молодец
Russian
Etymology
молодо́й (molodój) + -ец (-ec)
Pronunciation
Noun
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
Synonyms
- у́мница (úmnica)
- молодчи́на (molodčína) (colloquial)
- молодча́га (molodčága) (colloquial)
- молото́к (molotók) (colloquial, lit.: "hammer" because of the similarity with "молодец")
Usage notes
- The term is a grammatical masculine but can refer to both genders. Using it as a feminine may happen in non-standard speech.
Declension
Declension of молоде́ц (anim masc-form ц-stem accent-b reduc)
Pronunciation
Noun
мо́лодец • (mólodec) m anim (genitive мо́лодца, nominative plural мо́лодцы, genitive plural мо́лодцев)
Declension
Declension of мо́лодец (anim masc-form ц-stem accent-a reduc)
Interjection
молоде́ц! • (molodéc!)
Descendants
Usage notes
The word is also often used as a chanting word
Categories:
- Russian terms suffixed with -ец
- Russian 3-syllable words
- Russian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Russian terms with audio pronunciation
- 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