чиновник

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Bulgarian

Noun

чино́вник (činóvnikm (feminine чино́вница)

  1. official, functionary

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Macedonian

Pronunciation

Noun

чиновник (činovnikm (plural чиновници, feminine чиновничка, relational adjective чиновнички, diminutive чиновниче)

  1. official, functionary, bureaucrat

Declension

Declension of чиновник
singular plural
indefinite чиновник (činovnik) чиновници (činovnici)
definite unspecified чиновникот (činovnikot) чиновниците (činovnicite)
definite proximal чиновников (činovnikov) чиновнициве (činovnicive)
definite distal чиновникон (činovnikon) чиновницине (činovnicine)
vocative чиновнику (činovniku) чиновници (činovnici)
count form чиновника (činovnika)

Russian

Etymology

From чин (čin) +‎ -овник (-ovnik).

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Noun

чино́вник (činóvnikm anim (genitive чино́вника, nominative plural чино́вники, genitive plural чино́вников, feminine чино́вница, relational adjective чино́вничий)

  1. official, functionary, bureaucrat
    высокопоста́вленный чино́вникvysokopostávlennyj činóvnika high-ranking official
    • 1893, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], “IX”, in Рассказ неизвестного человека; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., An Anonymous Story, 1917:
      Са́мый жа́лкий и престу́пный вид име́ли два пирожка́ на таре́лочке. «Сего́дня нас унесу́т обра́тно в рестора́н, — как бы говори́ли они́, — а за́втра опя́ть подаду́т к обе́ду како́му-нибудь чино́внику и́ли знамени́той певи́це».
      Sámyj žálkij i prestúpnyj vid iméli dva pirožká na taréločke. «Sevódnja nas unesút obrátno v restorán, — kak by govoríli oní, — a závtra opjátʹ podadút k obédu kakómu-nibudʹ činóvniku íli znamenítoj pevíce».
      Two pies on a plate had a particularly miserable and guilty air. "We shall be taken back to the restaurant to-day," they seemed to be saying, "and to-morrow we shall be put on the table again for some official or celebrated singer."

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Descendants

Noun

чино́вник (činóvnikm inan (genitive чино́вника, nominative plural чино́вники, genitive plural чино́вников)

  1. (dated, religion) book on episcopal missals

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian чино́вникъ (činóvnik) (modern spelling чино́вник (činóvnik)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃinǒʋniːk/
  • Hyphenation: чин‧ов‧ник

Noun

чино̀внӣк m (Latin spelling činòvnīk, feminine чино̀вница)

  1. clerk

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Ukrainian

Pronunciation

Noun

чино́вник (čynóvnykm pers (genitive чино́вника, nominative plural чино́вники, genitive plural чино́вників, feminine чино́вниця, relational adjective чино́вницький)

  1. official, functionary, bureaucrat
    Synonym: урядо́вець (urjadóvecʹ)

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