универсам

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Noun

универса́м (universámm inan (genitive универса́ма, nominative plural универса́мы, genitive plural универса́мов)

  1. acronym of универса́льный магази́н самообслу́живания (universálʹnyj magazín samoobslúživanija, universal self-service store): supermarket
    • 2006, Виктор Пелевин, “Солнечный город”, in Empire V, ФТМ; English translation from Anthony Phillips, transl., Empire V, London: Gollancz, 2016:
      Я ответил судьбе тем, что устроился работать грузчиком в универсаме возле дома.
      Ja otvetil sudʹbe tem, što ustroilsja rabotatʹ gruzčikom v universame vozle doma.
      My response to fate’s decree was to take a job as a lorry unloader at the supermarket not far from our house.

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