крестьянин

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic крьстьꙗнинъ (krĭstĭjaninŭ, Christian; human, person; tax-paying villager), крьстьꙗнъ (krĭstĭjanŭ, Christian; peasant, tiller; tax-paying villager), from Latin christiānus (Christian). For semantic shift to "peasant", compare English cretin, Russian крети́н (kretín), also from Latin christiānus, through French. Doublet of крети́н (kretín).

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крестья́нин (krestʹjáninm anim (genitive крестья́нина, nominative plural крестья́не, genitive plural крестья́н, feminine крестья́нка, relational adjective крестья́нский)

  1. farmer
  2. (historical) peasant
    • 1790, Александр Радищев, “Любани”, in Путешествие из Петербурга в Москву; English translation from Leo Wiener, transl., A Journey From St. Petersburg to Moscow, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1958:
      — Страшись, помещик жестокосердый, на челе каждого из твоих крестьян вижу твоё осуждение.
      — Strašisʹ, pomeščik žestokoserdyj, na čele každovo iz tvoix krestʹjan vižu tvojó osuždenije.
      Tremble, cruelhearted landlord! on the brow of each of your peasants I see your condemnation written.

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