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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dosǫgъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
досу́г • (dosúg) m inan (genitive досу́га, nominative plural досу́ги, genitive plural досу́гов)
- free time, leisure, spare time
1970, Надежда Яковлевна Мандельштам (Nadezhda Yakovlevna Mandelstam), Воспоминания, chapter 12, "Иррациональное ", New York: Chekhov Publishing House, page 52; translated as Max Hayward, transl., Hope Against Hope, New York: Atheneum, 1970, page 49:За все годы никого́, кро́ме свои́х сотру́дников и подсле́дственных, не ви́дел, рабо́тал днём и но́чью без переды́шки и то́лько по́сле отста́вки име́л досу́г, что́бы поду́мать и осмы́слить происше́дшее, […]- Za vse gody nikovó, króme svoíx sotrúdnikov i podslédstvennyx, ne vídel, rabótal dnjom i nóčʹju bez peredýški i tólʹko pósle otstávki imél dosúg, štóby podúmatʹ i osmýslitʹ proisšédšeje, […]
- During all his years of service he had never seen anybody but his colleagues and the prisoners he interrogated; he had worked day and night without pause and it was only after he was retired that he had the time to stop and think about what had been going on.
Usage notes
- Has a tendency to be used as a singular mass noun, but countable usage that permits pluralization also occurs.
Declension