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Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
прощелы́га • (proščelýga) m anim or f anim (genitive прощелы́ги, nominative plural прощелы́ги, genitive plural прощелы́г)
- (derogatory) upstart
1862, Иван Тургенев, “Глава 10”, in Отцы и дети; English translation from Richard Hare, transl., Fathers and Sons, 1947:Один старик Прокофьич не любил его, с угрюмым видом подавал ему за столом кушанья, называл его «живодёром» и «прощелыгой» и уверял, что он с своими бакенбардами — настоящая свинья в кусте.- Odin starik Prokofʹič ne ljubil jevo, s ugrjumym vidom podaval jemu za stolom kušanʹja, nazyval jevo «živodjórom» i «proščelygoj» i uverjal, što on s svoimi bakenbardami — nastojaščaja svinʹja v kuste.
- Only old Prokovich disliked him; at table he handed him dishes with a grim expression; he called him "butcher" and "upstart" and declared that with his huge whiskers he looked like a pig in a sty.
Declension