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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xolpъ. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic хлапъ (xlapŭ) with the same meaning or Polish chłop (“peasant”).
Pronunciation
Noun
холо́п • (xolóp) m anim (genitive холо́па, nominative plural холо́пы or холо́пья or холо́пи*, genitive plural холо́пов or холо́пьев or холо́пей*) (* Both irregular plurals are archaic.)
- (historical) serf, bondman, kholop
1841, Нестор Кукольник [Nestor Kukolnik], “II. Полковник старых времён”, in Сержант Иван Иванович Иванов, или Все заодно; English translation from (Please provide a date or year):— В солда́ты! Да что я, холо́п, что ли!
— Ты не холо́п, потому́-то тебе́ госуда́рь и честь де́лает, в гва́рдию берёт!- — V soldáty! Da što ja, xolóp, što li!
— Ty ne xolóp, potomú-to tebé gosudárʹ i čestʹ délajet, v gvárdiju berjót! - (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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холо́п xolóp
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холо́пы, холо́пья△, холо́пи△* xolópy, xolópʹja△, xolópi△*
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genitive
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холо́па xolópa
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холо́пов, холо́пьев△, холо́пей△* xolópov, xolópʹjev△, xolópej△*
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dative
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холо́пу xolópu
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холо́пам, холо́пьям△, холо́пям△* xolópam, xolópʹjam△, xolópjam△*
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accusative
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холо́па xolópa
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холо́пов, холо́пьев△, холо́пей△* xolópov, xolópʹjev△, xolópej△*
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instrumental
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холо́пом xolópom
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холо́пами, холо́пьями△, холо́пями△* xolópami, xolópʹjami△, xolópjami△*
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prepositional
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холо́пе xolópe
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холо́пах, холо́пьях△, холо́пях△* xolópax, xolópʹjax△, xolópjax△*
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△ Irregular.
* Both irregular plurals are archaic.
- хло́пец (xlópec, “boy, lad”) (via Ukrainian or Polish)