сталкер
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Russian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
The word was coined by the Strugatsky brothers for their novel "Roadside Picnic" (1972), as an allusion to Rudyard Kipling's character Stalky from the "Stalky & Co." stories. Сталки (stálki) was well remembered by the Strugatskys from their childhood, when they read the stories in Russian translation. In the "Roadside Picnic", сталкер was a common nickname for men engaged in the illegal trade of prospecting for and smuggling of alien artifacts from the mysterious and dangerous "Zone".
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈstalkʲɪn/
Noun [edit]
сталкер • (stálker) m
- stalker (traditional translation, although not very accurate in meaning and connotations)
- any person, whose occupation or activity is dangerously similar to those of characters from "Roadside Picnic".
- чернобыльский сталкер — a Chernobyl stalker, a guide to the Zone of alienation near Chernobyl.
Declension [edit]
declension of сталкер
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ста́лкер | ста́лкеры |
| genitive | ста́лкера | ста́лкеров |
| dative | ста́лкеру | ста́лкерам |
| accusative | ста́лкера | ста́лкеров |
| instrumental | ста́лкером | ста́лкерами |
| prepositional | ста́лкере | ста́лкерах |
Derived terms [edit]
- (Feminine gender) сталкерша
