чара

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čara.

Pronunciation

Noun

ча́ра (čáraf inan (genitive ча́ры, nominative plural ча́ры, genitive plural чар, diminutive ча́рка)

  1. (archaic) cup, glass, bowl, goblet (for drinking alcohol)
    • 1835, Иван Лажечников [Ivan Lazhechnikov], “Часть первая. Глава VII. Переряженные”, in Ледяной дом; English translation from The House of Ice, (Please provide a date or year):
      Пир поднялся́ горо́й; сто́пы и ча́ры, посту́кивая, на́­чали ходи́ть кру́гом; разлило́сь мо́ре вина́, хоть купа́й­ся в нём.
      Pir podnjalsjá gorój; stópy i čáry, postúkivaja, ná­čali xodítʹ krúgom; razlilósʹ móre viná, xotʹ kupáj­sja v njom.
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Declension