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Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
ба́рин • (bárin) m anim (genitive ба́рина, nominative plural ба́ре, genitive plural бар, feminine ба́рыня)
- (historical, politics) boyar, barin, nobleman, gentleman, landlord (a rank of aristocracy in Russia)
- Synonym: (an older term) боя́рин (bojárin)
- хозя́ин — ба́рин (idiom) ― xozjáin — bárin (idiom) ― it's up to you, your choice, you're the boss.
- (archaic) sir, master (a term of address to a nobleman)
- Synonyms: господи́н (gospodín), госуда́рь (gosudárʹ), су́дарь (súdarʹ)
- (figuratively, derogatory) freeloader, gentleman of leisure (a person who doesn't like to work or who makes others do his job)
- сиде́ть ба́рином; сиде́ть как ба́рин ― sidétʹ bárinom; sidétʹ kak bárin ― to sit around like royalty
Declension