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Russian
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Compare сумасшедший (sumasšedšij) and сброд (sbrod).
Pronunciation
Noun
сумасбро́д • (sumasbród) m anim (genitive сумасбро́да, nominative plural сумасбро́ды, genitive plural сумасбро́дов, feminine сумасбро́дка, relational adjective сумасбро́дный)
- (colloquial) madcap, screwball, nut, madman
1983, Samuil Marshak, Баллада о королевском бутерброде [Ballad of the King's Bread], translation of The King’s Breakfast by A. A. Milne:— Никто́ не ска́жет, бу́дто я / Тира́н и сумасбро́д, / За то́, что к ча́ю я люблю́ / Хоро́ший бутербро́д.- — Niktó ne skážet, búdto ja / Tirán i sumasbród, / Za tó, što k čáju ja ljubljú / Xoróšij butɛrbród/buterbród.
- “No one would say that I / Am a tyrant and madman, / For the fact that with my tea I like / A good bread-and-butter sandwich.”
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