снохачество

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Etymology

сноха́ч (snoxáč) +‎ -ство (-stvo)

Pronunciation

Noun

сноха́чество (snoxáčestvon inan (genitive сноха́чества, nominative plural сноха́чества, genitive plural сноха́честв)

  1. (historical) sexual relations and cohabitation between a man and his daughter-in-law
    Для большей ясности моих слов ещё прибавлю, что Писемский в Петербурге написал повесть-драму «Батька» из безобразнейшей черты русского народа — снохачества.Dlja bolʹšej jasnosti moix slov ješčó pribavlju, što Pisemskij v Peterburge napisal povestʹ-dramu «Batʹka» iz bezobraznejšej čerty russkovo naroda — snoxačestva.For greater clarity of my words, I will add that Pisemsky wrote a dramatic story in St. Petersburg called “Batka” about the most ugly feature of the Russian people – the practice of snokhachestvo. - P. V. Annenkov, Letters to I. S. Turgenev, 1852–1874

Declension

Descendants

  • English: snokhachestvo
  • Ukrainian: сноха́чєство (snoxáčjestvo)

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