народ-богоносец

Russian

Etymology

From народ + богоносец. Originally from Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novel Demons: "Единый народ «богоносец» — это русский народ..." ("Only one nation is 'god-bearing,' that's the Russian people...") Notice the difference between the styling used by Dostoyevsky—народ «богоносец»—and the modern preferred spelling народ-богоносец.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɐˈrod bəɡɐˈnosʲɪt͡s]

Noun

наро́д-богоно́сец • (naród-bogonósec) m inan (genitive наро́да-богоно́сца, nominative plural наро́ды-богоно́сцы, genitive plural наро́дов-богоно́сцев)

1. (as used by the conservative right) God-bearing people — the Russian nation, seen as the embodiment of spirituality and the Christian faith, carrying out the sacred task of defending all that is good and holy.

   Ру́сские — наро́д-богоно́сец. Вели́кий наро́д, исполня́ющий вели́кую ми́ссию.

   Rússkije — naród-bogonósec. Velíkij naród, ispolnjájuščij velíkuju míssiju.

   Russians are god-bearing people. A great nation, carrying out a great mission.

2. (ironic) God-bearing people — the Russian nation, perceived as the embodiment of any negative quality that the speaker is ascribing to the Russian people.

   Наро́д-богоно́сец насто́лько бога́т духо́вно, что в како́й-то моме́нт реши́л подели́ться свое́й духо́вностью с сосе́дней Украиной, части́чно оккупи́ровав восто́к страны.

   Naród-bogonósec nastólʹko bogát duxóvno, što v kakój-to momént rešíl podelítʹsja svojéj duxóvnostʹju s sosédnej Ukrainoj, častíčno okkupírovav vostók strany.

   The god-bearing people are so spiritually rich that at some point they decided to share their spirituality with neighboring Ukraine by partially occupying the east of the country.

Usage notes

• This term has become politically loaded since the start of the Cold War II and should be used with caution, especially on the Internet, where irony and sarcasm aren't easily detected, but can be readily imagined.

Declension

Declension of наро́д-богоно́сец (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	наро́д-богоно́сец naród-bogonósec	наро́ды-богоно́сцы naródy-bogonóscy
genitive	наро́да-богоно́сца naróda-bogonósca	наро́дов-богоно́сцев naródov-bogonóscev
dative	наро́ду-богоно́сцу naródu-bogonóscu	наро́дам-богоно́сцам naródam-bogonóscam
accusative	наро́д-богоно́сец naród-bogonósec	наро́ды-богоно́сцы naródy-bogonóscy
instrumental	наро́дом-богоно́сцем naródom-bogonóscem	наро́дами-богоно́сцами naródami-bogonóscami
prepositional	наро́де-богоно́сце naróde-bogonósce	наро́дах-богоно́сцах naródax-bogonóscax

See also

• правосла́вие (pravoslávije)
• духо́вность (duxóvnostʹ)
• Ра́шка (Ráška)