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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic товарищь (tovariščĭ), from Proto-Slavic *tovariščь, from *tovarъ + *-iščь.
Pronunciation
Noun
това́рищ • (továrišč) m anim (genitive това́рища, nominative plural това́рищи, genitive plural това́рищей, feminine това́рка, relational adjective това́рищеский)
- comrade, friend (male or female)
- mate, companion, pal (male or female)
- colleague, assistant (male or female)
- classmate, fellow student (male or female)
- a word used to address compatriots, fellow citizens (male or female) in the Soviet era
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References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “товарищ”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “товарищ”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 247