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Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
сорване́ц • (sorvanéc) m anim (genitive сорванца́, nominative plural сорванцы́, genitive plural сорванцо́в)
- prankster, mischiefmaker
- Synonyms: озорни́к (ozorník), прока́зник (prokáznik)
1880, Николай Лесков , “Глава десятая”, in Белый орёл; English translation from Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, transl., The White Eagle, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2013:При жи́зни он был гора́здо делика́тнее, и э́то совсе́м не отвеча́ло его́ гармони́ческой нату́ре, а тепе́рь, как сорване́ц, ткнул шиш и говори́т:
— С тебя́ пока́ вот э́того дово́льно. Мне на́до к бе́дной Та́не, — и сник.- Pri žízni on byl gorázdo delikátneje, i éto sovsém ne otvečálo jevó garmoníčeskoj natúre, a tepérʹ, kak sorvanéc, tknul šiš i govorít:
— S tebjá poká vot étovo dovólʹno. Mne nádo k bédnoj Táne, — i snik. - He had been much more delicate when alive, such a thing did not suit his harmonious nature at all, but now he stuck a fig at me just like a prankster, and said:
“That’s enough for you right now. I must go to poor Tanya,” and he melted away.
Declension