жид
Russian
Alternative forms
- жидъ (žid) (Pre-reform orthography (1918))
Etymology
From Old East Slavic жидъ (židŭ, “Jew”), from Proto-Slavic *židъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
жид • (žid) m anim (genitive жида́, nominative plural жиды́, genitive plural жидо́в, feminine жидо́вка)
- (offensive, taboo) Jew, yid, kike
- (Can we date this quote?), Константин Беляев, Куплеты про евреев:
- (colloquial) niggard; miser
Usage notes
The word was originally neutral, standard in the official language up to the 19th century. In modern Russian it has become an ethnic slur.
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
- жидовский (židovskij)
- жидовствовать (židovstvovatʹ)
- жидовствующий (židovstvujuščij)
- жидок (židok)
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