позор

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Russian

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pozorъ.

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  • Rhymes: -or

Noun

позо́р (pozórm inan (genitive позо́ра, nominative plural позо́ры, genitive plural позо́ров, relational adjective позо́рный, augmentative позо́рище)

  1. shame, disgrace, infamy, humiliation
    • 1985 , Антон Чехов , “Хористка”, in Чехов А.П. Полное собрание сочинений и писем в 30 тт. Сочинения в 18 тт., volume 5, page 212; English translation from “The Chorus Girl”, in Constance Garnett, transl., The Tales of Chekhov, volume 8, 1920, page 6:
      А ме́жду тем есть сре́дство спасти́ его́ и нас от нищеты́ и позо́ра.
      A méždu tem jestʹ srédstvo spastí jevó i nas ot niščetý i pozóra.
      And yet there is a chance of saving him and us from destitution and disgrace.
    • 1969 , В. И. Ленин , “О погромной травле евреев”, in В. И. Ленин – Полное собрание сочинений, volume 38, pages 242-243; English translation from “Anti-Jewish Pogroms”, in George Hanna, transl., Lenin’s Collected Works, volume 29, translation of original in Russian, 1974, pages 252-253:
      Позор проклятому царизму, мучившему и преследовавшему евреев. Позор тем, кто сеет вражду к евреям, кто сеет ненависть к другим нациям.
      Pozor prokljatomu carizmu, mučivšemu i presledovavšemu jevrejev. Pozor tem, kto sejet vraždu k jevrejam, kto sejet nenavistʹ k drugim nacijam.
      Shame on accursed tsarism which tortured and persecuted the Jews. Shame on those who foment hatred towards the Jews, who foment hatred towards other nations.

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Further reading

  • позор in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru