приятель

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Carpathian Rusyn

Etymology

From Old East Slavic приꙗтель (prijatelĭ), from Proto-Slavic *prijateľь.

Noun

прия́тель (pryjátelʹm anim

  1. friend
  2. buddy, pal

Declension

Russian

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Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic приꙗтель (prijatelĭ), from Proto-Slavic *prijateľь. Cognates include Sanskrit प्रिय (priya, dear, beloved) and English friend.

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Noun

прия́тель (prijátelʹm anim (genitive прия́теля, nominative plural прия́тели, genitive plural прия́телей, feminine прия́тельница)

  1. friend, chum
    • 1862, Иван Тургенев [Ivan Turgenev], “Глава 22”, in Отцы и дети; English translation from Richard Hare, transl., Fathers and Sons, 1947:
      Уже́ по тому́, как их встре́тил дворе́цкий на крыльце́ одинцо́вского до́ма, прия́тели могли́ догада́ться, что они́ поступи́ли неблагоразу́мно, подда́вшись внеза́пно прише́дшей им фанта́зии.
      Užé po tomú, kak ix vstrétil dvoréckij na krylʹcé odincóvskovo dóma, prijáteli moglí dogadátʹsja, što oní postupíli neblagorazúmno, poddávšisʹ vnezápno prišédšej im fantázii.
      Already, by the manner in which the butler met them in the porch of Madame Odintsov's house, the friends could guess that they had acted injudiciously in giving way so suddenly to a passing caprice.
  2. (colloquial) buddy, pal, mate (informal address)
    Слу́шай, прия́тель, что́ тебе́ ну́жно?Slúšaj, prijátelʹ, štó tebé núžno?Hey, mate, what are you looking for?
    Ты труп, прия́тель!Ty trup, prijátelʹ!You're dead, pal!

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Synonyms

Ukrainian

Etymology

From Old East Slavic приꙗтель (prijatelĭ), from Proto-Slavic *prijateľь.

Pronunciation

Noun

при́ятель (prýjatelʹm pers (genitive при́ятеля, nominative plural при́ятелі, genitive plural при́ятелів)

  1. friend
  2. buddy, pal

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