большевик

Russian

Etymology

From бо́льше (bólʹše, “greater”) +‎ -еви́к (-evík).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bəlʲʂɨˈvʲik]

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Noun

большеви́к • (bolʹševík) m anim (genitive большевика́, nominative plural большевики́, genitive plural большевико́в, feminine большеви́чка, relational adjective большеви́цкий, diminutive большевичо́нок)

1. Bolshevik

Declension

Declension of большеви́к (anim masc-form velar-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	большеви́к bolʹševík	большевики́ bolʹševikí
genitive	большевика́ bolʹševiká	большевико́в bolʹševikóv
dative	большевику́ bolʹševikú	большевика́м bolʹševikám
accusative	большевика́ bolʹševiká	большевико́в bolʹševikóv
instrumental	большевико́м bolʹševikóm	большевика́ми bolʹševikámi
prepositional	большевике́ bolʹševiké	большевика́х bolʹševikáx

Descendants

• → Armenian: բոլշեւիկ (bolšewik)
• → Bulgarian: болшеви́к (bolševík)
• → Catalan: bolxevic
• → Czech: bolševik
• → Danish: bolsjevik
• → Dutch: bolsjewiek
• → English: Bolshevik
• → Esperanto: bolŝeviko
• → Estonian: bolševik
• → Finnish: bolševikki
• → French: bolchévique
• → German: Bolschewist
• → Greek: μπολσεβίκος (bolsevíkos)
• → Greenlandic: bolschevikki
• → Irish: Boilséiveach
• → Italian: bolscevico
• → Japanese: ボリシェヴィキ (borisheviki)
• → Kazakh: большевик (bolşevik)
• → Korean: 볼셰비키 (bolsyebiki)
• → Kyrgyz: большевик (bolşevik)
• → Macedonian: болшевик (bolševik)
• → Mongolian: большевик (bolʹševik)
• → Norwegian: bolsjevik
• → Ottoman Turkish: بولشه‌ویك (Bolşevik)
  • Turkish: Bolşevik
• → Persian: بلشویک (bolševik)
• → Polish: bolszewik
• → Portuguese: bolchevique
• → Romanian: bolșevic
• → Slovak: boľševik
• → Spanish: bolchevique
• → Swedish: bolsjevik
• → Tajik: болшевик (bolševik)
• → Thai: บอลเชวิค (bɔɔn-chee-wík)
• → Ukrainian: більшови́к (bilʹšovýk)
• → Uzbek: bolshevik
• → Vietnamese: Bôn sê vích
• → Yakut: бассабыык (bassabıık)
• → Yiddish: באָלשעוויק (bolshevik)

See also

• меньшеви́к (menʹševík)