шантрапа

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Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Originally a dialectal word.

Perhaps connected with Old Czech šantrok, šаntrосha (“cheater”), from Middle High German santrocke (“fraud”).

Alternatively, from French chantera pas (“will not sing”), said about serfs' children which were not chosen for the landowner's choir.

Pronunciation

Noun

шантрапа́ • (šantrapá) m anim or f anim (genitive шантрапы́, nominative plural шантрапы́, genitive plural шантра́п)

  1. worthless person, rascal, scoundrel

Declension

Declension of шантрапа́ (anim fem-form hard-stem accent-b) 
singular plural
nominative шантрапа́
šantrapá 		шантрапы́
šantrapý
genitive шантрапы́
šantrapý 		шантра́п
šantráp
dative шантрапе́
šantrapé 		шантрапа́м
šantrapám
accusative шантрапу́
šantrapú 		шантра́п
šantráp
instrumental шантрапо́й, шантрапо́ю
šantrapój, šantrapóju 		шантрапа́ми
šantrapámi
prepositional шантрапе́
šantrapé 		шантрапа́х
šantrapáx

References

  1. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “шантрапа”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  2. ^ Matzenauer, Antonín (1870) “šantrok”, in Cizí slova ve slovanských řečech (in Czech), Brno: Matica Moravská, page 318
  3. ^ Jepiškin, N. I. (2010) “шантрапа”, in Istoričeskij slovarʹ gallicizmov russkovo jazyka (in Russian), Moscow: ETS
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