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Russian
Etymology
трус (trus) + -и́ха (-íxa)
Pronunciation
Noun
труси́ха • (trusíxa) f anim (genitive труси́хи, nominative plural труси́хи, genitive plural труси́х, masculine трус)
- (colloquial) female equivalent of трус (trus): a cowardly woman or girl
1836, Александр Пушкин, “Глава III. Крепость”, in Капитанская дочка, London: Henry S. King & Co.; English translation from Ekaterina Telfer, transl., The Captain's Daughter, 1875:— Смела ли Маша? — отвечала её мать. — Нет, Маша трусиха. До сих пор не может слышать выстрела из ружья: так и затрепещется.- — Smela li Maša? — otvečala jejó matʹ. — Net, Maša trusixa. Do six por ne možet slyšatʹ vystrela iz ružʹja: tak i zatrepeščetsja.
- "Masha brave?" answered her mother. "No, Masha is a coward. She cannot even hear a gun fired without trembling all over.
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