привычка

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *privyčьka. By surface analysis, привы́кнуть (privýknutʹ) +‎ -ка (-ka).

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Noun

привы́чка (privýčkaf inan (genitive привы́чки, nominative plural привы́чки, genitive plural привы́чек)

  1. habit, custom
    • 1866, Фёдор Достоевский, “Часть I, Глава II”, in Преступление и наказание; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Crime and Punishment, 1914:
      Очевидно, Мармеладов был здесь давно известен. Да и наклонность к витиеватой речи приобрел, вероятно, вследствие привычки к частым кабачным разговорам с различными незнакомцами. Эта привычка обращается у иных пьющих в потребность, и преимущественно у тех из них, с которыми дома обходятся строго и которыми помыкают.
      Očevidno, Marmeladov byl zdesʹ davno izvesten. Da i naklonnostʹ k vitijevatoj reči priobrel, verojatno, vsledstvije privyčki k častym kabačnym razgovoram s različnymi neznakomcami. Eta privyčka obraščajetsja u inyx pʹjuščix v potrebnostʹ, i preimuščestvenno u tex iz nix, s kotorymi doma obxodjatsja strogo i kotorymi pomykajut.
      Evidently Marmeladov was a familiar figure here, and he had most likely acquired his weakness for high-flown speeches from the habit of frequently entering into conversation with strangers of all sorts in the tavern. This habit develops into a necessity in some drunkards, and especially in those who are looked after sharply and kept in order at home.

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