словоерс
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Russian
Etymology
From the words «сло́во ― еръ ― съ» («slóvo ― jer ― s») from a rote memorization exercise in school spelling classes; сло́во (slóvo) and ер (jer) were the old names of the Cyrillic letters с and ъ respectively. Compare to the English ampersand.
Pronunciation
Noun
словое́рс • (slovojérs) m inan (genitive словое́рса, nominative plural словое́рсы, genitive plural словое́рсов)
- (obsolete) "slovoyers", ironical term for the honorific Russian suffix -с (-s) (an abbreviated form of су́дарь (súdarʹ), or sir) that was formerly used to emphasize the speaker’s politeness or servility before a person of higher social status.
- Synonyms: словоер (slovojer), словоерик (slovojerik)
- ...це́лую жизнь не говори́л словое́рсами, вдруг упа́л и встал с словое́рсами. ― ...céluju žiznʹ ne govoríl slovojérsami, vdrug upál i vstal s slovojérsami. ― I didn’t use the word ‘sir’ all my life, but as soon as I sank into low water I began to say ‘sir.’ — Fyodor Dostoevsky, "The Brothers Karamazov"
Declension
Declension of словое́рс (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | словое́рс slovojérs |
словое́рсы slovojérsy |
| genitive | словое́рса slovojérsa |
словое́рсов slovojérsov |
| dative | словое́рсу slovojérsu |
словое́рсам slovojérsam |
| accusative | словое́рс slovojérs |
словое́рсы slovojérsy |
| instrumental | словое́рсом slovojérsom |
словое́рсами slovojérsami |
| prepositional | словое́рсе slovojérse |
словое́рсах slovojérsax |