молодец
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Russian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
молодо́й (molodój) + -ец (-ec)
Pronunciation 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
молоде́ц • (molodéc) m anim (genitive молодца́, nominative plural молодцы́, genitive plural молодцо́в)
- fine fellow, fine girl
- attaboy, attagirl, well done, bravo, good for you, good for her
Usage notes[edit]
- The term is a grammatical masculine but can refer to both genders. Using it as a feminine may happen in non-standard speech.
Declension[edit]
Declension of молоде́ц (anim masc-form ц-stem accent-b reduc)
Synonyms[edit]
- у́мница (úmnica)
- молодчи́на (molodčína) (colloquial)
- молодча́га (molodčága) (colloquial)
- молото́к (molotók) (colloquial, lit.: "hammer" because of the similarity with "молодец")
Descendants[edit]
- → Ingrian: molotsa
Pronunciation 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
мо́лодец • (mólodec) m anim (genitive мо́лодца, nominative plural мо́лодцы, genitive plural мо́лодцев)
Usage notes[edit]
- This word is literary, mostly present in fairy tales. In the modern language it is significantly less common than молоде́ц
Declension[edit]
Declension of мо́лодец (anim masc-form ц-stem accent-a reduc)
Interjection[edit]
молоде́ц! • (molodéc!)
Usage notes[edit]
The word is also often used as a chanting word
Descendants[edit]
- → Armenian: մալադեց (maladecʻ)
- → Bashkir: маладис (maladis)
- → Yiddish: מאָלאָדיעץ (molodyets)
Categories:
- Russian terms suffixed with -ец
- Russian 3-syllable words
- Russian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Russian terms with audio links
- Russian lemmas
- Russian nouns
- Russian masculine nouns
- Russian animate nouns
- Russian ц-stem masculine-form nouns
- Russian ц-stem masculine-form accent-b nouns
- Russian nouns with accent pattern b
- Russian nouns with reducible stem
- Russian ц-stem masculine-form accent-a nouns
- Russian nouns with accent pattern a
- Russian interjections