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Russian
Etymology
From энтузиа́ст (entuziást) + -ка (-ka).
Pronunciation
Noun
энтузиа́стка • (entuziástka) f anim (genitive энтузиа́стки, nominative plural энтузиа́стки, genitive plural энтузиа́сток, masculine энтузиа́ст)
- female equivalent of энтузиа́ст (entuziást): female enthusiast
1869, Лев Толстой [Leo Tolstoy], “Том 1, Часть первая, I”, in Война и мир; English translation from Aylmer and Louise Maude, transl., War and Peace, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1922–1923:Быть энтузиа́сткой сде́лалось её́ обще́ственным положе́нием, и иногда́, когда́ ей да́же того́ не хоте́лось, она́, что́бы не обману́ть ожида́ний люде́й, зна́вших её́, де́лалась энтузиа́сткой.- Bytʹ entuziástkoj sdélalosʹ jejó obščéstvennym položénijem, i inogdá, kogdá jej dáže tovó ne xotélosʹ, oná, štóby ne obmanútʹ ožidánij ljudéj, znávšix jejó, délalasʹ entuziástkoj.
- To be an enthusiast had become her social vocation and, sometimes even when she did not feel like it, she became enthusiastic in order not to disappoint the expectations of those who knew her.
Declension