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Russian
Etymology
From со- (so-) + тра́пеза (trápeza) + -ник (-nik)
Pronunciation
Noun
сотрапе́зник • (sotrapéznik) m anim (genitive сотрапе́зника, nominative plural сотрапе́зники, genitive plural сотрапе́зников, feminine сотрапе́зница)
- eating companion
1880, Фёдор Достоевский, “Часть первая. Книга вторая. Неуместное собрание. VIII. Скандал”, in Братья Карамазовы; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Brothers Karamazov, 1912:— Чего́ тако́го он не мо́жет? — вскрича́л Фёдор Па́влович, — «ника́к не мо́жет и ни за что не мо́жет»? Ва́ше преподо́бие, входи́ть мне аль нет? Принима́ете сотрапе́зника?- — Čevó takóvo on ne móžet? — vskričál Fjódor Pávlovič, — «nikák ne móžet i ni za što ne móžet»? Váše prepodóbije, vxodítʹ mne alʹ net? Prinimájete sotrapéznika?
- "What is it he cannot?" cried Fyodor Pavlovitch, "that he absolutely cannot and certainly cannot? Your reverence, am I to come in or not? Will you receive me as your guest?"
Declension