шкет

Russian

Etymology

Originally from Saint Petersburg criminal argot. According to Vasmer, perhaps related to Italian schietto (“clear, frank”). According to Trubachyov, borrowed from Czech škеtа (“fool”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʂkʲet]

Noun

шкет • (šket) m anim (genitive шке́та, nominative plural шке́ты, genitive plural шке́тов)

1. (colloquial or slang) lad, kid, youth, teenager (boy)

   Synonyms: паца́н (pacán), шпингале́т (špingalét)

Declension

Declension of шкет (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	шке́т škét	шке́ты škéty
genitive	шке́та škéta	шке́тов škétov
dative	шке́ту škétu	шке́там škétam
accusative	шке́та škéta	шке́тов škétov
instrumental	шке́том škétom	шке́тами škétami
prepositional	шке́те škéte	шке́тах škétax

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “шкет”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress