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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from French respect.
Pronunciation
Noun
респе́кт • (respékt) m inan (genitive респе́кта, nominative plural респе́кты, genitive plural респе́ктов)
- (slang) respect, kudos, props
- Респе́кт тебе́. ― Respékt tebé. ― Respect to you / kudos to you.
Declension
Ukrainian
Etymology
First attested in Old Ruthenian респектъ (respekt), from Old Polish respekt, from Latin respectus. Probably reintroduced later by German Respekt and in modern sense ("props") from English respect.
Pronunciation
Noun
респе́кт • (respékt) m inan (genitive респе́кту, uncountable)
- (dated, higher register) respect, reverence, deference
- Synonyms: пова́га (pováha), поша́на (pošána), ша́на (šána), шано́ба (šanóba), шанува́ння (šanuvánnja), поважа́ння (považánnja)
- (slang) props
Declension
Declension of респе́кт (inan sg-only hard masc-form accent-a)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “респект”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “респект”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “респект”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “респект”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “респект”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “респект”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)