Шостакович

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Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

A rare Belarusian patronymic surname: Шоста́к (Šosták) +‎ -о́вич (-óvič), where шоста́к (šosták, sixth) is a nickname for the sixth child in the family.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):  (phonetic respelling: Шестако́вич)

Proper noun

Шостако́вич (Šostakóvičm anim (genitive Шостако́вича, nominative plural Шостако́вичи, genitive plural Шостако́вичей)
Шостако́вич (Šostakóvičf anim (indeclinable)

  1. a surname, Shostakovich, from Belarusian; particularly Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian composer and pianist
    Дми́трий Дми́триевич Шостако́вичDmítrij Dmítrijevič ŠostakóvičDmitri Shostakovich

Declension

The feminine form is indeclinable.

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