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Russian
Etymology
The origin is uncertain. Originally a dialectal word.
Perhaps connected with Old Czech šantrok, šаntrосha (“cheater”), from Middle High German santrocke (“fraud”).[1][2]
Alternatively, from French chantera pas (“will not sing”), said about serfs' children which were not chosen for the landowner's choir.[3]
Pronunciation
Noun
шантрапа́ • (šantrapá) m anim or f anim (genitive шантрапы́, nominative plural шантрапы́, genitive plural шантра́п)
- worthless person, rascal, scoundrel
Declension
References
- ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “шантрапа”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
- ^ Matzenauer, Antonín (1870) “šantrok”, in Cizí slova ve slovanských řečech [Foreign words in Slavic languages] (in Czech), Brno: Matica Moravská, page 318
- ^ Jepiškin, N. I. (2010) “шантрапа”, in Istoričeskij slovarʹ gallicizmov russkovo jazyka [Historical Dictionary of Russian Gallicisms] (in Russian), Moscow: ETS