масленица
See also: Масленица
Russian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *maslěnica, from *maslěnъjь + *-ica, from *maslo.
Pronunciation
Noun
ма́сленица • (máslenica) f inan (genitive ма́сленицы, nominative plural ма́сленицы, genitive plural ма́слениц)
- Alternative letter-case form of Ма́сленица (Máslenica); Maslenitsa, Shrovetide, Butter Week, Crepe Week (the week before Lent, seven weeks before Easter)
- (figuratively) feast, high life
- не житьё, а ма́сленица ― ne žitʹjó, a máslenica ― a bed of roses; living high on the hog
- не всё коту́ ма́сленица, придёт и вели́кий пост ― ne vsjo kotú máslenica, pridjót i velíkij post ― good things don’t last forever (after dinner comes the reckoning)
- (regional, obsolete) butter churn
Declension
Declension of ма́сленица (inan fem-form ц-stem accent-a)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | ма́сленица máslenica |
ма́сленицы máslenicy |
genitive | ма́сленицы máslenicy |
ма́слениц máslenic |
dative | ма́сленице máslenice |
ма́сленицам máslenicam |
accusative | ма́сленицу máslenicu |
ма́сленицы máslenicy |
instrumental | ма́сленицей, ма́сленицею máslenicej, másleniceju |
ма́сленицами máslenicami |
prepositional | ма́сленице máslenice |
ма́сленицах máslenicax |
Derived terms
- ма́сленичный (másleničnyj)
See also
- блин (blin)
References
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1990), “*maslěnica”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 17 (*lъžь – *matješьnъjь), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 223
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