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Kalmyk
Etymology
From Proto-Mongolic *eke, compare Mongolian эх (ex), Buryat эхэ (exe).
Noun
эк • (ek)
- mother
Russian
Pronunciation
Interjection
эк • (ek)
- Used to express astonishment, mock, annoyance etc.
1846, Фёдор Достоевский [Fyodor Dostoevsky], “VIII”, in Двойник; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Double, 1917:Как обыкнове́нно, на друго́й день господи́н Голя́дкин просну́лся в во́семь часо́в; просну́вшись же, то́тчас припо́мнил все происше́ствия вчера́шнего ве́чера, — припо́мнил и помо́рщился. «Эк я разыгра́лся вчера́ каки́м дурако́м!» — поду́мал он, приподыма́ясь с посте́ли и взгляну́в на посте́ль своего́ го́стя.- Kak obyknovénno, na drugój denʹ gospodín Goljádkin prosnúlsja v vósemʹ časóv; prosnúvšisʹ že, tótčas pripómnil vse proisšéstvija včerášnevo véčera, — pripómnil i pomórščilsja. «Ek ja razygrálsja včerá kakím durakóm!» — podúmal on, pripodymájasʹ s postéli i vzgljanúv na postélʹ svojevó góstja.
- Mr. Golyadkin woke up next morning at eight o’clock as usual; as soon as he was awake he recalled all the adventures of the previous evening — and frowned as he recalled them. “Ugh, I did play the fool last night!” he thought, sitting up and glancing at his visitor’s bed.