тюфяк
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Russian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Tatar tüşäk (“mattress”); dialectally тюша́к (tjušák). Modern form probably influenced by тюфя́к (tjufják, “early type of firearm”) (see below).
Noun
тюфя́к • (tjufják) m inan or m anim (genitive тюфяка́, nominative plural тюфяки́, genitive plural тюфяко́в)
- (inanimate) mattress; a sack filled with something soft (e.g. hay) to be used as a mattress
- (figurative, colloquial, derogatory, animate) wimp, weakling, wuss, coward
- (engineering) mattress (retaining wall of brushwood, concrete, etc. to protect the river bed and banks of bridges and dams from erosion)
- (dialectal, Siberia, animate) sandpiper
Declension
Declension of тюфя́к (bian masc-form velar-stem accent-b)
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | тюфя́к tjufják |
тюфяки́ tjufjakí | |
| genitive | тюфяка́ tjufjaká |
тюфяко́в tjufjakóv | |
| dative | тюфяку́ tjufjakú |
тюфяка́м tjufjakám | |
| accusative | animate | тюфяка́ tjufjaká |
тюфяко́в tjufjakóv |
| inanimate | тюфя́к tjufják |
тюфяки́ tjufjakí | |
| instrumental | тюфяко́м tjufjakóm |
тюфяка́ми tjufjakámi | |
| prepositional | тюфяке́ tjufjaké |
тюфяка́х tjufjakáx | |
Synonyms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old East Slavic тюфякъ (tjufjakŭ), from Old Turkic tüfäk (“tube, gun, crossbow”).
Noun
тюфя́к • (tjufják) m inan (genitive тюфяка́, nominative plural тюфяки́, genitive plural тюфяко́в)
Declension
Declension of тюфя́к (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-b)