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Russian
Etymology
хвост (xvost) + -ик (-ik)
Pronunciation
Noun
хво́стик • (xvóstik) m inan (genitive хво́стика, nominative plural хво́стики, genitive plural хво́стиков)
- diminutive of хвост (xvost): (small) tail
- (colloquial) an additional amount
- Ему́ пятьдеся́т лет с хво́стиком. ― Jemú pjatʹdesját let s xvóstikom. ― he is on the shady side of fifty
- сто рубле́й с хво́стиком ― sto rubléj s xvóstikom ― a hundred-odd roubles
- squiggle (in writing), tail, end, hook (e.g., of the comma)
- pigtail, ponytail
Declension