шантаж
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Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from French chantage, ultimately from Latin canō.
Pronunciation
Noun
шанта́ж • (šantáž) m inan (genitive шантажа́, nominative plural шантажи́, genitive plural шантаже́й)
- blackmail (payment of money exacted by means of intimidation)
Declension
Declension of шанта́ж (inan masc-form sibilant-stem accent-b)
Derived terms
- шантажи́ст m anim (šantažíst), шантажи́стка f anim (šantažístka)
- шантажирова́ть impf (šantažirovátʹ)
Related terms
- Borrowed
- Native
Descendants
- → Armenian: շանտաժ (šantaž)
- → Azerbaijani: şantaj
- → Estonian: šantaaž
- → Georgian: შანტაჟი (šanṭaži)
- → Ossetian: шантаж (šantaž)
- → Kyrgyz: шантаж (şantaj)
- → Tatar: шантаж (şantaj)
- → Uzbek: shantaj
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “шантаж”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “шантаж”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 401
Ukrainian
Etymology
Borrowed from French chantage.
Pronunciation
Noun
шанта́ж • (šantáž) m inan (genitive шантажу́, nominative plural шантажі́, genitive plural шантажі́в, relational adjective шанта́жний)
Declension
Declension of шанта́ж (inan semisoft masc-form accent-b)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | шанта́ж šantáž |
шантажі́ šantaží |
| genitive | шантажу́ šantažú |
шантажі́в šantažív |
| dative | шантаже́ві, шантажу́ šantažévi, šantažú |
шантажа́м šantažám |
| accusative | шанта́ж šantáž |
шантажі́ šantaží |
| instrumental | шантаже́м šantažém |
шантажа́ми šantažámy |
| locative | шантажу́, шантажі́ šantažú, šantaží |
шантажа́х šantažáx |
| vocative | шанта́же šantáže |
шантажі́ šantaží |
Derived terms
- шантажи́ст m (šantažýst)
- шантажува́ти impf (šantažuváty)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “шантаж”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “шантаж”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “шантаж”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “шантаж”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)