прятки

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Russian

Etymology

From пря́таться (prjátatʹsja) +‎ -ки (-ki).

Pronunciation

Noun

пря́тки (prjátkif inan pl (genitive пря́ток, plural only)

  1. hide and seek (a game)
    • 1913, Максим Горький [Maxim Gorky], “VIII”, in Детство; English translation from Ronald Wilks, transl., My Childhood, 1966:
      На дворе́ и в саду́ бы́ло мно́жество ую́тных закоу́лков, как бу́дто наро́чно для игры́ в пря́тки.
      Na dvoré i v sadú býlo mnóžestvo ujútnyx zakoúlkov, kak búdto naróšno dlja igrý v prjátki.
      In the yard and garden there were many comfortable little nooks, which seemed to have been specially made for hide-and-seek.

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