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Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
пропо́йца • (propójca) m anim or f anim (genitive пропо́йцы, nominative plural пропо́йцы, genitive plural пропо́йц)
- drunk, drunkard (person who is habitually drunk)
- Synonyms: алка́ш (alkáš), пьянчу́га (pʹjančúga), пья́ница (pʹjánica), пьяню́га (pʹjanjúga)
1880, Салтыков-Щедрин, “Семейный суд”, in Господа Головлёвы; English translation from I. P. Foote, transl., The Golovlevs, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986:Такие личности охотно поддаются всякому влиянию и могут сделаться чем угодно: пропойцами, попрошайками, шутами и даже преступниками.- Takije ličnosti oxotno poddajutsja vsjakomu vlijaniju i mogut sdelatʹsja čem ugodno: propojcami, poprošajkami, šutami i daže prestupnikami.
- Such persons succumb readily to any influence and may become anything – drunkards, spongers, jesters, criminals even...
Declension