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Russian
Etymology
слепо́й (slepój, “blind”) + -ень (-enʹ), referring to the fact that some horsefly species appear to go blind while in the process of sucking blood and can be easily removed, compare also Ukrainian сліпи́й о́від (slipýj óvid), German Blindbremse and Norwegian Nynorsk blinding (“deer fly”).
Pronunciation
Noun
слепе́нь or сле́пень* • (slepénʹ or slépenʹ*) m anim (genitive слепня́ or сле́пня*, nominative plural слепни́ or сле́пни*, genitive plural слепне́й or сле́пней*) (* colloquial)
- horsefly, gadfly (a blood-sucking fly in the family Tabanidae)
1914, Максим Горький, А. П. Чехов:― Кри́тики похо́жи на слепне́й, кото́рые меша́ют ло́шади паха́ть зе́млю, ― говори́л он, усмеха́ясь свое́й у́мной усме́шкой.- ― Krítiki poxóži na slepnéj, kotóryje mešájut lóšadi paxátʹ zémlju, ― govoríl on, usmexájasʹ svojéj úmnoj usméškoj.
- “Critics are like horseflies hindering a horse from ploughing the soil”, he would say, grinning his clever, wry smile.
Declension
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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слепе́нь, сле́пень* slepénʹ, slépenʹ*
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слепни́, сле́пни* slepní, slépni*
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genitive
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слепня́, сле́пня* slepnjá, slépnja*
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слепне́й, сле́пней* slepnéj, slépnej*
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dative
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слепню́, сле́пню* slepnjú, slépnju*
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слепня́м, сле́пням* slepnjám, slépnjam*
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accusative
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слепня́, сле́пня* slepnjá, slépnja*
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слепне́й, сле́пней* slepnéj, slépnej*
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instrumental
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слепнём, сле́пнем* slepnjóm, slépnem*
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слепня́ми, сле́пнями* slepnjámi, slépnjami*
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prepositional
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слепне́, сле́пне* slepné, slépne*
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слепня́х, сле́пнях* slepnjáx, slépnjax*
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References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “слепень”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress