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Russian
Etymology
From a Turkic source, cf. Kazakh теңге (teñge), Bashkir тәңкә (təñkə) perhaps from the Russian дань. First used in the singular form де́ньга, деньга́ (dénʹga, denʹgá, “ancient coin”), preserved in modern Russian as деньга́ (denʹgá, “money, dough (colloquial)”).
Pronunciation
Noun
де́ньги • (dénʹgi) f inan pl (genitive де́нег, plural only, relational adjective де́нежный, diminutive де́нежки or деньжа́та, augmentative деньжи́щи, pejorative деньжо́нки or деньжи́шки)
- money
- Synonyms: (diminutive, colloquial) де́нежки (dénežki), де́нюжки (dénjužki); (diminutive, slang) деньжа́та (denʹžáta), (augmentative, colloquial) деньжи́щи (denʹžíšči); (rare, colloquial) деньга́ sg (denʹgá); (slang) ба́бки (bábki), ба́шли (bášli), бабло́ sg (babló), бабо́сы (babósy), бабло́сы (bablósy), лавэ́ (lavɛ́), кэш (kɛš), на́л (nál), купю́ра (kupjúra)
- Э́то сто́ит больши́х де́нег. ― Éto stóit bolʹšíx déneg. ― It costs a lot of money.
1928, Ильф и Петров [Ilf and Petrov], “Глава XI. Алфавит «Зеркало жизни»”, in Двенадцать стульев, Москва: Тридцать дней; English translation from The Twelve Chairs, (Please provide a date or year):— А де́ньги?
— Каки́е де́ньги? — сказа́л Оста́п, открыва́я дверь. — Вы, ка́жется, спроси́ли про каки́е-то де́ньги?- — A dénʹgi?
— Kakíje dénʹgi? — skazál Ostáp, otkryvája dverʹ. — Vy, kážetsja, sprosíli pro kakíje-to dénʹgi? - (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Descendants
Noun
де́ньги • (dénʹgi) f inan or f inan pl
- inflection of де́ньга (dénʹga):
- genitive singular
- nominative/accusative plural
Noun
деньги́ • (denʹgí) f inan
- genitive singular of деньга́ (denʹgá)