барин

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbarʲɪn]
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Noun

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ба́рин (bárinm anim (genitive ба́рина, nominative plural ба́ре, genitive plural бар, feminine ба́рыня)

  1. (historical, politics) boyar, barin, nobleman, gentleman, landlord (a rank of aristocracy in Russia)
    Synonym: (an older term) боя́рин (bojárin)
    хозя́инба́рин (idiom)xozjáin — bárin (idiom)it's up to you, your choice, you're the boss.
  2. (archaic) sir, master (a term of address used by a lower-class person for a nobleman, or a third-person reference to a nobleman)
    Synonyms: господи́н (gospodín), госуда́рь (gosudárʹ), су́дарь (súdarʹ)
    • 1836, Николай Гоголь [Nikolai Gogol], Коляска; English translation from The Calash, (Please provide a date or year):
      Ба́рина нет до́ма, — сказа́л, выходя́ на крыльцо́, лаке́й.
      Bárina net dóma, — skazál, vyxodjá na krylʹcó, lakéj.
      “The master is not at home,” said a servant appearing at the top of a flight of steps.
  3. (figuratively, derogatory) freeloader, gentleman of leisure (a person who doesn't like to work or who makes others do his job)
    сиде́ть ба́рином; сиде́ть как ба́ринsidétʹ bárinom; sidétʹ kak bárinto sit around like royalty

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