барашек

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Russian

Etymology

From бара́н (barán) +‎ -шек (-šek), with unexpected loss of н.

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Noun

бара́шек (barášekm anim (genitive бара́шка, nominative plural бара́шки, genitive plural бара́шков)

  1. (colloquial) endearing diminutive of бара́н (barán): little sheep, little ram, lamb
    • 1905, Фёдор Сологуб [Fyodor Sologub], chapter II, in Мелкий бес; English translation from John Cournos and Richard Aldington, transl., The Little Demon, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1916:
      Вошё́л с ра́достным гро́мким сме́хом Па́вел Васи́льевич Воло́дин, молодо́й челове́к, весь, и лицо́м, и ухва́тками, удиви́тельно похо́жий на бара́шка: во́лосы, как у бара́шка, курча́вые, глаза́ вы́пуклые и тупы́е, — всё как у весё́лого бара́шка, — глу́пый молодо́й челове́к.
      Vošól s rádostnym grómkim sméxom Pável Vasílʹjevič Volódin, molodój čelovék, vesʹ, i licóm, i uxvátkami, udivítelʹno poxóžij na baráška: vólosy, kak u baráška, kurčávyje, glazá výpuklyje i tupýje, — vsjo kak u vesjólovo baráška, — glúpyj molodój čelovék.
      Pavel Vassilyevitch Volodin entered with a loud, gay laugh. He was a young man who, face, manners and all, strangely resembled a young ram; his hair, like a ram's, was curly; his eyes, protruding and dull; everything about him, in fact, suggested a lively ram—a stupid young man.
  2. lambskin
  3. (engineering) wing nut, thumbscrew

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