телега

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• телѣ́га (telě́ga) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *telěga, or perhaps, ultimately, from Khazar . Compare Serbo-Croatian tàljige / Serbo-Croatian та̀љиге, Czech taliha, Old Church Slavonic телѣга (telěga).

теле́га • (teléga) f inan (genitive теле́ги, nominative plural теле́ги, genitive plural теле́г, relational adjective теле́жный, diminutive теле́жка)

1. cart, telega (a simple, open four-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle for transporting cargo and/or people)

   Synonyms: воз (voz), подво́да (podvóda)

   тяну́ть теле́гу (colloquial) ― tjanútʹ telégu ― to toil (literally, “to pull a cart”)

2. (colloquial) a cartful, a load (a large quantity of something)
3. (slang) shopping cart

   Synonym: теле́жка (teléžka)

4. (slang) complaint

   Synonyms: жа́лоба (žáloba), кля́уза (kljáuza)

• теле́жка f (teléžka)

Phrases

• ста́вить теле́гу впереди́ ло́шади impf (stávitʹ telégu vperedí lóšadi)

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “телега”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “телега”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

Alteration of the trademark Telegram, influenced by the noun теле́га (teléga, “cart”).

теле́га • (teléga) f inan (genitive теле́ги, nominative plural теле́ги, genitive plural теле́г)

1. (Internet slang) Telegram (messenger app)

• теле́женька (teléženʹka) (a Telegram channel)