сын полка

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Russian

 сын полка on Russian Wikipedia
Сын полка. Сталинград, 1943.

Etymology

Perhaps ultimately from Donizetti's La fille du régiment (1840). Popularized by Valentin Kataev's eponymous novella (1945).

Pronunciation

Noun

сын полка́ (syn polkám anim (genitive сы́на полка́, nominative plural сыновья́ полка́ or сыны́ полка́*, genitive plural сынове́й полка́ or сыно́в полка́*, feminine дочь полка́) (* Poetic)

  1. an orphan boy adopted by a military unit; an orphan child camp follower; literally, son of a regiment

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