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Macedonian
Pronunciation
Noun
соперник • (sopernik) m (plural соперници, feminine соперничка, relational adjective сопернички)
- rival, adversary, opponent
Declension
Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic супьрьникъ (supĭrĭnikŭ), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *sǫ-, *perti (“to beat, press up, balk”).
Pronunciation
Noun
сопе́рник • (sopérnik) m anim (genitive сопе́рника, nominative plural сопе́рники, genitive plural сопе́рников, feminine сопе́рница, relational adjective сопе́рнический, diminutive сопе́рничек)
- rival, adversary, opponent
1862, Фёдор Достоевский, “Часть вторая. VI. Каторжные животные”, in Записки из Мёртвого дома; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The House of the Dead, 1915:Он начал с уступки, даже с уважением выслушал критические мнения своего соперника, но, поймав его на одном слове, скромно и настойчиво заметил ему, что он ошибается, и, прежде чем Ёлкин успел опомниться и оговориться, доказал, что ошибается он вот именно в том-то и в том-то.- On načal s ustupki, daže s uvaženijem vyslušal kritičeskije mnenija svojevo sopernika, no, pojmav jevo na odnom slove, skromno i nastojčivo zametil jemu, što on ošibajetsja, i, prežde čem Jólkin uspel opomnitʹsja i ogovoritʹsja, dokazal, što ošibajetsja on vot imenno v tom-to i v tom-to.
- He began by giving way and even listening with attention to his rival’s criticism, but, catching up one of his sayings, he observed modestly and emphatically that he was mistaken, and before Yolkin could recover and correct himself, he proved to him that he was in error on this point and on that.
- antagonist
Declension
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References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “соперник”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1912) “соперник”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ (in Russian), volume 3 (Р – Ꙗ и дополненія), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 626