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Russian
Etymology
стари́к (starík) + -а́шка (-áška)
Pronunciation
Noun
старика́шка • (starikáška) m anim (genitive старика́шки, nominative plural старика́шки, genitive plural старика́шек)
- (colloquial) pejorative of стари́к (starík): geezer
- гря́зный старика́шка ― grjáznyj starikáška ― dirty old man
1880, Фёдор Достоевский, “Книга пятая. VII”, in Братья Карамазовы; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Brothers Karamazov, 1912:Чрез полчаса дом был заперт, и помешанный старикашка похаживал один по комнатам, в трепетном ожидании, что вот-вот раздадутся пять условных стуков, изредка заглядывая в темные окна и ничего в них не видя, кроме ночи.- Črez polčasa dom byl zapert, i pomešannyj starikaška poxažival odin po komnatam, v trepetnom ožidanii, što vot-vot razdadutsja pjatʹ uslovnyx stukov, izredka zagljadyvaja v temnyje okna i ničevo v nix ne vidja, krome noči.
- Half an hour later the house was locked, and the crazy old man was wandering along through the rooms in excited expectation of hearing every minute the five knocks agreed upon. Now and then he peered out into the darkness, seeing nothing.
Declension