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Russian
Etymology
вор (vor) + -о́вка (-óvka)
Pronunciation
Noun
воро́вка • (voróvka) f anim (genitive воро́вки, nominative plural воро́вки, genitive plural воро́вок, masculine вор)
- female equivalent of вор (vor): female thief
1893, Антон Чехов , “IX”, in Рассказ неизвестного человека; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., An Anonymous Story, 1917:— Вы не сме́ете остава́ться здесь ни одно́й мину́ты! — кри́кнула Зинаи́да Фёдоровна и уда́рила ножо́м по таре́лке. — Вы воро́вка! Слы́шите?- — Vy ne sméjete ostavátʹsja zdesʹ ni odnój minúty! — kríknula Zinaída Fjódorovna i udárila nožóm po tarélke. — Vy voróvka! Slýšite?
- "You dare not stay here another minute!" cried Zinaida Fyodorovna, and she struck the plate with her knife. "You are a thief! Do you hear?"
- (obsolete) female traitor, apostate, outlaw
Declension