парень

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Russian

Etymology

From па́рубень (párubenʹ), from Proto-Slavic *paorbьňь.

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Noun

па́рень (párenʹm anim (genitive па́рня, nominative plural па́рни, genitive plural парне́й, diminutive паренёк or парни́шка, pejorative парни́ша)

  1. fellow, lad, chap, guy, bloke, boy
    Coordinate term: де́вушка (dévuška)
    • 1891, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], chapter III, in Дуэль; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Duel, 1916:
      Вы́пив пе́ред су́пом рю́мку во́дки, он вздохну́л и сказа́л:
      — Ви́дел я сего́дня Ва́ню Лае́вского. Тру́дно живё́тся челове́чку. Материа́льная сторона́ жи́зни неутеши́тельна, а гла́вное — психоло́гия одоле́ла. Жаль па́рня.
      Výpiv péred súpom rjúmku vódki, on vzdoxnúl i skazál:
      — Vídel ja sevódnja Vánju Lajévskovo. Trúdno živjótsja čelovéčku. Materiálʹnaja storoná žízni neutešítelʹna, a glávnoje — psixológija odoléla. Žalʹ párnja.
      After drinking a glass of vodka before the soup, he heaved a sigh and said:
      "I saw Vanya Laevsky to-day. He is having a hard time of it, poor fellow! The material side of life is not encouraging for him, and the worst of it is all this psychology is too much for him. I'm sorry for the lad."
  2. boyfriend
    У тебя́ есть па́рень?U tebjá jestʹ párenʹ?Do you have a boyfriend?

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Further reading

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “парень”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress