сыщик

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Russian

Etymology

сыска́ть (syskátʹ) +‎ -ик (-ik)

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Noun

сы́щик (sýščikm anim (genitive сы́щика, nominative plural сы́щики, genitive plural сы́щиков, feminine сы́щица)

  1. detective, investigator
    • 1895, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], Супруга; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., The Helpmate, 1916:
      За вре́мя семиле́тней супру́жеской жи́зни он привы́к подозрева́ть, уга́дывать, разбира́ться в ули́ках, и ему́ не раз приходи́ло в го́лову, что благодаря́ э́той дома́шней пра́ктике из него́ мог бы вы́йти тепе́рь отли́чный сы́щик.
      Za vrémja semilétnej suprúžeskoj žízni on privýk podozrevátʹ, ugádyvatʹ, razbirátʹsja v ulíkax, i jemú ne raz prixodílo v gólovu, što blagodarjá étoj domášnej práktike iz nevó mog by výjti tepérʹ otlíčnyj sýščik.
      During the seven years of his married life he had grown used to being suspicious, guessing, catching at clues, and it had several times occurred to him, that his exercise at home had qualified him to become an excellent detective.
  2. sleuth, bloodhound, snoop; plain-clothes policeman

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