чиновничий

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Russian

Etymology

чино́вник (činóvnik) +‎ -ий (-ij)

Pronunciation

Adjective

чино́вничий (činóvničij)

  1. (relational) official, functionary, bureaucrat; official's, functionary's, bureaucrat's
    чино́вничий домčinóvničij dombureaucrat's house
    • 1923, Михаил Булгаков [Mikhail Bulgakov], “I. Бог Ремонт”, in Столица в блокноте; English translation from (Please provide a date or year):
      Я ве́рю: мате́рии и посу́да, зо́нтики и кало́ши вы́теснят в конце́ концо́в плеши́вые чино́вничьи го́ловы на́чисто.
      Ja vérju: matérii i posúda, zóntiki i kalóši výtesnjat v koncé koncóv plešívyje činóvničʹi gólovy náčisto.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension