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Russian
Etymology
сте́рва (stérva, “a contemptible woman, a scoundrel”) + -ец (-ec)
Pronunciation
Noun
стерве́ц • (stervéc) m anim (genitive стервеца́, nominative plural стервецы́, genitive plural стервецо́в)
- (derogatory) scoundrel, villain
- Synonyms: злоде́й (zlodéj), мерза́вец (merzávec), негодя́й (negodjáj)
1934, Константин Вагинов , “Глава 3. Торговец сновидениями и покупатель”, in Гарпагониана; English translation from (Please provide a date or year):— Как я сюда́ попа́л, убе́й меня́ бог, не по́мню. Вот стервецы́, опя́ть меня́ обокра́ли!- — Kak ja sjudá popál, ubéj menjá bog, ne pómnju. Vot stervecý, opjátʹ menjá obokráli!
- How I got here, may God kill me, I do not remember. Those bastards, they robbed me again!
Declension