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Russian
Etymology
труск (trusk) + -оба (-oba).
Pronunciation
Noun
трущо́ба • (truščóba) f inan (genitive трущо́бы, nominative plural трущо́бы, genitive plural трущо́б)
- (archaic) dense forest, thicket, jungle
a. 1875, Alexander Afanasyev-Chuzhbinsky, Собраніе сочиненій, volume IX. Стихотворенія, Sankt-Peterburg: Herman Hoppe, published 1892, page 90:Партизаны врага обскакали!
И, опять кончивъ бой,
мы въ трущобѣ лѣсной
Отдыхать, подкрѣпить остались.- Partizany vraga obskakali!
I, opjatʹ končiv boj,
my v truščobě lěsnoj
Otdyxatʹ, podkrěpitʹ ostalisʹ. - The partisans overtook the enemy!
And, ending the battle again,
We left in the dense forest
To kick back and gain energy.
- (archaic) backwoods, the sticks (remote, rural area)
- (often in the plural) slum (dilapidated neighborhood)
- (colloquial) hovel, shack (dilapidated house)
Declension
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “трущоба”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress