ямщик

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ямщик

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic ямьщикъ (jamĭščikŭ), from Turkic. Compare Tatar ямчы (yamçı), Turkish yamçı. Ending modified under the influence of -щик (-ščik).

Pronunciation

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Noun

ямщи́к • (jamščík) m anim (genitive ямщика́, nominative plural ямщики́, genitive plural ямщико́в)

driver, coachman, charioteer, cabman, postilion engaged in transporting people and cargo by horse and carriage
Eurasian nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
(criminal jargon) fence; brothel keeper

Declension

Declension of ямщи́к (anim masc-form velar-stem accent-b)

	singular	plural
nominative	ямщи́к jamščík	ямщики́ jamščikí
genitive	ямщика́ jamščiká	ямщико́в jamščikóv
dative	ямщику́ jamščikú	ямщика́м jamščikám
accusative	ямщика́ jamščiká	ямщико́в jamščikóv
instrumental	ямщико́м jamščikóm	ямщика́ми jamščikámi
prepositional	ямщике́ jamščiké	ямщика́х jamščikáx

Synonyms

изво́зчик (izvózčik), ку́чер (kúčer), возни́ца (vozníca)

Related terms

ям (jam), ямщичка (jamščička), ямщичиха (jamščičixa), ямщичество (jamščičestvo)
ямско́й (jamskój), ямщицкий (jamščickij), ямщичий (jamščičij), ямщико́в (jamščikóv), ямщиковский (jamščikovskij), ямщичихин (jamščičixin), ямщичкин (jamščičkin)
ямщичить (jamščičitʹ), ямщичничать (jamščičničatʹ), ямщиковать (jamščikovatʹ)
по-ямщицки (po-jamščicki)

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