двоечник

Russian

Alternative forms

• дво́ечникъ (dvóječnik) — pre-1918 spelling

Etymology

From дво́йка (dvójka) +‎ -ник (-nik). The Russian Empire and the USSR used and some post-Soviet states, including Russia, use a five-point academic grading system where два (dva, “two, number 2”) is a failing grade denoting a significant lack of knowledge of the subject.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdvo(j)ɪʂnʲɪk] (phonetic respelling: дво́ешник)
• IPA^(key): [ˈdvo(j)ɪt͡ɕnʲɪk]

Noun

дво́ечник • (dvóješnik) m anim (genitive дво́ечника, nominative plural дво́ечники, genitive plural дво́ечников, female equivalent дво́ечница)

1. pupil whose record consists primarily of "2" marks (nominally Ds, but in practice Fs since "1" is almost never used)
2. (by extension) someone who doesn't perform well

Declension

Declension of дво́ечник (anim masc-form velar-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	дво́ечник dvóješnik	дво́ечники dvóješniki
genitive	дво́ечника dvóješnika	дво́ечников dvóješnikov
dative	дво́ечнику dvóješniku	дво́ечникам dvóješnikam
accusative	дво́ечника dvóješnika	дво́ечников dvóješnikov
instrumental	дво́ечником dvóješnikom	дво́ечниками dvóješnikami
prepositional	дво́ечнике dvóješnike	дво́ечниках dvóješnikax

Coordinate terms

• колы́шник (kolýšnik), едини́чник (jediníčnik)
• тро́ечник (tróješnik)
• четвёрочник (četvjórošnik)
• пятёрочник (pjatjórošnik)

Related terms

• дво́йка (dvójka)