мошеник

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian моше́нник (mošénnik), derived from Russian мошна́ (mošná, “sack, purse”) (Proto-Slavic *mošьna) + suffix -ик (-ik).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [moˈʃɛnik]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛnik
• Syllabification^(key): мо‧ше‧ник

Noun

моше́ник • (mošénik) m (feminine моше́ничка)

1. rascal, rogue, lowlife
2. (by extension) knave, fraud, swindler, cheat (dishonest, deceitful person)

Declension

Declension of моше́ник

	singular	plural
indefinite	моше́ник mošénik	моше́ници mošénici
definite (subject form)	моше́никът mošénikǎt	моше́ниците mošénicite
definite (object form)	моше́ника mošénika
count form	—	моше́ника mošénika
vocative form	моше́нико mošéniko	моше́ници mošénici

References

• “мошеник”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “мошеник”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010