здники, genitive plural пра́здников, relational adjective пра́здничный, diminutive пра́здничек)

  1. holiday
  2. festival, a feast
  3. (informal) joy, pleasure

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