кретин
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French crétin. Further from Latin Chrīstiānus. Doublet of крестья́нин (krestʹjánin).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]крети́н • (kretín) m anim (genitive крети́на, nominative plural крети́ны, genitive plural крети́нов, feminine крети́нка)
- (derogatory) cretin, idiot (inconsiderate or mean spirited person)
Declension
[edit]Declension of крети́н (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-a)
Related terms
[edit]Close related:
- кретини́зм m (kretinízm)
Other:
- крестья́нин m anim (krestʹjánin)
Descendants
[edit]- → Georgian: კრეტინი (ḳreṭini)
Further reading
[edit]- Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “кретин”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
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