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Russian
Etymology
Acronym of филологи́ческий факульте́т (filologíčeskij fakulʹtét, “Faculty of Philology”).
Pronunciation
Noun
филфа́к • (filfák) m inan (genitive филфа́ка, nominative plural филфа́ки, genitive plural филфа́ков)
- philology department (in a university)
1970, Василий Шукшин [Vasily Shukshin], Срезал, Москва: Новый мир; English translation from Andrew Bromfield, transl., Cutting Them Down to Size, Moscow: Raduga Publishers, 1990:— В како́й о́бласти выявля́ете себя́? — спроси́л он.
— Где рабо́таю, что ли? — не по́нял кандида́т.
— Да.
— На филфа́ке.
— Филосо́фия?
— Не совсе́м... Ну, мо́жно и так сказа́ть.- — V kakój óblasti vyjavljájete sebjá? — sprosíl on.
— Gde rabótaju, što li? — ne pónjal kandidát.
— Da.
— Na filfáke.
— Filosófija?
— Ne sovsém... Nu, móžno i tak skazátʹ. - "What area are you active in?" he asked.
"Where do I work, you mean?" asked the candidate of science, bewildered.
"Yes."
"In the faculty of philology."
"Philosophy?"
"Not exactly... But you could say that."
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