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Russian
Etymology
From со- (so-) + служи́ть (služítʹ) + -ец (-ec).
Pronunciation
Noun
сослужи́вец • (soslužívec) m anim (genitive сослужи́вца, nominative plural сослужи́вцы, genitive plural сослужи́вцев, feminine сослужи́вица)
- colleague (fellow member of a profession)
- Synonym: колле́га (kolléga)
1907, Фёдор Сологуб [Fyodor Sologub], chapter I, in Маленький человек; English translation from Paul Selver, transl., The Tiny Man, 1919:Одна́жды, по́сле ве́чера у сослужи́вцев, где пришло́сь вы́слушать нема́ло ко́лкостей, Сара́нин верну́лся домо́й совсе́м расстро́енный.- Odnáždy, pósle véčera u soslužívcev, gde prišlósʹ výslušatʹ nemálo kólkostej, Saránin vernúlsja domój sovsém rasstrójennyj.
- Once, after an evening spent with his colleagues, when he had to bear no small amount of banter, Saranin returned home thoroughly out of temper.
Declension